Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Shane Meadows.

Cast

• Robert Carlyle as Jimmy
• Rhys Ifans as Dek
• Shirley Henderson as Shirley
• Kathy Burke as Carol
• Ricky Tomlinson as Charlie
• Finn Atkins as Marlene
• James Cosmo as Billy
• David McKay as Dougy
• Anthony Strachan as Jumbo
• Andrew Shim as Donut
• Kelly Thresher as Donna
• Eliot Otis Brown Walters as Lake
• Ryan Bruce as Emerson
• Vic Reeves as Clown
• Bob Mortimer as Clown
• Vanessa Feltz as Herself
• Ladene Hall as Bingo Woman
• Shane Meadows as Bingo Caller

Crew

• Shane Meadows — Director
• Paul Fraser — Writer
• Shane Meadows — Writer
• John Lunn — Original Music Composer
• Andrea Calderwood — Producer
• Brian Tufano — Director of Photography

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