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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Film / 2002

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Directed by Shane Meadows
RomanceComedyDrama

★ 6.1/10Audience rating

Though Dek leads a simple and happy life with his girlfriend Shirley and her 12-year-old daughter Marlene, his grand, televised marriage proposal puts his devotion to the test—especially as Marlene's long-absent biological father, Jimmy, looms in the background.

The story

Though Dek leads a simple and happy life with his girlfriend Shirley and her 12-year-old daughter Marlene, his grand, televised marriage proposal puts his devotion to the test—especially as Marlene's long-absent biological father, Jimmy, looms in the background.

Cast

Robert CarlyleJimmy Rhys IfansDek Shirley HendersonShirley Kathy BurkeCarol Ricky TomlinsonCharlie Finn AtkinsMarlene James CosmoBilly David McKayDougy Anthony StrachanJumbo Andrew ShimDonut Kelly ThresherDonna Eliot Otis Brown WaltersLake
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Ryan BruceEmerson Vic ReevesClown Bob MortimerClown Vanessa FeltzHerself Ladene HallBingo Woman Shane MeadowsBingo Caller

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