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A funny, quirky cult movie that laid the foundation for Stephen Frear's career.

- Stephen Frears has been nominated for two Oscars, was listed as one of the most powerful people in British culture, and made High Fidelity - but this was his first feature film.

- This also happens to be the first of two films to have original music scores by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

- Albert Finney was named for a British Academy Award for his role as the led in Gumshoe.

Gumshoe

Running Time: 1:26:02 Rating: G Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Albert Finney stars as a bingo-caller who, bored with life, takes out a newspaper ad offering his services as a private detective. Soon Finney is detecting all over Liverpool.

Starring:

Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Janice Rule

Director:

Stephen Frears

Gumshoe

(1:26:02)

By: Gumshoe Released: 5/15/2009 Genre: Comedy

5 Ratings

Albert Finney stars as a bingo-caller who, bored with his mundane existence, takes out a newspaper ad offering his services as a private detective. In no time at all, Finney finds himself involved in a series of plots and counterplots.