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Film / 1990
The World of Eddie Weary
Directed by
Alan Grint
Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides …
The story
Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show. Except Conway is actually a complete idiot in real-life: stuck up, pretentious and selfish, the constant focus of tabloid interest for his bad, usually drunken behaviour. But then he discovers he gets truckloads of mail from fans who think he really is Eddie Weary, asking for his help, so he decides to help them - with the aid of his assistant, Birdie.
Cast
Ray BrooksAlex Conway/Eddie Weary
Celia ImrieBirdie
Connie BoothMadge
Anita DobsonRoxanne
Brian GloverStrip Club MC
Anthony DanielsBruce
Ella WIlderFern
Kitty AldridgeBarbara Daniels
Melanie KilburnMrs Hebdon
Martyn WhitbyMr Hebdon
Sandra MaitlandMrs McDermott
Judy FlynnMaureen
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Josephine AntoszGran
Neil DicksonRaymond Knight
Francesca RyanTV Awards Hostess
Anthony DuttonPolice Sergeant
Ian BleasdaleDisco Club Man
Alex HallDisco Club Woman
Greg PowellStrip Club Bouncer
Marcus RomerKevin
Emma RawsonEmma
Jeffrey RobertGravedigger
Yusef SultanIndian police officer
Johnny MaxfieldHotel Porter
Mohammed AshiqFat Accountant
Dennis ConlonBicycle Man
Matthew SandlandYouth
Greg PowellStrip Club Bouncer
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