Eddie Ginley
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88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 53% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) works at a bingo hall in Liverpool, England, but dreams of becoming a stylish private investigator like...
- (8)
- Stephen Frears
- PG
- Albert Finney
Gumshoe (Stephen Frears, 1971) - or Scouser on the Third Floor, as I shall insist on calling it - is a skilled pastiche of classic film noir, with Albert Finney as a bingo caller and part-time comedian who fancies himself as a private eye.
Gumshoe is a 1971 British black comedy film that was the cinematic directorial debut of director Stephen Frears. Written by local author Neville Smith, who appears as Arthur, the film is set in Liverpool.
Gumshoe is an affectionately nostalgic and amusing tribute to the movie-fiction private-eye genre of yesteryear. ... the first feature by Stephen Frears is an unheralded gem of a film. Rotten...
Apr 21, 1972 · Gumshoe: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule. Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye.
- (1.8K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Stephen Frears
- 1972-04-21
Sep 10, 2012 · A beautifully observed and hilariously funny film about a bingo-caller in a Liverpool working-men's club (Finney) who dreams of writing (and starring in) The Maltese...
Review by D Rock ★★½. On paper this sounds like a fun idea: a black comedy about a Liverpudlian schmo who spends too much time reading Hammitt novels, decides to 'live the dream' and go into the PI business and talks half the time in noir-speak.
