Purely Belter

Nov 3, 2000

1h 35m

★ 6.6

They're a couple of zeros short of a grand

Overview

Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Film4 Productions

Mumbo Jumbo Productions

Purely Belter Trailers

Cast

Gerry McCarten

Chris Beattie

Sewell

Greg McLane

Mrs. McCarten

Charlie Hardwick

Mr. Sewell

Roy Hudd

Mr. McCarten

Tim Healy

Mr. Caird

Kevin Whately

Bridget

Kerry Ann Christiansen

Gemma

Jody Baldwin

Mrs. Caird

Tracey Wilkinson

Ginga

Willie Ross

Clare

Tracy Whitwell

Mrs Brabin

Su Elliot

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