Movie: The Hot Potato

Top 4 Billed Cast

Ray Winstone
Ray Winstone

Kenny

Colm Meaney
Colm Meaney

Harry

Jack Huston
Jack Huston

Danny

David Harewood
David Harewood

Harrison

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    The Hot Potato

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    The 'Hot Potato' is an exciting new British period ‘caper movie’, in the spirit of ‘The Italian Job’ and ‘Two Way Stretch’ and is based on real events which took place at the end of the 1960s in London’s East End.

  • Release Date

    2011-01-01

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    6.1

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    English
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