Mona Lisa

Jun 13, 1986

1h 45m

★ 6.9

Sometimes love is a strange and wicked game.

Overview

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

Thriller

Production Companies

Handmade Films

Palace Productions

Channel Four Films

Mona Lisa Trailers

Cast

George

Bob Hoskins

Simone

Cathy Tyson

Mortwell

Michael Caine

Thomas

Robbie Coltrane

Anderson

Clarke Peters

Cathy

Kate Hardie

Jeannie

Zoë Nathenson

May

Sammi Davis

Self

Joe Brown

George's Wife

Pauline Melville

Raschid

Hossein Karimbeik

Tim Devlin

David Halliwell

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