A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.
Acting
20-year-old Oldman already terrifyingly magnetic.
Direction
Colin Gregg's documentary-like realism chokes you.
Production
Plymouth's Union Street, a character itself.
Director
Colin Gregg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Timothy Spall's second film; he'd barely started acting classes when cast.
Union Street was Plymouth's infamous red-light district, demolished shortly after filming—this is essentially its death record.
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