Plunkett & Macleane
- Director: Jake Scott
- Writer: Selwyn Roberts; Robert Wade
- Producer: Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner
CGiii Comment
Ridley Scott's son delivers a thoroughly entertaining little film - tongue-in-cheek...nothing serious, nothing special
Just a jolly good romp and as camp as a butterfly's jockstrap.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both: The Gentlemen Highwaymen and Rebecca, who, needless to say, don't want to get any closer to him. But Plunkett still has a thing to sort out with Chance, and his impulsiveness gets all of them in a little trouble.
Cast & Characters
Jonny Lee Miller as Macleane;
Iain Robertson as Highwayman Rob;
Robert Carlyle as Plunkett;
Ken Stott as Chance;
Tommy Flanagan as Eddie;
Stephen Walters as Dennis;
James Thornton as Catchpole;
Terence Rigby as Harrison;
Christian Camargo as Lord Pelham;
Karel Polisensky as Newgate Priest;
Neve McIntosh as Liz;
Matt Lucas as Sir Oswald;
David Walliams as Viscount Bilston;
David Foxxe as Lord Ketch;
Jake Gavin as Newgate Gent;
Alan Cumming as Lord Rochester;
Michael Gambon as Lord Gibson;
Liv Tyler as Lady Rebecca Gibson