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Studio: Paramount Pictures
Studio: Miramax Films
Release Date: Apr 5, 2002
Running Time: 107 mins.
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: Germany
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Smalltime crook Jimmy botches a bank robbery, lands in prison and stages a musical, with his fellow British inmates, that turns out to be Act One of the perfect escape plan. The musical, about Napolean's adversary Lord Nelson, is ultimately the cover plan to orchestrate a jailbreak. But it's Act Two that's stumped Jimmy. His leading lady has captured his heart, and with one leg already over the wall, he's got to come up with a new ending... as the curtain falls fast on his freedom.
cast + crew
Director
Director
Jimmy Hands
Annabel Sweep
Governor Graham Mortimer
Cliff Gumbell
Roger Chamberlain
Rudy Guscott
John Toombes
Darren
Paul Dean
Officer George Barratt
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Executive Producer
reviews
A group of British inmates stage their warden's play as a smokescreen for their escape. Story Oddly, the last movie this reviewer critiqued was the ho-hum prison comedy/drama Mean Machine, about a bunch of underdog soccer-playing Brit convicts who want to prove themselves, done in the vein of Snatch. This time, the inmates hit the stage instead of the field in this ho-hum prison comedy about a bunch of underdog singing Brit convicts who want to escape by distracting the guards, done in the vein… |
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