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Colin, a timid gay man, is swept off his feet when Ray, an enigmatic and impossibly handsome biker, takes him on as his submissive in a crazy and erotic BDSM-focused relationship.


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.

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
The Legend of Barney Thomson is a comedy, drama film released in 2015 exploring themes of based on novel or book, dark comedy, serial killer, accidental killing. Directed by Robert Carlyle, it stars Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone. 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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