Ruthless (2021)
17m
Running Time
July 21, 2021Release Date
Plot.
In 1970’s Northern Ireland, a young boy, bereft of his mother, defies his father to get the Glam Rock album he so desperately wants. It’s Belfast - early 70’s… BOOM! Something’s in the air and it’s not a bomb, it’s a revolution. Glam Rock is drowning out the noise of armoured cars. As British soldiers patrol the streets, kids are glued to Top Of The Pops, entranced by Marc Bolan, the androgynous, satin-clad, glitter-god. In a high-rise flat lives a recently bereaved father and his ten-year-old son PJ, who is desperate to get his hands on the new T. Rex album Electric Warrior. The problem is he’s skint and his Da is on the dole. PJ comes up with a cunning plan to get the dough, involving a sock, a prosthetic leg and a pawnbroker. Ruthless is a humorous, heartwarming story of how a prosthetic leg and a T. Rex album become the conduit for overcoming grief.
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Cast & Crew.

Jonathan Harden

Frankie McCafferty

Caolan Byrne
Dickie

Jay Lowey

Oisín Cash
Background performer

Matthew McGuigan
Director

Paul McGuigan
Producer

Kate Perry
Writer

Leo McGuigan
Producer

Adam O'Dwyer
Editor

Aidan Gault
Director of Photography

Thomas Purdy
Background performer

Matthew McGuigan
Director

Kate Perry
Writer

Andrew Simon McAllister
Composer
