Its still an essential escape for fans of hard scifi. I am not sure time has been kind to this film overall, and i would only score this a 2. Gumshoe 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mccalls crypto bank about to take off whats the microcap millionaire stock hinted at in ads for early stage investor. Gumshoe 1971 of all the gin joints, she had to walk into his. Gumshoe is a video game developed and published by nintendo for the nes and released in 1986 in north america and in 1988 in europe. The original trailer in high definition of gumshoe directed by stephen frears and starring albert finney, billie whitelaw, frank finlay, janice. The earliest examples show gumshoe used as an adjective meaning being a stealthy or surreptitious thief or tracker, and thus being a plainclothes police officer or a private. In his first day as a selfstyled sam spade, he receives a mysterious phone call, plunging him into a. Yes, netflixs altered carbon season 2 has a much different. It was the acclaimed directors first theatrical feature, and he didnt direct his second until eight years.
Gumshoe, a slang term for a private detective, from those that wore street shoes with a thick, soft and quiet rubber sole. The gumshoe site is designed to offer you mysteryrelated news. Shawn parsons as nick mcgraw, the gumshoe written by. Gumshoe 1971 stephen frears, albert finney, billie whitelaw, frank finlay, comedy, crime, drama october 10, 2017 ginley albert finney is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a. Gumshoe was the first of two films with original music scores by andrew lloyd webber the other was the odessa file, in 1974. A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case. Why are detectivesinvestigators referred to as gumshoes.
Gumshoe 1971 directed by stephen frears genres comedy, mystery subgenres comedy thriller, detective film, parodyspoof release date mar 21, 1972 usa run time 82 min. With albert finney, billie whitelaw, frank finlay, janice rule. So, if you have some hot news to post, happy and sad, good and bad, exciting and obsecure, useful and secret, please feel free to let me know. It stars albert finney, billie whitelaw, frank finlay, fulton mackay, janice rule, carolyn seymour and george innes. The project had been ordered to pilot at the nascent streamer earlier this year, meaning this is the first hbo max pilot to get picked up to series. Get notified if it comes to one of your streaming services, like netflix, on. Official selection of telluride film festival and raindance film festival. Gumshoe is a british 1971 film that was the theatrical directorial debut of director stephen. Gone are the trappings and tropes of a futurenoir gumshoe mystery with a brooding protagonist and neonsoaked gutters. Find similar and related movies for gumshoe 1971 stephen frears on allmovie. A hardboiled tale following gumshoe, a private eye hot on the trail of his missing partner.
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Hbo max has given out a series order to the halfhour high school dramedy generation. The animating principle behind gumshoe states that failing to get key information is never interesting. Gumshoe film, stephen frearss 1971 directorial debut. Francis ford coppola called it, funny, unique and mustve been hard to pull off. I think the explanation of the system is overly dry, and it leaves out how it feels to play it. Gumshoe 1971 stephen frears cast and crew allmovie. Trailer for gumshoe 1971 directed by stephen frears. The picture is a touch grainy, but its clean and goodlooking overall there is some occasional softness, but that appears to be present in the source material. Shafts son, a womanizing nypd detective who quits the force and becomes a private investigator after growing tired of corruption in the legal system. Gumshoe, the hardboiled detective in the 30s, a 1981 bookbased game published by sleuth publications. The senses of gumshoe leading to the private detective sense all have to do with the idea that rubbersoled shoes give the wearer the ability to walk stealthily.
Sep 09, 2015 gumshoe one2one retunes, rebuilds and reenvisions the acclaimed gumshoe investigative rules set, as seen in such hit roleplaying games as trail of cthulhu and nights black agents, for one player and one gm. The witcher season 2 cast includes a game of thrones favorite and more. Scene from the movie gumshoe filmed in 1970 at the lucky horseshoe cafe in london 184 shaftesbury, where mabel greers toyshop and early yes were rehearsing at the basement two years before. Medwin is credited as producer on gumshoe, as he is on most or all of m. He receives a ransom note from a mafia boss, king dom, who. The reckoning, jack golds liverpoolset crime thriller, predates gumshoe and get carter by two years and. Mar 31, 2014 a hardboiled tale following gumshoe, a private eye hot on the trail of his missing partner.
Finney is a confessed fan of the noir, detective genre and a fan of john huston who among other classics directed the maltese falcon gumshoe is a must see for any fan of british film, stephen frears or albert finney. Gumshoe is an affectionately nostalgic and amusing tribute to the moviefiction. Dvd compare is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program and the amazon europe s. Two other enigmatic women dip in and out of eddies investigation, but dont quite make a mark like they should. Inspired by his love for dashiell hammett novels, nightclub comedian eddie ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. Oct 10, 2017 gumshoe 1971 stephen frears, albert finney, billie whitelaw, frank finlay, comedy, crime, drama october 10, 2017 ginley albert finney is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a career change. Gumshoe 1971 stephen frears, albert finney, billie whitelaw. Gumshoe 1971 12 1201 1971 gb drama, comedy, crime, mystery, thriller 1h 28m user score. Gumshoe definitely sounds like that if you havent played it.