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Face(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-09-26
62%
78 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
The blag to kill for. Only one of them meant it for real.
Overview:
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Face
Top 10 Billed Cast
Robert Carlyle
Ray
Ray Winstone
Dave
Steven Waddington
Stevie
Lena Headey
Connie
Phil Davis
Julian
Damon Albarn
Jason
Leon Black
Robbie
Eddie Nestor
Pearse
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