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Spivs (2004)

Spivs poster
Directed by
Colin Teague
Genre
crime film, comedy drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
15
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Small-time con artists in London get tangled up with a bigger criminal operation. The film follows a pair of low-level grifters as their simple scams spiral out of control.

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What happens

Spivs is a 2004 British crime film directed by Colin Teague, who also co-wrote the screenplay along with screenwriters Gary Young, and Mike Loveday. It is the second of three undertakings by Teague and Young, the others being Shooters and The Last Drop, respectively. Incidentally, director Glenn Durfort, who worked with Teague on Shooters, appears briefly in all three of these films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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