New Town Killers

Oct 28, 2008

1h 37m

★ 5.7

A game. A hunt. A kill.

Overview

Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She's in debt, he's going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Screen East

Independent

Scottish Screen

New Town Killers Trailers

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Cast

Alistair Raskolnikov

Dougray Scott

Jamie Stewart

Alastair Mackenzie

Sean Macdonald

James Anthony Pearson

Alice Kelly

Liz White

Sam

Charles Mnene

Julie Stewart

Shelley Conn

Young Girl at Bus Station

Karen Gillan

Kim Chapman

Police Officer 1

Jamie Michie

Police Officer 2

Jenny Foulds

News Footage Police Officer

Leon Butler

Turbonegro Fan

Neil McNulty

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