TV series · Ended
The Singing Detective
1986 · 1 season, 6 episodes · 70m episodes · Drama, Mystery · BBC One · United Kingdom
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
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Dennis Potter7.2Smart score
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TMDB7.5
46 TMDB votes · IMDb page
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1940sdetectivefilm noirhallucinationhospitalminiseriesmusicalmystery writerpsychiatristsurreal
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