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About
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 8, 2002
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Lucky Break Productions, Fragile Films, Film4 Productions, Senator Film, Miramax, Paramount Pictures
Cast
Full credits →J
James Nesbitt
James 'Jimmy' Hands
O
Olivia Williams
Annabel
T
Timothy Spall
Cliff
C
Christopher Plummer
Graham Mortimer
Bill Nighy
Roger
L
Lennie James
Rudy
R
Ron Cook
Perry
P
Peter Wight
George Barratt
C
Celia Imrie
Amy
R
Raymond Waring
Darren
J
John Pierce Jones
Mad Lenny
P
Peter McNamara
Ward
R
Ram John Holder
Old Billy Morris
J
Julian Barratt
Paul Dean
F
Frank Harper
John Toombes
D
Desmond McNamara
Arthur
A
Andy Linden
Kenny
A
Annette Bentley
Julie Gumbell
B
Brian Abbott
Phillips
G
Georgie Glen
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