Burton turns in a good performance as Vic Dakin and the backstory is evocative of real-life gangland events of the period. The pay-roll robbery is well done and the film provides an interesting portrait of the villain in question.
Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport, Donald Sinden, Fiona Lewis
Murderous, sadistic London gang leader Vic Dakin, a mother-obsessed homosexual modeled on real-life gangster Ronnie Kray, is worried about potential stool pigeons that may bring down his criminal empi...( read more
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