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Fruit Machine (The)
- Director: Philip Saville
- Writer: Frank Clarke
- Producer: Steve Morrison
CGiii Comment
The script is simply bizarre.
A hotch-potch of ideas woven together - making a mountainous and chronically unbelievable mess.
Where on earth did Clarke come up with the idea of dolphins?!?
It really is so bizarre that it is fascinating. Coltrane's drag queen is the only highlight.
Clarke's writing career was short-lived - after this - understandably so.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
16 year old gay Eddie runs away from home, where he's constantly harassed by his father. With his friend Michael he witnesses at the gay disco "Fruit Machine" how it's owner is slayed by killer Echo. They run away, but now the killer's after them - however after Eddie visits a dolphin show, he's more concerned about their life than his.
Cast & Characters
Emile Charles as Eddie;
Tony Forsyth as Michael;
Robert Stephens as Vincent;
Clare Higgins as Eve;
Bruce Payne as Echo;
Robbie Coltrane as Annabelle;
Carsten Norgaard as Dolphin Man;
Kim Christie as Jean;
Louis Emerick as Billy;
Joseph Carrington as Ray;
Julie Graham as Hazel;
Paula Ann Bland as Beverley;
Niven Boyd as Dave;
Claire Parker as Young Jean;
Caroline Milmoe as Lillie