Advocates I (1991)

Director:

Peter Barber-Fleming

Writer:

Alma Cullen

Stars:

Ewan Stewart, Stella Gonet, Isla Blair

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ewan Stewart	...	Greg McDowell
Stella Gonet	...	Alex Abercorn
Isla Blair	...	Katherine Dunbar
Michael Byrne	...	Campbell Reid
Angus McLennan	...	Joss Reid
Cal Macaninch	...	Milligan
Alison Peebles	...	Vivien Liddell
Hugh Ross	...	Archie Hoseason
Anne Kristen	...	Nancy McDowell
Jonathan Hackett	...	Dr. Joe Sangster
Shirley Henderson	...	Andrea
Elspeth MacNaughton	...	Libby
Peter Armitage	...	Len Veitch
David McKail	...	Roderick Lennox
Jennifer Piercey	...	Heather Lennox

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

lawyer | pimp | drug abuse | office politics | prostitution | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 1991 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Advokatbyrån

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Independent Television (ITV), Scottish Television Enterprises

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Advocates II (1992)

User Reviews

obscure Scottish legal drama,shirley Henderson's big break

I do not think that this was shown outside Scotland,but it was not a bad attempt to combine a legal drama with social comment. It involves aids and prostitutes and corruption in Ediburgh. If you know Edinburgh you might feel that the story is not very far fetched. The whole tone in like a Ian Rankin novel,upper classes and low lives mixing after dark. Shirley Henderson is amazing as a young street prostitute caught up in tangled plot. Ewan Stewart is good as a investigative reporter. Ewan Stuart has for some reason never become a star,despite being a good actor and fairly handsome. This was available on video a long time ago but has yet to come out on DVD.