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Smack and Thistle (1989)

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Film details

Featuring

Charlie Caine Rosalind Bennett Patrick Malahide
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1989
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

When Abel an ex-con black East End boy receives an M.P.'s stolen briefcase, he discovers it contains important documents on a conspiracy to murder East End gangster turned businessman Dirk-Brown. He finds himself pursued by Dirk-Brown, the MP's villainous associates and to complicate the situation further, romantically involved with the heroin addict daughter of the key figure in the conspiracy.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Abel
    
    Charlie Caine
  - Elizabeth
    
    Rosalind Bennett
  - Dirk-Brown
    
    Patrick Malahide
  - Ms Kane
    
    Connie Booth
  - Churchill
    
    Rudolph Walker
  - Edward Tulip
    
    John Elmes
  - Henry Wilks
    
    James Saxon
  - Sir Horace Wimbol
    
    Geoffrey Palmer
  - Baron Greenback
    
    Trevor Laird
  - Spikey
    
    Thomas Craig
  - Bill
    
    Robin Summers
  - Ben
    
    Peter McNamara
  - Ariel
    
    Steve Sweeney
  - Waggy
    
    Walter Sparrow
  - Pedro
    
    Yemi Ajibade
  - Lucy Lisle
    
    Gina McKee
  - Mildred
    
    Jane Wood
  - Walter
    
    Lloyd Anderson
  - Lady Wimbol
    
    Ann Morrish
  - Justin
    
    Paul Stacey
  - Marlene
    
    Cindy O'Callaghan
  - man in wine bar
    
    Jim Barclay
  - drunk
    
    Paul Arlington
  - detective
    
    Brian Hall
  - desk sergeant
    
    Ron Davies
  - Mildred's children
    
    Ade Ikoli
  - Mildred's children
    
    Nicola Ikoli
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Tunde Ikoli
  - Production Company
    
    Working Title Films
  - In association with
    
    Channel Four
  - Producer
    
    Cellan Jones, Sarah
  - Producer
    
    Alison Jackson
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Winnie Wishart
  - Location Manager
    
    Mark Scantlebury
  - Assistant Director
    
    Waldo Roeg
  - Assistant Director
    
    Max Keene
  - Assistant Director
    
    Sholto Roeg
  - Screenplay Supervisor
    
    Glenys Davies
  - Casting
    
    Suzanne Crowley
  - Casting
    
    Gilly Poole
  - Screenplay
    
    Tunde Ikoli
  - Director of Photography
    
    Peter Sinclair
  - Special Effects Supervisor
    
    Alan Whibley
  - Editor
    
    Angus Newton
  - Production Designer
    
    Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
  - Art Director
    
    Frank Walsh
  - Costume Designer
    
    Sheelagh Killeen
  - Wardrobe Supervisor
    
    Louise Page
  - Make-up
    
    Sunetra Sastry
  - Make-up Designer
    
    Fae Hammond
  - Titles
    
    Tracy Drew
  - Music
    
    Colin Towns
  - Music Arranger
    
    Colin Towns
  - Sound Recording
    
    Albert Bailey
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Peter Maxwell
  - Sound Editor
    
    Andrew Glen
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Jim Dowdall

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