Hand Painted Wooden Reptiles

A burnt-out private detective encounters a host of bizarre characters whilst on a nighttime stakeout in a grim tower block.

2014 / 10 mins 42 secs / Mini-DV / Colour / 16:9

Producers, Directors, Screenplay, Camera, Editors: Jim Dethick, Joseph Dethick

Music: Eddy Hill (with Lorraine Hill)

Cast: Chris Botham (Old King Coke), Eddy Hill (Anthea Burns), Mark Wears (D.I. Len Smoaker), Ian Bright (Geraint Bung), Joseph Dethick (The Tar Man), Paul Bosworth (Poorly Fed Cat), David Robinson (Puce), Lorraine Hill (Seeress), Max Hall (Little Boy Glue), Richard Bright (Putter Bopcorn), John Wears (Taddington Barnes), Peter Bright (Lindsay Apricot), Jim Dethick (De Grouchy)

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Portobello Film Festival, London, 2014

SCREENED - Op-Tronica, Sheffield, 2018

SCREENED - tactileBOSCH 'UndertheCounterCulture', Cardiff, 2019

SCREENED - Exploding Cinema Film Show, Cinema Museum, London, 2024