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The Fruit Machine

Berated by his father for his camp behaviour, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins his friend Michael, a streetwise hustler who is also on the run.

Drama 1988 103 mins

Director: Philip Saville

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Overview

Berated by his father for his camp behaviour, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins his friend Michael, a streetwise hustler who is also on the run. The boys witness the gangland murder of Annabelle, the transvestite hostess of the Fruit Machine Club. Fearing for their lives, they are thrown into the arms of a gay opera singer and his manipulative manager.

Directed by BAFTA winner Philip Saville from a script by Frank Clarke, The Fruit Machine stars two virtual unknowns - Emile Charles and Tony Forsyth - as two unfortunate gay youngsters on the run when they witness a murder.

Director

Philip Saville

Featuring

Emile Charles , Tony Forsyth and Robbie Coltrane

Genres

Drama

Certificate

Country

United Kingdom

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

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