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Bellman & True (Original title)Bellman and True (Alternative title)
Date: 1987 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Richard Loncraine

Synopsis: Hiller, a computer systems engineer, is blackmailed into decoding a stolen bank file, when his son is kidnapped.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1987Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): English
Date: December 1987Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 122 mins Length: 10954 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: HandMade Films

Credits (45)
Production Company: HandMade Films, Production Company: Euston Films, Executive producer for HandMade Films: George Harrison, Denis O'Brien, Executive producer for Euston Films: John Hambley, Johnny Goodman, Producer: Michael Wearing, Producer: Christopher Neame, Associate Producer: Basil Rayburn, Associate Producer: Malcolm R. Burgess, Production Associate: Bill Launder, Unit Production Manager: Ron Holtzer, Production Supervisor: Donald Toms, Production Co-ordinator: Monica Rogers, Location Manager: Alison Barnett, Assistant Director: Ken Tuohy, Assistant Director: Chris Thompson, Assistant Director: Ian Cameron, Casting: Irene Lamb, Script: Desmond Lowden, Script: Richard Loncraine, Script: Michael Wearing, Original novel: Desmond Lowden, Photography: Ken Westbury, Camera Operator: Mike Proudfoot, Special Effects: Ace Effects, Editor: Paul Green, Production Designer: Jon Bunker, Art Director: John Ralph, Set Decorator: Ann Mollo, Costume Designer: David Perry, Wardrobe supervisor: Janet Lucas, Make-up chief: Vivien Placks, Title backgrounds: Judy Loncraine, Titles and opticals: Geoff Axtell Associates, Music: Colin Towns, Music Director: Alan H. Wilson, Sound Recording: Tony Jackson, Sound Re-recording: Peter Maxwell, Sound Editor: Ted Mason, Dialogue editor: Philip Bothamley, Footsteps editor: Brian Lintern, Stunt Co-ordinator: Terry Forrestal, Armouring: Bapty & Co.
Cast (28)
Bernard Hill (Hiller), Derek Newark (Guv'nor), Richard Hope (Salto), Ken Bones (Gort), Frances Tomelty (Anna), Kieran O'Brien (Boy), John Kavanagh (The Donkey), Arthur Whybrow (The Peterman), Jim Dowdall (The Wheelman), Peter Howell (The Bellman), Kate Mcenery (Mo), Anne Carroll (Pauline), Richard Strange (Man with Walkman), Peter Jonfield (Security Sergeant), Andrew Paul (Young Security Guard), Richard Walsh (Security Driver), Camilla Nash (Anna's Lover), Badi Uzzaman (Shopkeeper), William Sleigh (Hotel Clerk), Chris Sanders (Commuter), Greg Powell (Coach Driver), Alisa Bosschaert (Ticket Check-in Clerk), Michael Shaw (Policeman), Alan Downer (Immigration Officer), Michael Bertenshaw (Steward), Stephen Churchett (Commercial Traveller), Michael Watkins (Man on Roof), Roger McKern (Lorry Driver)