Sentenced to 23 years-and he won't accept one day of it
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.
- 6.4
- 1980
- Released
- 1h 52m
Roger Daltrey
John McVicar
Adam Faith
Walter Probyn
Cheryl Campbell
Sheila McVicar
Billy Murray
Joey Davis
Georgina Hale
Kate
Steven Berkoff
Ronnie Harrison
Brian Hall
Terry Stokes
Malcolm Tierney
Frank
Peter Jonfield
Bobby Harris
Matthew Scurfield
Streaky Jeffries
Tony Haygarth
Rabies
Ian Hendry
Hitchens
Tony Rohr
Bootsy
Harry Fielder
Aitch
Michael Feast
CodyLeonard Gregory
Jimmy CollinsJoe Turner
PandaJeremy Blake
Ronnie JohnsonAnthony Trent
TateTerence Stuart
SidRalph Watson
AllenRonald Herdman
'Nobby' Styles
Malcolm Terris
Principal OfficerAnthony May
Billy
James Marcus
Sewell
Stephen Bent
Prison WarderPaul Kember
Prison Warder
Charles Cork
Prison WarderRichard Simpson
DouglasRaymond Skipp
BimboJohn Rolfe
GrahamAllan Mitchell
Jackson
Jamie Foreman
DriverStanley Lloyd
MagistrateDavid Beames
PolicemanMikki Magorian
SecretaryRicky Parkinson
Russell McVicar
Released
en
- #prison
- #based on true story
- #criminal
- #1960s
Reviews
Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee me! Can't you hear that's what I say. John McVicar is a tough uncompromising armed robber, after being sent to a maximum security prison for 23 years he dreams of escaping every day. As his reputation grows and friendships are formed, it would appear that his friend Wally Probyn may have figured a way out of this tough rigid prison. In 1979 America had The War