The Legend of Barney Thomson

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

Cast

Robert Carlyle

as Barney

Emma Thompson

as Cemolina

Ray Winstone

as Holdall

Ashley Jensen

as Detective Inspector June Robertson

James Cosmo

as James Henderson

Tom Courtenay

as Chief Superintendent McManaman

Kevin Guthrie

as MacPherson

Martin Compston

as Chris

Stephen McCole

as Wullie

Samuel Robertson

as Detective Sergeant Sam Jobson

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