Al's Lads
Synopsis
Jimmy and his two Liverpool pals, Dan and Eddie, work as lowly waiters on a luxury liner. Always on the make, the three lads are pinning their hopes on getting enough money to jump ship in New York and start a new life in the USA.
They plan a ruse which nets them six bottles of gin from the ship's stores, which they know will fetch a good price in Prohibition America.
Unwittingly they sell them to two gangsters on the New York quayside, one of whom turns out to be the right-hand man to Al Capone.
It soon becomes clear that the trio have got themselves into a dangerous situation. A further complication is created by Jimmy's attraction to Edith, girlfriend to one of the gangsters.
When Capone's son is kidnapped and the lads are implicated, it's time to get out of town. But not before Jimmy's big fight and a small matter of Dan and Eddie removing the contents of Capone's vault to pay for their trouble.
Details
- Year
- 2002
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 96 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Richard Standeven
- Producer
- Peter Barnes, Nicholas Kingston
- Editor
- Justin Krish
- Screenwriter
- Marc Gee
- Director of Photography
- Nic Knowland BSC
- Composer
- John Harle
- Principal cast
- Richard Roundtree, Marc Warren, Julian Littman, Ralf Little, Stephen Lord
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Alchemy Pictures
The GrangeLiverpool Road
Neston
Wirral
Merseyside CH64 7TL
UK
T +44 (0)7767 816 481
Sales Company
Vine International Pictures
Contact: Barry Gill, Marie VineVIP House
Greenacres
New Road Hill
Downe, Orpington
Kent BR6 7JA
UK
T +44 (0)1689 854123
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