The Singing Detective (1986)

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Country: Australia, UK
Genres: Drama, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1986-11-16
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: English
Stars: Michael Gambon , Patrick Malahide , Patrick Malahide , Patrick Malahide , Joanne Whalley , David Ryall (1935–2014) , Gerard Horan , Leslie French , Leslie French , Ron Cook , George Rossi , Sharon D. Clarke , Lyndon Davies
Runtime: 415 min
Awards: Won 3 BAFTA 6 wins & 8 nominations total
AKA: Der singende Detektiv (Germany) , The Singing Detective , El detectiu cantant (Spain) , Den sjungande detektiven (Sweden) , Den syngende detektiv (Denmark) , Распевани детектив (Serbia) , The Singing Detective - Laulava salapoliisi (Finland) , Поющий детектив , The Singing Detective (Australia) , Raspjevani detektiv (Croatia) , Den syngende detektiv (Norway) , El detective cantante (Spain) , The Singing Detective (United Kingdom) , Az éneklő detektív (Hungary) , The Singing Detective (Netherlands the) , The Singing Detective (United States of America) , Laulava salapoliisi (Finland)
Plot: Re-working material from his first novel, "Hide and Seek" (1973), and folding this into a prismatic blend of autobiographical details, popular music and 1940s film noir, Writer Dennis Potter delivered a drama now regarded as a twentieth century masterwork. Detective novelist Philip Marlow (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthritis. Confined to a hospital bed, Marlow mentally re-writes his early Chandleresque thriller, "The Singing Detective", with him in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of spies and criminals, along with vivid memories of a childhood in the Forest of Dean. As past events and 1940s songs surface in his subconscious, Marlow's voyage of self-discovery provides a key to conquering his illness, while his noir-styled hallucinations evoke the Philip Marlowe of Chandler's Murder, My Sweet (1944), starring Dick Powell, who later became a "singing detective" on radio's "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" (1949), crooning to girlfriend Helen Asher at the end of each episode.
IMDB:tt0090521