Purely Belter

Purely Belter

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 3, 2000

Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!

Purely Belter

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 3, 2000

Purely Belter
Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Film4 Productions, Mumbo Jumbo Productions
Original title Purely Belter
Directors Mark Herman
Writers Jonathan Tulloch, Mark Herman

Cast

Chris Beattie

as Gerry McCarten

Greg McLane

as Sewell

Charlie Hardwick

as Mrs. McCarten

Roy Hudd

as Mr. Sewell

Tim Healy

as Mr. McCarten

Kevin Whately

as Mr. Caird

Tracey Wilkinson

as Mrs. Caird

Willie Ross

as Ginga

Tracy Whitwell

as Clare

Jody Baldwin

as Gemma

Su Elliot

as Mrs Brabin

Daniel James Lake

as Matthew Brabin

Libby Davison

as Miss Warren

Val McLane

as Maureen

Adam Fogerty

as Zak

Anne Orwin

as Auntie Maud

Lynne Wilmot

as Cashier

Brendan P. Healy

as Park Worker

Alan Shearer

as Himself

Charlie Richmond

as Mally