The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)

Synopsis

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

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Cast

• Robert Carlyle as Barney
• Emma Thompson as Cemolina
• Ray Winstone as Holdall
• Ashley Jensen as Detective Inspector June Robertson
• James Cosmo as James Henderson
• Tom Courtenay as Chief Superintendent McManaman
• Kevin Guthrie as MacPherson
• Martin Compston as Chris
• Stephen McCole as Wullie
• Brian Pettifer as Charlie

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• The Town
• The Killer's Game
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• Accident Man
• Fast Charlie
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