Villain
By the time he's ready to kill you, its an act of mercy.
Overview
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
- Production
- Kastner/Ladd/Kanter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Anglo-EMI
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Cast
Richard Burton
Vic Dakin
Ian McShane
Wolfe Lissner
Nigel Davenport
Bob Matthews
Donald Sinden
Gerald Draycott
Fiona Lewis
Venetia
T. P. McKenna
Frank Fletcher
Joss Ackland
Edgar Lowis
Cathleen Nesbitt
Mrs. Dakin
Elizabeth Knight
Patti
Colin Welland
Tom Binney
Tony Selby
Duncan
John Hallam
Terry
Del Henney
Webb
Ben Howard
Henry
James Cossins
Brown
Clive Francis
Vivian
Brook Williams
Kenneth
Michael Robbins
Barzun
Sheila White
Veronica
Cheryl Hall
Judy
Crew
- Director
- Michael Tuchner
- Writers
- Dick Clement,Ian La Frenais
- Producers
- Jay Kanter,Elliott Kastner,Alan Ladd Jr.
- Cinematography
- Christopher Challis
- Composer
- Jonathan Hodge
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John Chard
January 27, 2014
What you looking at? Villain is directed by Michael Tuchner and adapted to the screen by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Al Lettieri from the novel The Burden of Proof written by James Barlow. It stars Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T.P. McKenna, Donald Sinden, Nigel Davenport, Fiona Lewis, Joss Ackland, Cathleen Nesbitt, Colin Welland and Tony Selby. A Panavision/Technicolor production, music is by Jonathan Hodge and cinematography by Christopher Challis. Ruthless London gangster Vic Dakin…
CinemaSerf
November 4, 2022
Quite a few big stars tried their hands at these gritty, criminal underworld, style stories in the early 1970s and this rather procedural effort was Richard Burton's. Doubtless he was well paid, but his performance here is nowhere near his best. He is "Dakin" - a sort of Kray-esque character who runs an organised crime network extorting protection money from small businesses. A violent man, he takes his anger out on foe and friend alike but must learn to co-operate when the chance to hijack a lu…