When Martin Luxford 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 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.
Acting
Hugo Speer sells every desperate dreamer choice
Production
Liverpool locations feel lived-in, not postcard
Director
Nick Mead
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lisa Stansfield was already a Grammy-nominated pop star; this was her rare leading film role.
The late-90s swing revival (Cherry Poppin' Daddies, etc.) made this oddly timely for a British indie.
GB
