Gumshoe (1971)
- Directed by
- Stephen Frears
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, comedy drama, neo-noir
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 41 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A bingo caller in 1970s Liverpool tries to live out his fantasy of being a hard-boiled private detective. He gets drawn into a real mystery involving a missing person and a criminal underworld.
quirkydarkly comicslow-burnnostalgicmelancholicwryoffbeatself-aware
What happens
Gumshoe is a 1971 British black comedy film directed (in his debut) by Stephen Frears and starring Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw and Frank Finlay. It was written by Neville Smith. The film follows a bingo-caller who dreams of being a private eye. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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