Fingersmith / a Sally Head Production for the BBC ; produced in association with Freemantle International Distribution, a FreemantleMedia Company ; producer, Georgina Lowe ; screenplay, Peter Ransley ; director, Aisling Walsh.

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"The lives of two young women collide in [a] ... thriller that alternates between the twisting back alleyways of Dickensian London and the cloistered gloom of a Gothic mansion. Raised in a den of petty thieves, or 'fingersmiths, ' plucky orphan Sue Trinder agrees to help a con man known as Gentleman...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Fingersmith (Television production)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Sally Head Productions (Firm) (Production company)
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service (Production company)
FremantleMedia (Distributor)
Acorn Media (Firm) (Distributor)
Other Authors: Walsh, Aisling, 1958- (Television director)
Ransley, Peter (Screenwriter)
Lowe, Georgina (Television producer)
Hawkins, Sally, 1976- (Actor)
Evans, Rupert (Actor)
Cassidy, Elaine, 1979- (Actor)
Dance, Charles (Actor)
Staunton, Imelda, 1956- (Actor)
Waters, Sarah, 1966-
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English ; Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Silver Spring, Md. : Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media U.S., [2005]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Pickpockets > England > London > 19th century > Drama.
Orphans > England > London > 19th century > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > England > London > 19th century > Drama.
Women > England > Social conditions > 19th century > Drama.
Women > Institutional care > England > 19th century > Drama.
Lesbians > England > 19th century > Drama.
London (England) > Social conditions > 19th century > Drama.
Waters, Sarah, > 1966- > Television adaptations.
Waters, Sarah, > 1966-
Lesbians.
Orphans.
Pickpockets.
Social conditions.
Swindlers and swindling.
Women > Institutional care.
Women > Social conditions.
England.
England > London.
1800 - 1899
Television adaptations.
Fiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Television programs > Great Britain.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Television adaptations.
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Finger smith.
Format: Video DVD

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