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Fleeing the police petty thief Gino is sheltered by embittered playwright Bill before stealing a taxi and picking up fares,the last one being party girl Angie,who has collapsed in a drunken heap on the back seat. Seeing the Wanted posters for Gino they go on the run until they are tracked down to a hotel where a detective offers Gino a celebrity deal in exchange for giving himself up.

Are Edmondson and Dawn French both play two characters: Edmondson plays William, the frustrated writer and Gordon, the owner of the Gothic manor house. French plays Francis, the husband murderer and Fiona, the wife of Gordon. Of the secondary characters, only their voices are heard.

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    • Author: Insanity
    According to the other review, this is some of Kevin Allen's best work.Unfortunately, Kevin Allen isn't even in it.Keith Allen is and considering most of his work is trash, this is definitely a highlight of his career.It's your typical Comic Strip episode with lots of bizarre dark comedy, things that don't make sense and an ending that you never saw coming.Gino is running from the police and gets into some crazy situations along the way.Although they never really explain why he is running(later they imply he robbed someone or something), everything he does while running gets exaggerated, making him look like an insane murderer who would do anything to avoid being captured.Like I said before, not bad for a Keith Allen episode.
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    • Author: Maman
    based on a true story, Gino: full story and pictures tells the story of a youngish fugitive from the Law who picks up a young woman (Saunders) along the way in a stolen taxi and they embark on a Bonny and Clydesque crime odyssey but without quite so much murder. pacey, extremely funny, vintage comic strip "road movie", featuring career highs for Kevin Allen and Jennifer Saunders. Rik Mayall is excellent as embittered disabled man and Dawn French joyous as his cheerfully psychotic wife. Robbie Coltrane excels as max, a role repeated later in South Atlantic Raiders. Some touching moments too, and not to be forgotten are the performances of Ade Edmondson and Lionel Jeffries.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Keith Allen Keith Allen - Gino
    Robbie Coltrane Robbie Coltrane - Max
    Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson - Gordon / Bill
    Dawn French Dawn French - Fiona / Frances
    Rik Mayall Rik Mayall - Tim
    Daniel Peacock Daniel Peacock - Postman (as Danny Peacock)
    Peter Richardson Peter Richardson - Milk Policeman
    Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Saunders - Angie
    Arnold Brown Arnold Brown - Shopkeeper
    Neil Cunningham Neil Cunningham - Dave Hallihand
    Serena Evans Serena Evans - Carol
    Al Pillay Al Pillay - Himself (as Alan Pellay)
    Lionel Jeffries Lionel Jeffries - Taxi Driver
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