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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   2,734 votes
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Writer:
Donald Cammell (written by)
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Release Date:
4 September 1970 (Finland) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Music more
Tagline:
See them all in a film about fantasy. And reality. Vice. And versa. more
Plot:
Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
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(8 articles)
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Madness and sanity more (69 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
James Fox ... Chas

Mick Jagger ... Turner
Anita Pallenberg ... Pherber
Michèle Breton ... Lucy (as Michele Breton)
Ann Sidney ... Dana
John Bindon ... Moody
Stanley Meadows ... Rosebloom
Allan Cuthbertson ... The Lawyer
Anthony Morton ... Dennis (as Antony Morton)
Johnny Shannon ... Harry Flowers

Anthony Valentine ... Joey Maddocks
Kenneth Colley ... Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley)
John Sterland ... The Chauffeur
Laraine Wickens ... Lorraine
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, nudity, drug material and some violence.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
Anita Pallenberg replaced the pregnant Marianne Faithfull. more
Quotes:
Turner: Nothing is true, everything is permitted. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Extremes (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Gone Dead Train more

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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Madness and sanity, 19 March 2002
Author: carangi from rotterdam

This is probably one of the best cult movies ever made. I have seen it about 20 times now and even the last time, it was still not boring and I stayed up late again to watch it at 3 in the morning (even though I have it on video). "Performance" shows James Fox in a part you would never expect from him. The mobster with the secret past and deep dark secrets. Violent and with a "no mercy" attitude. Very impressive. Mick Jagger debuts as an actor in this picture and you can see he wants to do well in the beginning. I know the movie was shot chronologically and Jagger seems to be growing as an actor in each scene. The most impressive performance is the performance German/Italian actress Anita Pallenberg is giving here. As the Jagger's character says in the movie: "The only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness!" And Anita does just that. She is beautiful, decadent, dangerous, high and grounded and very much herself as Pherber. If you watch this movie, you should really try and focus on her, because she is full of surprises. French teen actress Michèle Breton only starred in this movie and the attention is drawn away from her completely by Pallenberg. That is a shame, because Breton does have some very strong scenes, like the one with Pallenberg when they are talking about the gangster. You can see that both Breton and her character are not sure what they are yet: are they children or young women? This movie clearly deserves 10 out of 10!

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