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That Sinking Feeling (1979)

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 ... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Mannion ...
The Doctor
Eddie Burt ...
Eddie the Driver
Richard Demarco ...
Himself
Alex Mackenzie ...
The Tramp
Margaret Adams ...
Gang Girl
Kim Masterton ...
Gang Girl
Danny Benson ...
Policeman
Robert Buchanan ...
Ronnie
Drew Burns ...
Pete
Gerry Clark ...
The Watchman
Anne Graham ...
Computer Nurse
Billy Greenlees ...
Wal
John Hughes ...
Vic
Eric Joseph ...
The Wee Man
Alan Love ...
Alec
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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. Written by Mattias Thuresson

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Descendo Pelo Ralo  »

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In Great Britain, That Sinking Feeling (at the time) was the cheapest film ever to have received a theatrical release. See more »

Goofs

Throughout the film, Eddie's snoring is that of a man with his mouth open, but Eddie's mouth is always closed. See more »

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Ronnie: I tried to kill myself today. Just after you left, Wal. I took a mouthful of corn flakes and milk and held my mouth shut.
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The action of this film takes place in a fictious town called Glasgow. Any resemblance to any real town called Glasgow is purely coincidental. See more »

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Referenced in Gregory's Two Girls (1999) See more »

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SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE
Played by Alan Darby
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Weirdly funny surreal comedy
4 December 1999 | by – See all my reviews

Full of (then) unknown actors TSF is a great big cuddly romp of a film.

The idea of a bunch of bored teenagers ripping off the local sink factory is odd enough, but add in the black humour that Forsyth & Co are so good at and your in for a real treat.

The comatose van driver by itself worth seeing, and the canal side chase is just too real to be anything but funny.

And for anyone who lived in Glasgow it's a great "Oh I know where that is" film.


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