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Title: GOODBYE UNCLE

Reference number: 4927

Date: 1980

Producer: Norman Pollock

Production company: [ Quinlan Film Group]

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 43.06 mins

Description: Drama involving murder and terrorism set in the world of Glasgow speedway, crime and journalism.

Credits: p. Norman Pollock
m. John Campbell, Paul Campbell, Tony Ventre
sd. Edwin Bonner, Grant Cameron
dub. mix. Grahame Paterson

Steve Currie MARTIN MUCHAN
Bobby JOHN LANGFORD
Jane Currie LINDA MUCHAN
Colin Taggart LAWRENCE VENTRE
Stan Taylor WILLIAM RITCHIE
Margo Taggart JANIS TALLIS
Jack Anderson ROBERT THOMPSON
Linda Anderson EVE JAMIESON
Arthur Telford JOHN LOGUE
Terry Fisher PHIL SMEETON
Det.Sgt. Peter Richardson PETER RAFTAN
Policemen JACK SOUTAR, STEWART STUBBS, WILLIAM MACKIE

Our thanks to Steve Lawson, Bobby Beaton and Blantyre speedway
Eastman Colour by Humphries

Shotlist: opening sequence shots of speedway racers preparing and racing, credits (2.59) thriller style drama about professional speedway rider, Steve, who is approached by Bobby, a young man interested in the sport. Bobby's rich Uncle Arthur is willing to fund coaching but he is soon murdered. Steve's brother-in-law, Colin, is a Daily Record reporter investigating the case of a missing girl. The two sub-plots intertwine in a story involving terrorism as Steve and Colin attempt to solve the mystery (42.22) ecs (43.06)