Villain (1971 film)
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Villain is a 1971 British gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport and Donald Sinden.[3] It is based on James Barlow's 1968 novel The Burden of Proof. Villain was director Michael Tuchner's first feature film after directing in television.[4]
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Villain | |
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Directed by | Michael Tuchner |
Written by | Dick Clement Ian La Frenais Al Lettieri (adaptation) |
Based on | The Burden of Proof by James Barlow |
Produced by | Jay Kanter Alan Ladd, Jr. Elliott Kastner (executive producer) |
Starring | Richard Burton Ian McShane Nigel Davenport Donald Sinden Fiona Lewis T. P. McKenna Joss Ackland Cathleen Nesbitt Colin Welland |
Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
Edited by | Ralph Sheldon |
Music by | Jonathan Hodge |
Production company | |
Distributed by | MGM-EMI |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £383,786[1] |
Box office | over £1 million (UK) (est.)[2] |
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As with other films of Villain's same era and genre (Get Carter (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Performance (1970), for example), some of the violence is quite graphic, especially during the heist scene, and it foreshadows several 1970s cop TV shows such as The Sweeney, Target and Special Branch.[citation needed]