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Spindoe (1968)

Spindoe poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A London gangster rebuilds his criminal empire after getting out of prison. When he finally regains control, he realizes he no longer cares about it.

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What happens

Spindoe is a British television series shown on ITV in the spring of 1968. It was named after the lead character, Alec Spindoe, a South London gangster; the plot of the series showed how Spindoe re-established his gangland empire after he had been supplanted during a term of imprisonment but found that once he had succeeded, he was no longer interested. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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