

Villain
By the time he's ready to kill you, its an act of mercy.
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
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- Language
- English
- mother
- london, england
- robbery
- based on novel or book
- police
- gangster
- neo-noir
- gay romance
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalRNew York City, New York26 May 1971
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)London12 Aug 1971
- Theatrical19 Sept 1971
FranceFR
- Theatrical29 Oct 1971
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Villain was released on 26 May 1971.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
1/27/2014
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 …
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
11/4/2022
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 …
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