Schemers
“Always let ambition blind ability”
Set in late-1970s Dundee, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business. After a run in with a local gangster, a fledgling promoter and his two friends raise their ambitions to booking major bands in order to escape their debt.
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Cast
29 people
Conor Berry
Davie
Known for
Karen Pirie
Dept. Q
Sean Connor
Scot
Known for
Anna and the Apocalypse
Dave Mclean
Remo Catani
Craig Jackson
Grant Robert Keelan
John
Also in
The Devil's Machine
Skinjacker
Virginia Lee
Khaled Spiewak
Nicholas Schenck
Tara Lee
Shona
Known for
The Cellar
The Suspect
Kyle Titterton
Aidan McDonach
Dave Mclean Director · Kyle Titterton Screenplay Alan C. McLaughlin Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $136K · First release June 29, 2019 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$135,664
Production
Schemers Film
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 29, 2019
Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
United Kingdom · September 25, 2020
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
October 5, 2020
Ireland
September 25, 2020 · Digital
Russia
November 7, 2019 · Premiere · New British Film Festival
July 23, 2020 · Theatrical
August 7, 2020 · Digital
Serbia
October 5, 2020
Ukraine
September 17, 2020 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 25, 2021 · Physical · DVD
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