The Singing Detective
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
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The Singing Detective trail (1986)
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Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
1.Skin
9.016-11-198670mPulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. His memories, his 1930s-style gumshoe ficti...
2.Heat
8.023-11-198670mDennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist.
3.Lovely Days
9.030-11-198670mWhile in hospital with psoriasis, Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy, and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex in the Forest of Dean. His memories, hi...
4.Clues
07-12-198670mMarlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. His memories, his 30s style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an a...
5.Pitter Patter
14-12-198670mMarlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
6.Who Done It
21-12-198670mThe young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Forty years on, Marlow the hospital patient still dreams about the homecoming...
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