Directed by:
Robert CarlyleCinematography:
Fabian WagnerCast:
Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, James Cosmo, Ashley Jensen, Tom Courtenay, Martin Compston, Ruari Cannon, Matt Costello, Eileen McCallum (more)VOD (1)
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Barney Thomson (Robert Carlyle) is an awkward barber who inadvertently stumbles into serial murder, with both absurd and macabre consequences. When a series of accidental events causes Barney's dark fantasies to become reality, his uninteresting life suddenly gets very complicated, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer. Complicating matters further, Barney's mother Cemolina (Emma Thompson) has a secret of her own, causing a bloody and comedic chain of events.While Barney clumsily tries to cover his and his mothers tracks, the police inspector Holdall (Ray Winstone) fights his own battles within his inept homicide department as he tries to solve the crime of the century. A black comedy of errors unfolds as the police try to capture the murderer at large. (Pinnacle Films)
(more)Cast
Robert Carlyle
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
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Emma Thompson
UK
Best movies:
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Ray Winstone
UK
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James Cosmo
UK
Best movies:
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Braveheart (1995)
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Ashley Jensen
UK
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The Escape Artist (2013) (series)
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Tom Courtenay
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Dresser (1983)
King Rat (1965)
Martin Compston
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
The Damned United (2009)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Ruari Cannon
UK
Best movies:
World War Z (2013)
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Matt Costello
Best movies:
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
This Year's Love (1999)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Eileen McCallum
Best movies:
Rebus (2000) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)
The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
Finlay Welsh
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Anne Downie
Best movies:
Taggart (1983) (series)
16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
Dolina MacLennan
UK
Best movies:
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000) (TV movie)
The Queen (2006)
Rebus (2000) (series)