McVicar (1980)

Directed by

Tom Clegg

Genre

drama film, biographical film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

18

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who is an armed robber in 1960s London gets caught and sent to prison. The story follows his time behind bars and his determination to escape.

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What happens

McVicar is a British drama film released in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd., starring Roger Daltrey of the Who playing the 1960s armed robber and later writer John McVicar. The film was directed by Tom Clegg, and was based on the non-fiction book McVicar by Himself, which McVicar wrote to describe several months of his experiences in prison. Bill Curbishley and Roy Baird acted as producers, and the film received a nomination in 1981 for Best Picture at MystFest, the International Mystery Film Festival of Cattolica. This is the final film appearance of Adam Faith before his death in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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