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Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Theatrical
Aug 9, 1996
Box Office
$72.0M
Budget
$4.0M
Return
18.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 25, 1998
Theaters
2
Director
Danny Boyle
Writer
John Hodge
Producer
Andrew Macdonald
Studio
Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films
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Cast
Full credits →E
Ewan McGregor
Renton
E
Ewen Bremner
Spud
J
Jonny Lee Miller
Sick Boy
K
Kevin McKidd
Tommy
R
Robert Carlyle
Begbie
Kelly Macdonald
Diane
P
Peter Mullan
Swanney
J
James Cosmo
Renton's Father
E
Eileen Nicholas
Renton's Mother
S
Susan Vidler
Allison
P
Pauline Lynch
Lizzy
S
Shirley Henderson
Gail
S
Stuart McQuarrie
Gavin
I
Irvine Welsh
Mikey Forrester
D
Dale Winton
Game Show Host
K
Keith Allen
Dealer
K
Kevin Allen
Andreas
A
Annie Louise Ross
Gail's Mother
B
Billy Riddoch
Gail's Father
F
Fiona Bell
Diane's Mother