Rent Brond (1987)
3.9 of 5 from 48 ratings
2h 30min
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- Synopsis:
Channel 4's celebrated political thriller, first broadcast in 1987, is adapted from the novel by Frederic Lindsay, voted one of the best Scottish books of all time. Stratford Johns plays the title role of Brond, the menacing mastermind behind the Scottish liberation army. John Hannah stars as Robert, a Glasgow University student drawn into the web of political intrigue. Robert is the sole witness to the murder of a small boy. That same evening he encounters the assailant, Brond, at a party hosted by his professor. Brond is introduced as an old friend by Professor Gracemont, which stops a perplexed Robert from exposing him. Margaret (Louise Beattie), a fellow student who Robert is keen on, asks him to keep a parcel safe for Brond. Despite Robert's desperate efforts to get rid of it, he and the mysterious package are taken to Brond. Brond appears to take a keen interest in him and, against his will, Robert is pulled into a succession of violent and horrifying events. A tale of evil and exploitation in the nightmarish landscape of a Glasgow where nothing is as it seems. - Actors:
- Stratford Johns, John Hannah, Louise Beattie, James Cosmo, Billy McElhaney, Ian McElhinney, Niall O'Brien, Bernadette Shortt, Jeffrey Chiswick, Christopher Ellison, Alec Heggie, Sandy Neilson, Laurie Ventry, Paul Young, Derek Anders, Dave Anderson, Andrew Barr, Juliet Cadzow, John Cairney, Simon Donald
- Directors:
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Producers:
- Paddy Higson
- Writers:
- Frederic Lindsay
- Studio:
- Simply Media
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
