Swing

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• Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Nick Mead, Matthew Sharp
• Cast(s): Hugo Speer, Lisa Stansfield, Rita Tushingham, Tom Bell, Alexei Sayle See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 30min
• Award(s): Golden Trailer 1999 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Hairspray Live!, Tumbledown
• Story:
  When Martin Luxford (Hugo Speer) leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ex-girlfriend Joan (Lisa Stansfield) as a singer. Things are complicated somewhat by the fact that Joan is now married to the policeman who arrested Martin, and when the band's first gig - at a heavy metal pub - goes badly, it seems as though the road to musical success may be a rocky one.
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