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Man Dancin' (2004)

Man Dancin'
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Length 1h49
Genres Drama
Rating57% 2.8575652.8575652.8575652.8575652.857565

Man Dancin' is a 2003 Scottish crime drama film directed by Norman Stone and starring Alex Ferns, James Cosmo, Tom Georgeson, Kenneth Cranham and Jenny Foulds.

Synopsis

Ex-boxer Jimmy Kerrigan (Alex Ferns) is released from a Northern Irish prison after serving a nine-year sentence for arms trafficking and returns to the Glasgow council estate he grew up on where he immediately find his heroin addict younger brother, Terry (Cas Harkins), being attacked by two thugs for dealing drugs on a rival gang's turf. He elects to take Terry's punishment for him and is badly beaten by the hoodlums. Word of Jimmy's release soon reaches Donnie McGlone (James Cosmo), the crime lord he once served, and he is taken to McGlone's home by two henchman for a meeting with his former boss who tries to bring him back into his crew. Jimmy explains that he wishes to leave crime behind, see out the rest of his probation and move to Greece but McGlone suspects his reform is a feint to disguise personal ambition and has D.I. Walter "Pancho" Villers (Kenneth Cranham), a corrupt policeman with whom he is in league, rough Jimmy up in an attempt to gauge how much criminal mentality he has left. The villains also recruit the disillusioned Terry as a paid informant to report Jimmy's movements to them.

Actors

Alex Ferns

(Jimmy Kerrigan)Alex Ferris

(Jimmy Kerrigan)James Cosmo

(Donnie McGlone)Tom Georgeson

(Father Gabriel Flynn)Kenneth Cranham

(D.I. Walter 'Pancho' Villers)
And :
Tam White
Ron Donachie
Gavin Mitchell
Frank Gallagher
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