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That Sinking Feeling

That Sinking Feeling

There's got to be more to life than committing suicide.

19806.11h 33m

Overview

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.

Directed by Bill Forsyth
Written by Bill Forsyth
Produced by Bill Forsyth
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Top Cast

Robert Buchanan

Robert Buchanan

Ronnie

Billy Greenlees

Billy Greenlees

Wal

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John Hughes

Vic

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John Gordon Sinclair

Andy

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Drew Burns

Pete

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Eddie Burt

Eddie the Driver

D

Derek Millar

Bobby

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Eric Joseph

The Wee Man

Douglas Sannachan

Douglas Sannachan

Simmy

Alan Love

Alan Love

Alec

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Themes & Keywords

scotlandglasgow, scotlandheistdisguiseunemploymentcaper comedy

About That Sinking Feeling

That Sinking Feeling is a comedy, drama, crime film released in 1980 exploring themes of scotland, glasgow, scotland, heist, disguise, unemployment, caper comedy. Directed by Bill Forsyth, it stars Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees, John Hughes. Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.

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