The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Neville SmithWriter
- Stephen FrearsDirector
- Andrew Lloyd WebberOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Albert FinneyEddie Ginley
- Billie WhitelawEllen Ginley
- Frank FinlayWilliam Ginley
- Janice RuleMrs. Blankerscoon
- Carolyn SeymourAlison Wyatt
- Fulton MackayJohn Straker
- Oscar JamesDanny Azinge
- Bill DeanTommy Wright
- Wendy RichardAnne Scott
- Maureen LipmanNaomi
- Neville SmithArthur
- George InnesBookshop Proprietor
Stills
Themes
northern englandbookshopdrug smugglingparodyliverpool, englandbingohomageprivate eyeclassified adestranged brotherstand-up comedianpolitical conspiracy