Down Among the Big Boys (1993)
Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy and compulsive thief who attempts a spectacular robbery. Louie is put in charge of the investigation of JoJo's latest enterprise. JoJo learns of his peril and begins an exercise in risk management.
- Date of release
- 1993-09-19
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
- Director
- Charles Gormley
Casting
- Billy Connolly — JoJo Donnelly
- Maggie Bell — Jean Donnelly
- Ashley Jensen — Claire Donnelly
- Douglas Henshall — Louie Gibbons
- John Murtagh — Garry
- Ewan Stewart — Mick
- Rab Affleck — Bungalow
- Ken Drury — Louis Gibbons
- Alex Norton — Dan Gibbons
- Katherine Stark — Jenny Gibbons
- Freddie Boardley — William
- Gary Lewis — Jacketless
Interesting facts
Screen One is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and distributed by BBC Worldwide, that was transmitted on BBC One from 1989 to 1998. A total of six series were broadcast, incorporating sixty individual films, several of which were broadcast as stand-alone specials. The series was born following the demise of the BBC's Play for Today, which ran from 1970 to 1984. Producer Kenith Trodd was asked to formulate a new series of one-off television dramas, the result of which was Screen Two, which began broadcasting on BBC2 in 1985.
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