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Manilla Envelopes

2006 · 81 min

A scrappy, fast-talking London caper that juggles kidnap plot and bumbling cops with uneven comic energy.

Directed by
Mike Spencer
Genres
Crime, Comedy, Thriller
Overview
Also known as The Battersea Ripper, this is a comic crime thriller set in London concerning a young girl's kidnapping and the hapless police and reporters trying to get to the truth. It has never been released to DVD and has only ever had a limited theatrical screening in 2006.
How it feels
Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Crime, media, deception
Content
Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Mike Spencer
Genres
Crime, Comedy, Thriller
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language strong
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour6
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, comedy, thriller
    Directed by
    Mike Spencer
    Written by
    Nick Tyrone, Stephen Fingleton
    Starring
    Dexter Fletcher, Sylvester McCoy, Danny Dyer, Jeff Harding, P.H. Moriarty, Stephen Graham, Stephen Fingleton, Nick Tyrone
    Music
    Stephen Fingleton
    Runtime
    81 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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