Jute City
Limited Series 1991 · 3 eps · ★ 6.0 · Drama
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Jute City is a 1991 BBC three-part thriller television series starring David O'Hara, Joanna Roth, and Clive Russell. Set in Dundee and Ullapool, the drama follows Duncan Kerr investigating his brother's suspicious death amid local corruption and money laundering
Directed by Stuart Orme · Written by David Kane
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David O'Hara Duncan Kerr - J Joanna Roth Caroline
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Clive Russell Anderson - J John McGlynn Elliot
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John Sessions McMurdo -
Ion Caramitru Grigory -
Peter Mullan Mallet -
Douglas Henshall Sammy Kerr -
Phyllis Calvert Lady Muircross -
Billy Riddoch Deans - B Billy McElhaney Galbraith
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Alan Howard Lord Muircross
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