The Singing Detective (2003)

109 min · Crime Comedy, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film, musical film, mystery film

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Directors

Keith Gordon

Cast

Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody

The story

Detective novelist Dan Dark is hospitalized due to the skin disease psoriasis and crippling psoriatic arthritis. Around doctors and nurses, he occasionally hallucinates them in choreographed musical numbers. They attempt to help Dark but are dismissed by Dark's anger and bitterness towards everyone.

Catalogue themes and tags

Autorin, Halluzinationen, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Indie, Period piece, Mystery, Musical, Drama, Comedy, Crime Thriller, Film noir

Genres

Crime Comedy, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film, musical film, mystery film

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