"Jim Byars" Filmography
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"Screen One" Down Among the Big Boys
1993, UK
- Actors: Billy Connolly, Maggie Bell, Ashley Jensen, Douglas Henshall, Alex Norton, Ken Drury, Katherine Stark, Rab Affleck, Iain Agnew, Bill Barclay, John Bett, Freddie Boardley, Kenneth Bryans, Paul Burnham, Jim Byars, Simon Donald, David Findlay, James Gibb, Stevie Hannan, Stuart Hepburn, Gary Lewis, Kenneth Lindsay, Bill Little, Donald MacNeil, Maggie MacRitchie, Martin McCardie, David McKay, John Murtagh, Victoria Nairn, Sandy Neilson
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Director(s): Charles Gormley
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Available languages:
- English English.
Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy and compulsive thief who attempts a spectacular robbery. Louie is put in charge of the investigation of JoJo's latest enterprise. JoJo learns of his peril and begins an exercise in risk management.
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"Play for Today" Just a Boys' Game
1979, UK
- Actors: Frankie Miller, Ken Hutchison, Gregor Fisher, Jean Taylor Smith, Hector Nicol, Jim Byars, Peter Davidson, Billy Greenlees, Katherine Stark, Jan Wilson
- Genre: Drama
- Director(s): John Mackenzie
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Available languages:
- English English.
Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake's sole aim is to be as tough as the old man was. One day in Jake's life, as he drifts, drinks and fights, leads to a bleak realisation.