Project Detail

Spivs

Synopsis

In this cool, but surprisingly emotional, gangster flick, Jack (Ken Stott - Fever Pitch, Shallow Grave) is a true gentleman and a class act of the short con game. With his young protégé, the charmingly streetwise Steve (Nick Moran - Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Musketeer) alongside the sharp and sexy Jenny (Kate Ashfield - The War Zone, Late Night Shopping), and the 'bloody hopeless' Goat (Dominic Monaghan - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), he runs a formidable team of quick-witted and successful con artists.
 
Keeping the team on track and making sure Steve is focussed on the play (not on Jenny's foxy good looks) is the only trouble for Jack - until a simple heist goes wrong and they are lumbered with a truck full of illegal immigrants destined for the sex trade. While most of them scarper, two of them, a scruffy 10-year-old girl and her frightened young brother, are left in Jack's reluctant charge. But then the furious smuggler sets out on a bloody vendetta, determined to wreak revenge for the loss of his precious cargo.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Features
Running time
98 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Colin Teague
Producer
Michael Loveday, Jamie Carmichael
Editor
Eddie Hamilton
Screenwriter
Gary Young, Colin Teague
Director of Photography
Haris Zambarloukos
Composer
David Julyan
Principal cast
Ken Stott, Nick Moran, Kate Ashfield, Dominic Monaghan, Linda Bassett, Jack Dee, Paul Kaye

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Production Status

Production Company

Carnaby Productions

20 Earlham Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9LN
UK

T+44 (0)20 7836 8031

diane.mccall@virgin.net

Sales Company

Content International

14-15 D'Arblay Street
London
W1F 8DZ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7851 9170

Judith@contentinternational.com

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