The mid-life crisis comes early for Eddie Ginley in Gumshoe, a truly odd comedy/drama set in early 70s Liverpool. Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Albert Finney.

Directed by Stephen Frears, Gumshoe stars Albery Finney as Eddie Ginley - unemployed, but making a living as a part-time comic and bingo caller at a local working men's club (run by a bloke called Tommy, played superbly by Bill Dean, later Brookside's Harry Cross).

On his 31st birthday and after a meeting with his psychiatrist, he advertises himself in the paper as a private detective, taking on the alter ego of a Sam Spade/Philip Marlowe character.