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The Krays holds a rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews. In November 2024, Burdis said that he regretted "glamourising" Ronnie and Reggie Kray, and was developing a new film to portray them as the thugs they were. "They weren't folk heroes," he told The Guardian. "They were just a pair of cowardly psychopathic bullies, who ...
Ronald James and Reginald Kray were born on 24 October 1933 in Haggerston, East London, to Charles David Kray (1907–1983) and Violet Annie Lee (1909–1982).The Krays were thorough Eastenders – Charles from Shoreditch and Violet from Bethnal Green – and were apparently of mixed Irish, Austrian Jewish and Romanichal descent, [4] [5] [6] although this has been disputed. [7]
The Krays may refer to: Kray twins, 1950s–1960s British organised crime leaders; The Krays (1990), directed by Peter Medak, about the Kray twins;
The Rise of the Krays is a 2015 low-budget biographical film about the Kray twins who terrorised London during the 1950s and 1960s. [1] The film was funded by Terry Brown and David Sullivan and was in development before the production team learned of Legend , the larger-budgeted studio film scheduled for release the same year.
The Cult of Violence: The Untold Story of the Krays (2001) The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins is a 1972 biography of the Kray twins by John Pearson . It details the life of the twins from their births, childhood, criminal careers, and eventual arrest.
He was released from prison in 1975, and went on to make money from promoting the family's legend, such as being paid £100,000 to act as a "consultant" on the 1990 film, The Krays. [4] In 1997, Kray was given a 12-year sentence for attempting to smuggle cocaine valued at £39m into England. [10]
The Fall of the Krays is a 2016 low-budget British crime film directed by Zackary Adler and written by Ken and Sebastian Brown based on the true story of Ronnie and Reggie Kray. The film serves as the sequel to The Rise of the Krays .
The Krays' Mad Axeman (also known as: The London Mob) is a 2019 film directed by William Kerley and starring Diarmaid Murtagh, Morgan Watkins and Elen Rhys.It is based on the play Jump to Cow Heaven by Gill Adams, itself based on the true story of Frank Mitchell, a convict and associate of the Kray Twins, who facilitated Mitchell's escape from prison in 1966 and are presumed to have ordered ...