Directed by:
Alan ClarkeScreenplay:
Trevor PrestonCinematography:
Clive TicknerComposer:
George FentonCast:
Phil Daniels, Alun Armstrong, Bruce Payne, Ben Cole, Caroline Quentin, Danny Webb, Trevor Cooper, Richard Ridings, Don Henderson, Neil McCaul, Liza SadovyPlots(1)
This bizarre spectacle, combining horror, rock opera, and an ostentatiously faked mise-en-scène à la gothic, was perceived in the Thatcher era as a parable with socio-critical overtones. Billy the Kid is a young cockney while demonic snooker champion Maxwell Randall is an unscrupulous predator – but here they symbolize a generational conflict or the struggle between good and evil. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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Phil Daniels
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