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Jack Flinter is skating on thin ice. Known to his friends as "Flick", he is drifting through life, dealing a bit of hash, drinking and screwing around. His girlfriend Alice has had enough. His friend and business partner Des is strung out, his behavior increasingly unpredictable. Their latest scam has them in over their heads. He meets Isabelle, a German woman visiting the city and the resulting story takes place over a few days and nights when all Jack's chickens come home to roost. His life spinning out of control, he has to make a decision - sink or swim.

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Top billed cast

David MurrayJack Flinter
Isabelle MenkeIsabelle
David WilmotDes Fitzpatrick
Gerard Mannix FlynnMulligan
Alan DevineBarry
Maria LennonKay

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