The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015•1h 36m•6.1•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Robert Carlyle
Writer
Colin McLaren, Richard Cowan
Languages
English
Studio
Trinity Works Entertainment
Cast
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
Samuel Robertson
Detective Sergeant Sam Jobson
Brian Pettifer
Charlie
Paul Ellard
Bingo caller
Scott Dymond
Customer Number 1
Eileen McCallum
Mrs. Gaffney
Barbara Rafferty
Jean Monkrieff
Production
Company
Trinity Works Entertainment
Company
Latitude Media
Company
Sigma Films
Producer
Brian Coffey
Producer
Richard Cowan
Producer
John G. Lenic
Producer
Kaleena Kiff
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