Gumshoe

Dec 1, 1971

1h 28m

★ 6.3

the sleuth, the whole sleuth and nothing but the sleuth

Overview

A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Memorial Enterprises

Columbia Pictures

Gumshoe Trailers

Cast

Eddie Ginley

Albert Finney

Ellen Ginley

Billie Whitelaw

William Ginley

Frank Finlay

Mrs. Blankerscoon

Janice Rule

Alison Wyatt

Carolyn Seymour

John Straker

Fulton Mackay

Danny Azinge

Oscar James

Tommy Wright

Bill Dean

Anne Scott

Wendy Richard

Naomi

Maureen Lipman

Arthur

Neville Smith

Bookshop Proprietor

George Innes

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