101 minutes
11/28/2003
London 1939. In the weeks before the beginning of the Second World War, the Say When jazz club keeps London's Shoreditch swinging. Run by Thomas (Richie) and his wife Massie (Natasha Wightman), it's a place where gangsters and aristocrats, home office gents, and loose women can kick back and relax. Thomas' job is to keep everything running smoothly. But when he starts having an affair with singer Butterfly (Joely Richardson), this carefully balanced world disintegrates into blackmail, drugs, and suicide.
Joely Richardson
as Butterfly
Shane Richie
as Thomas Hickman
Glen Murphy
as Albert Challis
John Standing
as Jenson Thackery
Natasha Wightman
as Masie Hickman
Jonathan Coy
as Karl
Adam Ross
as Tom Hickman
Joe Shaw
as William Nichols
Claire Tyler
as Abigail
Douglas McFerran
as Inspector Turner
Tony Longhurst
as Lazy
Paul Nipper
as Gangster
Jacqui Dankworth
as Tilly Lester (as Jacqueline Dankworth)
Dane Bowers
as Guest Singer
Brian Bovell
as Chad
Hugh Cecil
as William Senior