Mindhorn
Sign in to saveMindhorn is a 2016 British independent comedy film directed by Sean Foley, written by Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby, and executive produced by Steve Coogan and Ridley Scott. It stars Barratt, Farnaby, Essie Davis, Russell Tovey and Andrea Riseborough, with cameo appearances by Kenneth Branagh and Simon Callow as themselves. Barratt plays Richard Thorncroft, a faded television actor drawn into negotiations with a criminal who believes his character Detective Mindhorn is real.
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6.1A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
Released: 2016-10-0989 minDir: Sean FoleyComedy
Cast
- Julian Barratt as Richard Thorncroft
- Simon Farnaby as Clive Parnevik
- Essie Davis as Patricia Deville
- Steve Coogan as Peter Easterman
- Richard McCabe as Jeffrey Moncrief
- Andrea Riseborough as DC Elena Baines
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Key dates
- Published
- 5 May 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Screenwriter
- Simon Farnaby
- Cast member
- Simon Callow
- Narrative location
- Isle of Man
- Filming location
- Isle of Man
- Duration
- +89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 650736
- Distribution format
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Release
- Reception
- References
- External links
Mindhorn is a 2016 British independent comedy film directed by Sean Foley, written by Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby, and executive produced by Steve Coogan and Ridley Scott. It stars Barratt, Farnaby, Essie Davis, Russell Tovey and Andrea Riseborough, with cameo appearances by Kenneth Branagh and Simon Callow as themselves. Barratt plays Richard Thorncroft, a faded television actor drawn into negotiations with a criminal who believes his character Detective Mindhorn is real.
==Plot== Richard Thorncroft is a former television actor, known for playing Detective Bruce Mindhorn, a detective with a cybernetic eye that enables him to see truth (described as an optical lie detector), on the 1980s TV show Mindhorn. Twenty-five years later, on the Isle of Man, where the series was filmed, police hunt the escaped lunatic Paul Melly, who's wanted for murder. Melly says he will only speak to Detective Mindhorn, believing Mindhorn is real.