Thorne: Scaredy Cat
Synopsis
Featuring an all-star cast including Sandra Oh, Aidan Gillen and Eddie Marsan, Scaredy Cat is a startling new take on the detective story, destined to thrill and chill audiences in equal measure.
Heading up a new team whose aim is to crack the cases that leave other forces stumped, Thorne finds himself on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of project
- Features
- Director
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Benjamin Ross
- Producer
- Dudi Appleton, Mark Billingham, Patrick Irwin, Jim Keeble, Huw Kennair-Jones, Paul Morrissey, Daniel Proulx, Lorraine Richard, Justin Thomson-Glover
- Editor
- Paul Knight
- Screenwriter
- Dudi Appleton, Jim Keeble
- Director of Photography
- Pierre Jodoin
- Production Designer
- James Foster
- Composer
- Laurent Eyquem
- Principal cast
- David Morrissey, Sandra Oh, Aidan Gillen, Eddie Marsan
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