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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

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Tagline
Choose life.
Release date
1996-02-23
Runtime
1h 33m
Languages
English
My rating
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Director


  1. Danny Boyle

Writer


  1. John Hodge
  2. Irvine Welsh

Cast


  1. Ewan McGregor
    Mark "Rent Boy" Renton
  2. Ewen Bremner
    Daniel "Spud" Murphy
  3. Shirley Henderson
    Gail Houston
  4. Robert Carlyle
    Francis "Franco" Begbie
  5. Kelly Macdonald
    Diane Coulston
  6. Peter Mullan
    Swanney "Mother Superior"
  7. Kevin McKidd
    Thomas "Tommy" MacKenzie
  8. James Cosmo
    Mr. Renton
  9. Jonny Lee Miller
    Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson
  10. Irvine Welsh
    Mikey Forrester
  11. Keith Allen
    Dealer
  12. Hugh Ross
    Man
  13. Stuart McQuarrie
    Gavin Temperley
  14. Eileen Nicholas
    Mrs. Renton
  15. Kevin Allen
    Andreas
  16. Finlay Welsh
    Sheriff
  17. Pauline Lynch
    Lizzy
  18. Eddie Nestor
    Estate Agent
  19. Billy Riddoch
    Gail's Father
  20. Susan Vidler
    Allison
  21. Kate Donnelly
    Woman
  22. Fiona Bell
    Diane's Mother
  23. Annie Louise Ross
    Gail's Mother
  24. Dale Winton
    Game Show Host
  25. Victor Eadie
    Man

Producer


  1. Andrew Macdonald

Director of Photography


  1. Brian Tufano

Editor


  1. Masahiro Hirakubo