BigList
Login / Sign up
Deacon Brodie (1997)

Deacon Brodie (1997)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1997, March 8
Directors: Philip Saville
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC, BBC
Cast: Billy Connolly, Alex Norton, Ewen Bremner, Catherine McCormack, Mark Chapman, Patrick Malahide, Siobhan Redmond, Lorcan Cranitch

Overview:

Drama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 Deacon Brodie a master cabinet maker and town councillor is a rogue and a hedonist. He steals money but gives it back. He attempts to steal a fortune from the city's Customs and Excise office but the attempt fails and he is caught. There is a widely-publicised trial and he is sentenced to death to be hanged on the gallows he designed.