The Legend of Barney Thomson
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The Legend of Barney Thomson

Comedy Drama
★ 6.1/10 TMDB 2015-07-24 96 min

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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Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Barney
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Cemolina
Ray Winstone
Ray Winstone
Holdall
Ashley Jensen
Ashley Jensen
Detective Inspector June Robertson
James Cosmo
James Cosmo
James Henderson
Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay
Chief Superintendent McManaman
Kevin Guthrie
Kevin Guthrie
MacPherson
Martin Compston
Martin Compston
Chris
Stephen McCole
Stephen McCole
Wullie
Brian Pettifer
Brian Pettifer
Charlie
Paul Ellard
Bingo caller
Scott Dymond
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