Berated by his father for his camp behaviour, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins his friend Michael, a streetwise hustler who is also on the run. The boys witness the gangland murder of Annabelle, the transvestite hostess of the Fruit Machine Club. Fearing for their lives, they are thrown into the arms of a gay opera singer and his manipulative manager.

Directed by BAFTA winner Phillip Saville from a script by Frank Clarke, The Fruit Machine star two virtual unknowns as two unfortunate gay youngsters on the run when the witness a murder. This powerful television film also stars Robert Stephens (Dandelion Dead), Claire Higgins (Midsomer Murders), Bruce Payne (Billy The Kid and the Green Baize Vampires) and Robbie Coltrane (Cracker) as Annabelle the transvestite hostess. The version of The Fruit Machine on this DVD is taken from a brand new digital transfer of the original film elements and is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1.