After spending a long time in prison, Kip is still willing to pull off one more big job
Acting
Warren Mitchell's sweaty, desperate Simmie steals every scene.
Direction
Harrison squeezes maximum tension from minimal locations.
Writing
Dialogue crackles with authentic criminal slang.
Director
Norman Harrison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Norman Harrison was primarily a TV director; this was one of his few theatrical features, shot on a shoestring in just three weeks.
The film captures a specific moment of early 1960s Britain — the old criminal underworld dying, the Krays' London rising, and working-class men with nowhere left to go.
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