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Gumshoe

Play trailer Poster for Gumshoe PG,  1972,  1h 28m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 54% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) works at a bingo hall in Liverpool, England, but dreams of becoming a stylish private investigator like those he has read about and seen in films. After finally placing an advertisement in a local newspaper announcing his detective services, he receives a mysterious offer. Even though Ginley is inexperienced and clueless at certain aspects of investigating, he comes to realize that he is entangled in a serious case involving drugs, murder and even his own family.

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Jan Dawson Sight & Sound Feb 11, 2020
It's an extraordinarily funny film, funny in a way that is neither patronising of its audience's intelligence nor complacent about its own. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Feb 23, 2012
Gumshoe is an affectionately nostalgic and amusing tribute to the movie-fiction private-eye genre of yesteryear. Go to Full Review
Madeleine Harmsworth Sunday Mirror (UK) May 16, 2023
Gumshoe, a poor parody of a Humphrey Bogart-type gangster movie, has none of the dash of "oldies." Go to Full Review
Michael Billington Birmingham Post May 16, 2023
I found Gumshoe, in fact, a totally captivating film. It affectionately parodies the clipped, hammerblow dialogue of the best 'Forties movies while at the same time sustaining one's interest in a typically convoluted piece of Chandleresque plotting. Go to Full Review
John Hofsess Maclean's Magazine Jan 30, 2020
Gumshoe is a perfect sort of summer film - light as a Panama hat, cool as a frosted daiquiri. Go to Full Review
Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Dec 31, 2019
An amusing private eye spoof. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Stephen Frears

Director

Albert Finney

Eddie Ginley

Billie Whitelaw

Ellen

Frank Finlay

William

Janice Rule

Mrs. Blankerscoon

Carolyn Seymour

Alison

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Gumshoe

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Movie Info

Synopsis Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) works at a bingo hall in Liverpool, England, but dreams of becoming a stylish private investigator like those he has read about and seen in films. After finally placing an advertisement in a local newspaper announcing his detective services, he receives a mysterious offer. Even though Ginley is inexperienced and clueless at certain aspects of investigating, he comes to realize that he is entangled in a serious case involving drugs, murder and even his own family.
Director
Stephen Frears
Producer
Michael Medwin
Screenwriter
Neville Smith
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 28m
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