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In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
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Directed by: John Mackenzie, Phil Meheux, Simon Hinkly
Written by: Barrie Keeffe
Produced by: Barry Hanson, Chris Griffin
Composed by: Francis Monkman
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