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Villain

Villain

6.2/ 10

TMDB Rating

44

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1971

Release Year

98 min

Runtime

Crime
Drama
Thriller

Overview

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

Keywords

mother
london, england
robbery
based on novel or book
police
gangster
neo-noir
gay romance

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Reviews(2)

7.5avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

January 27, 2014

9
9/10

What you looking at? Villain is directed by Michael Tuchner and adapted to the screen by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Al Lettieri from the novel The Burden of Proof written by James Barlow. It stars Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T.P. McKenna, Donald Sinden, Nigel Davenport, Fiona Lewis, Joss A

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 4, 2022

6
6/10

Quite a few big stars tried their hands at these gritty, criminal underworld, style stories in the early 1970s and this rather procedural effort was Richard Burton's. Doubtless he was well paid, but his performance here is nowhere near his best. He is "Dakin" - a sort of Kray-esque character who run

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