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    The Singing Detective

    1986 · Musical · 1 season

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  1. Nov 7, 2003 · "The Singing Detective" is a movie about a man who has been failed by science and drugs and turns in desperation to his mind, seeking temporary insanity as a release. His sharp intelligence is an asset. He knows the 1950s songs are trash, and that's the point; you don't throw songs you love onto the bonfire.

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  3. 39% Tomatometer 108 Reviews 40% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Hospitalized for a severe skin disease, a bitter writer (Robert Downey Jr.) imagines he is the gumshoe from his novel.

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    • Keith Gordon
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    • Robert Downey Jr.
  4. The Singing Detective Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Kaleem Aftab The List. This film seems confused to the point that it is impossible to come to grips...

  5. 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...

  6. THE SINGING DETECTIVE (3 outta 5 stars) Excellent main performance by Robert Downey Jr. as a writer of detective stories who is stricken with a horrible skin disease which makes his every movement extremely painful.

  7. Jan 19, 2003 · By Dennis Harvey. Shortly before his death in 1991, celebrated British scribe Dennis Potter completed a feature-length, U.S.-set transposition of his crowning achievement television achievement,...

  8. Nov 14, 2003 · The Singing Detective: Directed by Keith Gordon. With Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam. From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.

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