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  read more... )re. The brutal Vic cuts the throat of one bloke who has been a little too loose-lipped, afraid that his gossiping may turn into a grand operatic performance for the coppers. Vic, who enjoys playing at rough trade with his sidekick Wolfe, plans a payroll robbery and directs the blackmailing of Members of Parliament with a taste for unorthodox sex. Scotland Yard Police Inspector Matthews, playing Javert to Vic's Jean Valjean, is moving in on him and the gang. Gang-member Frank is hospitalized for an ulcer, and Inspector Matthews might be able to make him sing. Will Frank spill the beans to the coppers before Vic can silence him?

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R, 98 min

Directed by: Michael Tuchner

Release Date: October 7, 1971

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  • March 29, 2008
    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.

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