''Tuesday'' (rendered as ''Tu£sday'') is a low-budget 2008 British

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set in the 1980s. Directed by

Sacha Bennett Sacha Bennett (born 11 May 1971) is a British actor, writer, producer and director for film and television. As a film-maker he has worked with talent such as Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter and Steven Berkoff. He has created films for Hollywood Stu ...

, it stars

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, Ashley Walters and

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as jewel thieves. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2008.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around a jewel heist, where by coincidence three groups of thieves; four experienced criminals, two beautiful bank clerks and one desperate penniless man nearing retirement, try to steal a large

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in the bank's safe on the same day. The film unfolds in a series of flashbacks from each of the characters’ perspectives, revealed by the suspects through a series of police interrogations. Two detectives must piece together seemingly unrelated people and clues and determine who really stole the Meidan-i-Noor – an emerald the size of a fist.

Cast

as Earp *

as Silver * Ashley Walters as Billy *

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as Butch *

as Jerry * Dylan Brown as Thomas *

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as Angie * Kirsty Mitchell as Samantha *

Alex Macqueen Alexander Tulloch Macqueen (born 30 November 1973) is an English actor and writer. He has appeared on television, film, and radio in the UK in productions such as ''Holby City'', ''Doctor Who,'' '' Hut 33'', '' Peep Show'', ''The Thick of It'', ...

as Mr. Jacobs *

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as William

Production

The film was written, produced and directed by

. Some members of ''Tuesday''s cast and crew had previously worked on the 2006 short film '' Devilwood'', or the 2006 TV series ''

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''. The film was shot in 16 days.

External links

Official Website
* {{IMDb title, 1042570, Tuesday

BBC News Report

Channel 4 Film Review
2008 films 2008 crime thriller films 2000s heist films British crime thriller films British heist films 2000s English-language films Films set in the 1980s Films directed by Sacha Bennett 2000s British films English-language crime thriller films