The Legend of Barney Thomson
Released
July 24, 2015
Runtime: 1h 36m
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
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Cast & Crew
Robert Carlyle
Barney
Emma Thompson
Cemolina
Ray Winstone
Holdall
Ashley Jensen
Detective Inspector June Robertson
James Cosmo
James Henderson
Tom Courtenay
Chief Superintendent McManaman
Kevin Guthrie
MacPherson
Martin Compston
Chris
Stephen McCole
Wullie
Brian Pettifer
Charlie
- PE
Paul Ellard
Bingo caller
- SD
Scott Dymond
Customer Number 1
Eileen McCallum
Mrs. Gaffney
Barbara Rafferty
Jean Monkrieff
Matt Costello
Chris' Creepy Neighbour
- RC
Ruari Cannon
Well Dressed Young Man
- SB
Skye Cooper Barr
Margaret
Finlay Welsh
Jenkins
Robert Carlyle
Director
- CM
Colin McLaren
Writer
- RC
Richard Cowan
Writer
Media
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