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December 1971 (UK) moreTagline:
Ginley's a gumshoe. Ginley's got guts. Ginley's got a gun. morePlot:
Ginley (Albert Finney) is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a career change. On his thirty-first birthday... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win moreNewsDesk:
Movie Alert! Four Back-to-back Winners On TCM Tonight(From CinemaRetro. 7 November 2009, 2:09 AM, PST)
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Pleasant whiff of an idea...and a good showcase for Finney more (12 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Albert Finney | ... | Eddie Ginley |
 | Billie Whitelaw | ... | Ellen Ginley - William's wife |
| Frank Finlay | ... | William Ginley - Eddie's brother |
| Janice Rule | ... | Mrs. Blankerscoon |
| Carolyn Seymour | ... | Alison Wyatt |
| Fulton Mackay | ... | John Straker |
| George Innes | ... | Bookshop Proprietor |
| George Silver | ... | De Fries |
| Bill Dean | ... | Tommy (as Billy Dean) |
| Wendy Richard | ... | Anne Scott |
| Maureen Lipman | ... | Naomi |
| Neville Smith | ... | Arthur |
| Oscar James | ... | Azinge |
| Joe Kenyon | ... | Joey |
| Bert King | ... | Mal |
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Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | UK:AA (original rating)Fun Stuff
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Anne Scott: I'd rather fight than switch.Eddie Ginley: [dialling phone] So you'd rather fight? What weight are you?
Anne Scott: Bantam.
Eddie Ginley: I'm heavy.
Anne Scott: Ooh. You've got the weight, I've got the speed.
Eddie Ginley: I sometimes hit below the belt.
Eddie Ginley: [Phones again]
Anne Scott: Hit below the belt, do you?
Eddie Ginley: And I've got a long reach.
Anne Scott: That's no good in a clinch.
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Albert Finney is wonderful playing a nightclub comic in Liverpool, a fan of hard-boiled detective stories, who places an advertisement in the paper looking for work as a private eye; he is immediately handed a case involving a fat man, a college student, drugs, and gun-running. Directorial debut from Stephen Frears is consciously not a spoof or satire of American noirs, but rather an homage: an original detective story all its own (albeit one with an unfulfilled plot and supporting characters). Screenwriter Neville Smith's wisecracks work far better than the mystery Finney finds himself enmeshed in, and the pieces which do fall into place seem to happen off-screen. A nonchalant running joke with Finney talking in fast, curt one-liners--and everyone else responding to him in kind--is the film's most charming achievement. If only the story were not so convoluted (and yet wrapped up so unceremoniously), this might have been a minor gem. **1/2 from ****