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Once Upon a Time in London

2019

Simon Rumley

Holly Earl, Dominic Keating, Geoff Bell, Leo Gregory ...

3.7

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Thriller Dramatising the violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack 'Spot' Comer (Terry Stone), "Once Upon a Time in London" charts the legendary rise and fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted until the mid-fifties and which paved the way for the notorious Kray Twins and The Richardsons.

	Media	Author	Review
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Two hours of monotonous punch-ups interrupted by occasional Machiavellian scheming (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"[The] under-financed feel extends to the characterisation and the drama (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		David Parkinson Radio Times	"The performances are solid, the visuals slick and the pastiche score catchily effective. Yet Rumley simply doesn't have the resources or the scope to do justice to his ambition (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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