Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
Ewan McGregor
as Renton
Ewen Bremner
as Spud
Jonny Lee Miller
as Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd
as Tommy
Robert Carlyle
as Begbie
Kelly Macdonald
as Diane
Peter Mullan
as Swanney
James Cosmo
as Renton's Father
Eileen Nicholas
as Renton's Mother
Susan Vidler
as Allison
Pauline Lynch
as Lizzy
Shirley Henderson
as Gail
