Black and white silent film starring The Clash. A gangster tale that follows Earl, a musician and small-time hood played by Paul Simonon, who falls foul of the local crime boss called Socrates, ‘The Lord of Ladbroke Grove’, played with some relish by Mick Jones.
Direction
Strummer's visual eye—surprisingly composed for a first-timer.
Acting
Mick Jones vamping it up as 'Socrates' is pure chaotic joy.
Director
Joe Strummer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Strummer financed this with his own money after the band's label rejected it; it was never officially released, only surviving through bootlegs.
The title references the postcode for Notting Hill—ground zero for the clashes between punk squatters, Caribbean sound systems, and gentrification that shaped The Clash's sound.
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