A Thousand Blows(2025)
Overview
Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson, criminal kingpin and notorious boxer.
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Top 10 Billed Cast
Hezekiah Moscow
Mary Carr
Henry 'Sugar' Goodson
Anne Glover
Esme Long
Belle Downer
Edward 'Treacle' Goodson
Eliza Moody
Alice Diamond
Verity Ross
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