Thin Man/UKFC/Studio Canal/Ingenious Media. Produced by Simon Channing Williams, written & directed by Mike Leigh, co-producer Georgina Lowe, photography by Dick Pope, edited by Jim Clark, designed by Eve Stewart, casting by Nina Gold, hair & make-up by Christine Blundell, costume by Jacqueline Durran, sound recordist Tim Fraser, research by Lucy Whittton. With Imelda Staunton (Vera), Phil Davis (Stan), Peter Wight (Det. Inspector Webster), Daniel Mays (Sid), Alex Kelly (Ethel), Adrian Scarborough (Frank), Heather Craney (Joyce), Eddie Marsan (Reg), Ruth Sheen (Lily), Sally Hawkins (Susan), Leo Bill (Ronnie), Gerard Monaco (Kenny), Sandra Voe (Vera’s Mother), Lesley Manville (Mrs Wells), Simon Chandler (Mr Wells), Sam Troughton (David), Fenella Woolgar (Susan’s Confidante), Nicky Henson (Private Doctor), Allan Corduner (Psychiatrist), Lesley Sharpe (Jessie Barnes), Anthony O’Donnell (Mr Walsh), Martin Savage (Det. Sergeant Vickers), Helen Coker (WPC Best), Paul Jesson (Magistrate), Jim Broadbent (Judge), Richard Graham (George), Anna Keaveney (Nellie), Marion Bailey (Mrs Fowler), Chris O’Dowd (Sid’s Customer), Sinéad Matthews (Very Young Woman), Sid Mitchell (Very Young Man), Tilly Vosburgh (Mother of Seven), Alan Williams (Sick Husband), Heather Cameron, Billie Cook, Billy Seymour (Children), Nina Fry, Lauren Holden (Dance Hall Girls), Elizabeth Berrington, Emma Amos (Cynical Ladies), Joanna Griffiths (Peggy), Wendy Nottingham (Ivy), Nicky Henson (Private Doctor), Angie Wallis (Nurse Willoughby), Judith Scott (Sister Beech), Vinette Robinson (Jamaican Girl), Rosie Cavaliero (Married Woman), Liz White (Pamela Barnes), Lucy Pleasance (Sister Coombes), Tracey O’Flaherty (Nurse), Tom Ellis (Police Constable), Robert Putt (Station Sergeant) Craig Conway (Station Constable), Jake Wood (Ruffian), Vincent Franklin (Mr Lewis), Michael Gunn (Gaoler), Paul Raffield (Magistrate’s Clerk), Philip Childs (Clerk), Jeffrey Wickham (Prosecution Barrister), Nicholas Jones (Defence Barrister), Stephen Dunbar (Usher), Angela Curran, Jane Wood (Prisoners), Eileen Davies (Prison Officer). 125mins.

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