- Country: UK
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Release: 1972-04-21
- Director: Stephen Frears
- Writers: Neville Smith
- Language: English
- Stars: Albert Finney , Billie Whitelaw , Frank Finlay , Janice Rule
- Runtime: 86 min
- Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA 1 win & 2 nominations total
- AKA: Gumshoe (France, French Republic) , Gumshoe, Detetive Particular (Brazil) , Passos Silenciosos (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Vainukoira (Finland) , Eddie Ginley - Kanske en deckare (Sweden) , Detective sin licencia (Spain) , Gumshoe , Gumshoe (United Kingdom) , Privatdetektiven (Denmark) , Dilettáns zsaroló (Hungary) , Sequestro pericoloso (Italy) , Сыщик , Auf leisen Sohlen , Prywatny detektyw (Poland) , Gumshoe (United States of America) , Sabueso verde (Argentina)
- Plot: Ginley (Albert Finney) is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a career change. On his thirty-first birthday, he advertises himself as a private eye in the newspaper. He dons a trench coat, and begins engaging others in rapid-fire dialogue as if he were Humphrey Bogart, or some Dashiell Hammett creation. Soon after, Ginley is phoned by a fat man, who gives him a package containing a gun, a photograph, and a large sum of money. Eventually Ginley is investigating a case involving smuggling of weapons as well as drugs. Ginley also finds himself at odds with his unsupportive brother, who offers Ginley payment to break off his investigations. Eventually Ginley learns of his brother-in-law's involvement in the crimes at hand. Ginley faces a series of daunting tasks: solving the crimes, bringing justice to the smugglers (and a murderer), as well as maintaining his safety and sanity in the process.
- IMDB:tt0068669
Gumshoe Cast · · · ALL
Stephen Frears
Director
Albert Finney
Eddie Ginley
Billie Whitelaw
Ellen
Frank Finlay
William Ginley
Janice Rule
Mrs. Blankerscoon
Carolyn Seymour
Alison Wyatt
Fulton Mackay
John Straker
Oscar James
Danny Azinge
Bill Dean
Tommy Wright
Wendy Richard
Anne Scott
Maureen Lipman
Naomi
Neville Smith
Arthur
George Innes
Bookshop Proprietor
Bert King
Mal Conway
Tom Kempinski
C.L. Quarry - Psychiatrist
Ken Jones
Labour Exchange Clerk
Christopher Cunningham
Clifford
Harry Hutchinson
Kleptomaniac
Ernie Mack
Artist in Club