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That Sinking Feeling
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That Sinking Feeling

1980-10-01 · 93 min · ★ 6.1

Comedy · Drama · Crime

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.

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Directors
Bill Forsyth
Production companies
Minor Miracle Film Cooperative, Lake Films, Glasgow Youth Theatre
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Robert BuchananRobert BuchananRonnie
Billy GreenleesBilly GreenleesWal
John HughesVic
John Gordon SinclairJohn Gordon SinclairAndy
Drew BurnsPete
Eddie BurtEddie the Driver
Derek MillarBobby
Eric JosephThe Wee Man
Douglas SannachanDouglas SannachanSimmy
Alan LoveAlan LoveAlec
Janette RankinMary
Tom MannionTom MannionThe Doctor
Margaret McTearWard Nurse
Anne GrahamComputer Nurse
Kim MastertonGang Girl
Margaret AdamsGang Girl
Alex MackenzieThe Tramp
Gerry ClarkThe Watchman
David ScottHi-Fi Salesman
Richard DemarcoHimself

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