Deacon Brodie Movie Review 1998

William Deacon Brodie (Connolly) is one of Edinburgh's most respected citizens in 1788. So his trial and conviction for defrauding the city is doubly shocking--until his secret life of gambling, drinking, and wenching is exposed.

Distribution

BFS Video, 360 Newkirk Rd., Richmond Hill, ON L4C 3G7 Canada, Phone: (905)884-2323, Fax: (905)884-8292, URL: http://www.bfsent.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 18th Century, Scotland, Order in the Court

Screenplay

Simon Donald

Cast

Billy Connolly, Patrick Malahide, Catherine McCormack, Lorcan Cranitch

Cinematography

Ivan Strasburg

Director

Philip Saville

Music

Simon Boswell