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Richard Burton’s London: revisiting the locations of gangland classic Villain, 50 years later
Along with Get Carter, Villain was a landmark in a new wave of violent British gangster films of the early 1970s. Half a century later, the London it captured has changed irrevocably.
25 May 2021
Villain (1971) © StudioCanal
The early 1970s saw an explosion of British crime cinema. Many films looked to the underworld for inspiration and drama – in particular, its role in the urban environment of post-swinging Britain. Typical of this trend was Michael Tuchner’s Villain (1971), an effective and brutal British noir that expertly captures the souring of 1960s optimism. ....

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