Filth Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Aug. 5, 2014

Filth

Release Date: Friday, May 30, 2014 Limited

Director: Jon S. Baird

Starring: James McAvoy • Imogen Poots • Jamie Bell • Iain De Caestecker • Emun Elliott

N/A Comedy 1 hr, 37 m

4.17 / 5.0

9% WILL SEE 91% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Follows Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, a scheming, manipulative, misanthropic man who spends his time indulging in drugs, alcohol, sexually abusive relationships, and 'the games' – cruel plots and systematic bullying of his coworkers and friends. While working on the murder case of a Japanese student, he starts coming unhinged, slowly losing his grip on reality and suffering from a series of increasingly severe hallucinations as he desperately tries to hold his life together.

Comedy Crime Drama

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Who stars in Filth – Cast List

James McAvoy
... Bruce Robertson

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Imogen Poots
... Amanda Drummond

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Jamie Bell
... Ray Lennox

Nymphomaniac: Part One, The Adventures of Tintin
I
Iain De Caestecker
... Ocky

Overlord, In Fear
E
Emun Elliott
... Peter Inglis

Tell It to the Bees, Old
J
Joanne Froggatt
... Mary

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Eddie Marsan
... Bladesey

The Gentlemen, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Jim Broadbent
... Dr. Rossi

Jay Kelly, Cloud Atlas

Who is making Filth – Crew List

A look at Filth behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Jon S. Baird last helmed Everything’s Going to Be Great and Tetris. The film's writer Jon S. Baird last penned Filth.

Director: Jon S. Baird
Screenwriter: Jon S. Baird

Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the Filth

Key Facts

Based on a novel by Irvine Welsh.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Nov 2013

Completed

Changed Filth movie production status. Magnolia Pictures is eyeing a spring 2014 theatrical release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: 1 hr, 37 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

Filth Trailers and Clips

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Filth Release Date: When was the film released?

Filth was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, May 30 , 2014. There were six other movies released on the same date, including Maleficent, A Million Ways to Die in the West and The Grand Seduction. As a limited release, Filth was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.