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Gumshoe

Duration:
88 min
Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery
IMDB rate:
6.5
Director:
Stephen Frears
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win
Details
Country: UK
Filming Locations: Lucky Horseshoe cafe, Shaftsbury Ave, London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Albert Finney
Eddie Ginley
Billie Whitelaw
Ellen
Frank Finlay
William
Janice Rule
Mrs. Blankerscoon
Carolyn Seymour
Alison
George Innes
Bookshop Proprietor
George Silver
De Fries
Bill Dean
Tommy
Wendy Richard
Anne Scott
Maureen Lipman
Naomi
Neville Smith
Arthur
Oscar James
Azinge
Joe Kenyon
Joey (as Joey Kenyon)
Bert King
Mal
Christopher Cunningham
Clifford (as Chris Cunningham)
Ken Jones
Labour Exchange Clerk
Tom Kempinski
Psychiatrist
Harry Hutchinson
Kleptomaniac
Ernie Mack and The Saturated Seven
Artist in Club (as Ernie Mack and the Saturated Seven)
Jayson Kane
Artist in Club (as Jason Kane)
The Jacksons
Artist in Club
Vicki Day
Artist in Club
Scott Christian
Artist in Club
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Trivia
The second film produced by Albert Finney's production company Memorial Enterprises. Finney, uncredited, was a producer on the picture.
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Gumshoe Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney)'s fee was $20 a day plus expenses.
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Albert Finney was originally going to direct this film, Finney having recently directed Charlie Bubbles (1967). But Finney was so immersed in his characterization for the film that he forgoed directing the picture and handed over the reins to his Charlie Bubbles (1967) assistant Stephen Frears.
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Quotes
Eddie Ginley: Mrs. Blankers-Cohen?
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Tommy: [Eddie has gone to Botha Export Co Ltd for further investigations] We're closed!
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Anne Scott: I'd rather fight than switch.
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Photos from cast
Fulton Mackay
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