Oscar nominee Albert Finney (2001, Best Actor in a supporting role, Erin Brockovich) stars in this hilarious parody of American Film Noir directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen). Meet Eddie Ginley - small time bingo caller and big time loser. He's lost hi girlfriend and now maybe he's losing his marbles. Why, even his psychiatrist has officially diagnosed him as 'a bloody nut'... See, Eddie dreams of being Sam Spade, the ultimate private dick. He's gone so far as to advertise his services as a 'gumshoe' in the local paper. Then one day he gets a call. A mysterious... fat man hands him a package with a photo of a girl , £1000 cash - and a gun. Now Eddie's up to his trench coat in femme fatales, hit men, dead bodies - and an international conspiracy. Not bad for a Liverpudlian with a big mouth and an overactive imagination. Now Eddie plunges himself into the mystery world he's always dreamed of living in. He's in his element - but is he also hopelessly out of his depth? [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Ginley (Albert Finney) is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a career change On his thirty-first birthday he advertises himself as a private eye in the newspaper He dons a trench coat and begins engaging others in rapid-fire dialogue as if he were Humphrey Bogart or some Dashiell Hammett creation Soon after Ginley is phoned by a fat man who gives him a package containing a gun a photograph and a large sum of money Eventually Ginley is investigating a case involving smuggling of weapons as well as drugs Ginley also finds himself at odds with his unsupportive brother who offers Ginley payment to break off his investigations Eventually Ginley learns of his brother-in-law&39;s involvement in the crimes at hand Ginley faces a series of daunting tasks solving the crimes bringing justice to the smugglers (and a murderer) as well as maintaining his safety and sanity in the process
Albert Finney plays a bingo-caller in a Liverpool nightclub who dreams of becoming a private eye a la Humphrey Bogart. He advertises his services and soon finds himself with a murder case on his hands. This was Stephen Frears' directing debut.
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