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Swing

Swing

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 18, 1999

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Music, Romance

User Score

55%

Original Title

Swing

Director

Nick Mead

Description

When Martin Luxford (Hugo Speer) leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ex-girlfriend Joan (Lisa Stansfield) as a singer. Things are complicated somewhat by the fact that Joan is now married to the policeman who arrested Martin, and when the band's first gig - at a heavy metal pub - goes badly, it seems as though the road to musical success may be a rocky one.