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Patrick Malahide plays three characters—the contemporary Finney, who Marlow thinks is having an affair with his ex-wife Nicola, played by Janet Suzman; the imaginary Binney, a central character in the murder plot; and Raymond, a friend of Marlow's father who has an affair with his mother ( Alison Steadman ).
Feb 24, 2012 · 25 Years Later, 'The Singing Detective' Still Shines. Michael Gambon plays a writer hospitalized with a horrible skin condition in the 1986 BBC miniseries The Singing Detective. The...
Nov 14, 2003 · Dennis Potter. Stars. Robert Downey Jr. Robin Wright. Mel Gibson. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $3.79. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 10.4K users. 82 User reviews. 62 Critic reviews. 45 Metascore. Awards. 1 win & 3 nominations.
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- Comedy, Crime, Musical
- Keith Gordon
- 2003-11-14
Nov 21, 2016 · What elevates The Singing Detective is the way in which these threads gradually intersect: individuals from Marlow’s childhood memories appear in his pulp detective fantasy; characters from the...
Nov 7, 2003 · Keith Gordon's "The Singing Detective" involves the world of Dan Dark ( Robert Downey Jr.), once a writer, now living in a world so encompassed by pain that it has become the single fact of his life. The movie is based on an eight-hour BBC series that ran in 1986; both were written by Dennis Potter, whose own psorasis was nearly unbearable.
Oct 4, 2023 · The Singing Detective: the British masterpiece that changed TV forever. (Credit: BBC) The unconventional TV drama gave the great actor Michael Gambon, who died last week, his defining role. It ...
The Singing Detective: With Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
