Young Adam

Young Adam

Everyone has a past. Everyone has a secret.

2003•1h 33m•5.8/10

DramaThrillerCrimeRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(190)

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

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Production

Recorded Picture Company, StudioCanal UK, HanWay Films, UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, Sveno Media, Sigma Films, Young Adam Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Joe Taylor

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Ella Gault

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

Les Gault

Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer

Cathie Dimly

Jack McElhone

Jack McElhone

Jim Gault

Thérèse Bradley

Thérèse Bradley

Gwen

Ewan Stewart

Ewan Stewart

Daniel Gordon

Stuart McQuarrie

Stuart McQuarrie

Bill

Pauline Turner

Pauline Turner

Connie

Alan Cooke

Bob M'bussi

Rory McCann

Rory McCann

Sam

Ian Hanmore

Ian Hanmore

Freight Supervisor

Mhairi Morrison

Cathie's Flatmate

Anne Marie Timoney

Mrs. Gordon

John Yule

Clerk of the Court

John Comerford

Jury Foreman

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