The Marker

Jun 25, 2017

1h 22m

★ 6.0

Redemption comes with a price

Overview

Noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Sharp House

104 Films

Achilles Entertainments

Ark Media

The Marker Trailers

Cast

Marley Dean Jacobs

Frederick Schmidt

Brendan Doyle

John Hannah

Ana

Ana Ularu

Maura

Cathy Tyson

Jimmy Doyle

Struan Rodger

Cristina Vaduva

Lara Peake

Chambers

Ian Sharp

Pogus

Andrew Shim

Alex

Jack McMullen

Nigel Chivvers

Simon Lowe

Mr Hush

Patrick Connolly

Carl Dawes

Barry Aird

Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan... .to murder her husband.

5.4

Mike's Murder

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Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.

7.1

The Man from London

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A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

5.0

Behind the Headlines

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Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.

6.3

The Lodger

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6.8

The Spanish Prisoner

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An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.

8.3

Le Trou

Mar 18, 1960

Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system -- yet their escape is anything but assured.

8.0

Hello Darlin'

Mar 1, 2020

Les Dalton is on parole after nine years in prison for armed robbery, and now everyone wants to know what happened to the missing gold. He claims it never existed, but no-one believes him, including the retired detective who headed the original manhunt. Whilst Dalton tries to build a new life in a world he wants no part of it, plans are afoot to force him to tell the truth -- a move which will ultimately cost someone their life.

6.2

Villain

May 26, 1971

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

6.2

Hammett

Jun 9, 1982

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.

5.4

Picture Claire

Sep 10, 2001

Quebec native Claire Beaucage has a one-night stand with a photographer of some renown. Despite the language barrier between them, he invites her to visit him in Toronto. She shows up on his doorstep after an arson attack leaves her homeless, but soon finds herself caught up in a case of murder and mistaken identity.

6.5

The Criminal

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When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

5.9

Palmetto

Feb 20, 1998

After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feeling like he were owed something for his loss of time, he proceeds to get himself involved in a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagined.

6.3

Repo Men

Mar 18, 2010

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6.7

Night Moves

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Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

5.6

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7.1

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

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6.0

Kill Me Again

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6.5

Cutter's Way

Mar 19, 1981

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.