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Sometimes love is a strange and wicked game. - Mona Lisa
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Title: Mona Lisa

Release Date: 13 Jun 1986

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Director: Handmade Films, Palace Productions, Film4 Productions

Production Companies: Handmade Films, Palace Productions, Film4 Productions

Overview: George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (248 votes)

Cast

  • George: Bob Hoskins
  • Simone: Cathy Tyson
  • Mortwell: Michael Caine
  • Thomas: Robbie Coltrane
  • Anderson: Clarke Peters
  • Cathy: Kate Hardie
  • Jeannie: Zoë Nathenson
  • May: Sammi Davis
  • Self: Joe Brown
  • George's Wife: Pauline Melville
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