Smack and Thistle
5.3
With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go straight and stay clean... as soon as he's seen to one final heist. In the house that he burgles he comes across Elizabeth - rich, desperate, hopelessly addicted to a heroin and unconscious. Saving her from the clutched of an overdose, Abel stays out of compassion which eventually evolves into attraction. But when Abel takes on Elizabeth he also takes on her family. His resolution to go straight has to go on the back burner while he struggles against a drugs conspiracy that stretched from the slums of the East End to the Houses of Parliament.
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Cast
19 people
Charlie Caine
Abel
Known for
Bridget Jones's Diary
Backbeat
Rosalind Bennett
Elizabeth
Known for
Restoration
Tunde Ikoli
Sarah Cellan-Jones
Patrick Malahide
Dirk-Brown
Known for
Luther
Mortal Engines
Alison Jackson
Peter McNamara
Ben
Known for
The Gathering
Shooting Fish
Connie Booth
Ms Kane
Known for
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Rudolph Walker
Churchill
Known for
EastEnders
The Thin Blue Line
James Saxon
Wilks
Known for
Biggles
The Nesting
John Elmes
Edward
Geoffrey Palmer
Sir Horace Wimbol
Known for
Tomorrow Never Dies
Peter Pan
Tunde Ikoli Director
First release April 20, 1991 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Working Title Films
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Working Title
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Working Title Films
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United Kingdom
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 20, 1991
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