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Three friends - a doctor, an accountant and a journalist - who share a large flat in Edinburgh choose a fourth tenant. Soon afterwards, they discover him dead in his room, and find that his suitcase contains a huge amount of money. They decide to keep the cash and dispose of the body.

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Budget £1,043,000.

Black comedy set in modern day Scotland. Three friends share a flat but are looking for a lodger, Juliet takes a fancy to the mysterious Hugo, who shortly after is found dead in his bed leaving behind a drawer full of drugs and a suitcase stuffed with money. The three decide that the best plan is to dispose of the body and to keep the money. Things start to go wrong when two thugs burst in looking for the stash and David kills them with a hammer...