United Kingdom, 1971 / 94 Mins
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: Richard Burton, Ian MacShane
**Please note: this screening starts promptly at 7pm. There are no ads or trailers**
“We’ve got a lot of business,” says London East End crime boss Vic Dakin. Extortion, protection - those are Dakin’s rackets. But he’s heard of a new job, and it’ll be a big payday if he pulls it off. Dakin and his crew plan to heist a factory payroll transported in an unarmoured car.
Weeks after Michael Caine’s Get Carter came Villain, another cold-blooded tale of British crime. Richard Burton stars as Dakin, devoted to his ailing Ma, relentless in the fear he inflicts throughout his turf and engaged in a violent sexual relationship with a henchman. When the payroll heist goes bloodily awry, Dakin attempts to hide his involvement and regain the loot that was left with a gang member. But his tactics of fear and brutality may no longer be working, because someone else has a bit of business in the East End: law officer Bob Matthews is closing in on Dakin…
“We’ve got a lot of business,” says London East End crime boss Vic Dakin. Extortion, protection - those are Dakin’s rackets. But he’s heard of a new job, and it’ll be a big payday if he pulls it off. Dakin and his crew plan to heist a factory payroll transported in an unarmoured car.
Weeks after Michael Caine’s Get Carter came Villain, another cold-blooded tale of British crime. Richard Burton stars as Dakin, devoted to his ailing Ma, relentless in the fear he inflicts throughout his turf and engaged in a violent sexual relationship with a henchman. When the payroll heist goes bloodily awry, Dakin attempts to hide his involvement and regain the loot that was left with a gang member. But his tactics of fear and brutality may no longer be working, because someone else has a bit of business in the East End: law officer Bob Matthews is closing in on Dakin…