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Hell To Pay (2005 Film)
''Hell to Pay'' is a 2005 British film by Roberto Gomez Martin, his directorial debut, about a gangster's life who is from the London East End. It is based on the semi-autobiographical story of Dave Courtney, who plays character of Dave Malone in the film. Plot Dave Malone (Dave Courtney), a British gangster, is set up by his own brother Larry Malone ( Billy Murray) to murder a rival crime boss. Dave avoids the scheme and subsequently the murder charge made against him, whilst planning to eliminate the competition and take over the lucrative London crime trade. The oil-on-canvas depicting the crucifixion used in the film was painted by real-life East End gangster Ronnie Kray, as it was given to Dave Courtney as a present just before he died in prison. Cast *Terry Stone ... Johnny Murphy (credited as Terry Turbo) *Dave Courtney ... Dave Malone * Billy Murray ... Larry Malone *Andy Beckwith ... Detective Inspector Beek * Francine Lewis ... Gangster's wife *JC Mac ... Mike- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Courtney
David John Courtney (17 February 1959 – 22 October 2023) was an English self-proclaimed gangster who became both an author and an actor. Early life Courtney was born in Forest Hill, London. He went to Adamsrill primary school in Sydenham, South East London. Courtney often bragged about supposed connections with gangsters such as Reggie Kray and Lenny McLean, although he was nine years old when Kray was imprisoned. He also claimed to have been involved in debt-collecting, minding clubs, assault, contraband, and murder. He spent time in Belmarsh Prison as a high-security prisoner, as described by ex-prison guard Jim Dawkins in his book ''The Loose Screw''. Courtney claimed to have been shot, stabbed, had his nose bitten off, and stated that he has had to kill to stay alive. He also said that a car crash he was involved in on the M20 was an attempt on his life by "someone who had a grudge against him". His claims of criminal activity have come under scrutiny but the ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Altman (actor)
John Clarkson Stewart (born 2 March 1952), known as John Altman, is an English actor and singer. He was among the original cast members of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', playing Nick Cotton, appearing in the first episode in February 1985 and remaining on the show as a recurring character. His character was killed off in the 30th anniversary episode of the show which aired in February 2015. Altman has also appeared in several films, television series and stage productions. In 2010, he became the new frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids following the death of former frontman Gary Holton in 1985. Early life Altman was born in Reading, Berkshire, elder son of Cecil Clarkson Stewart (1921–1995), a first-class clerk at the Bank of England, and Tina Florence (1920–2016), daughter of actor Johnnie Schofield. He and his younger brother William were raised in Herne Bay, Kent. Career Altman made his acting debut in the 1979 film '' The First Great Train Robbery'' where he pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Crime Drama Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 Digit (anatomy), digits on their Limb (anatomy), limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat number, Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not Tessellation, tile the Plane (geometry), plane with copies of itself. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s British Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2005 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events Awards 2005 films By country/region * List of American films of 2005 * List of Argentine films of 2005 * List of Australian films of 2005 * List of Bangladeshi films of 2005 * List of Brazilian films of 2005 * List of British films of 2005 * List of Chinese films of 2005 * List of Canadian films of 2005 * List of Dutch films of 2005 * List of French films of 2005 * List of German films of the 2000s * List of Hong Kong films of 2005 * List of Indian films of 2005 ** List of Bengali films of 2005 ** List of Bollywood films of 2005 ** List of Kannada films of 2005 ** List of Malayalam films of 2005 ** List of Tamil films of 2005 ** List of Telugu films of 2005 * List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Directorial Debut Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Drama Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Guest
Joanne Guest (born 22 February 1972) is an English former glamour model and media personality. Glamour career Born and raised in Chesterfield, north east Derbyshire, England, she grew up on Poplar Drive in Glapwell. She attended the former Heath School (open from 1963-91) on Main Street in Heath, Derbyshire, then studied Hotel Management at Chesterfield College. Guest started in modelling after she saw an advertisement while on a catering course at her local college. She appeared as a Page 3 girl in ''The Sun'' and has appeared in the magazines '' Loaded'' and '' FHM''. Her ''Loaded'' cover shot was projected onto the Houses of Parliament in May 1998. Guest appeared in the ''Playboy'' video ''Shagalicious British Babes''. Guest appeared in a wide range of British "top shelf" magazines, including, '' Escort'', ''Mayfair'', ''Men Only'', '' Men's World'', '' Razzle'' and ''Whitehouse''. From 2000 she was a television host for the Men and Motors cable/satellite channel in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Legeno
Dave Legeno (12 October 1963 – 6 July 2014) was a British actor, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler. Early life Legeno was born David Steven Murray in Marylebone, London, England. Career Legeno's first major film role was in Guy Ritchie's '' Snatch''. He had roles in ''Batman Begins'', '' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'', ''Centurion'', and '' Last Knights''. Most notably, Legeno played the werewolf Fenrir Greyback in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'', and '' Part 2''. Legeno voiced and motion-captured for the video game '' The Getaway: Black Monday'' as a protagonist, Eddie O'Connor. He was trained in various combat styles, including boxing, wrestling, judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Muay Thai. He also was a professional wrestler as Lone Wolf for the British Wrestling Federation from 1991 to 1992. Death Legeno's body was found by a pair of hikers on 6 July 2014 in Death Valley, California, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Murray (actor)
William Albert Murray (born 6 October 1941) is an English actor, best known for playing Don Beech in ''The Bill'' from 1995 to 2004, Johnny Allen in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2005 to 2006, and Captain John Price in the video games '' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'', and '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''. Often known for portraying " hard man" characters, he has also starred in '' McVicar'' (1980), '' Essex Boys'' (2000), '' One in the Chamber'' (2012), '' We Still Steal the Old Way'' (2016), ''Nemesis'' (2021) and the '' Rise of the Footsoldier'' film series (2007–2021). Early life Murray was born in Forest Gate, Essex and grew up in Upton Park, East London, one of three children of Timothy and Vera Murray; his father was a plasterer, nightclub bouncer and a boxing champion. Murray attended St. Edward's Catholic Primary and St Bonaventure's Catholic School. After leaving school at fourteen, Murray worked as a she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Hancock
Martin Hancock (born 10 January 1970) is an English actor best known for his roles as Spider Nugent, Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent in the English soap ''Coronation Street'' (between 1997 and 2003 and again from 2022 and 2023) and as Reg Lund in ''Holby City''. Early life Hancock was born on 10 January 1970 in Fulham to an English father and a New Zealand mother. He attended Drayton Manor High School in West (London sub region), West London and trained at the Drama Centre London. Career Hancock has had roles in a number of English television series, including BBC's ''This Life (1996 TV series), This Life'' and the ITV1 cult drama ''Demons (TV series), Demons''. He has also had film roles in ''24 Hour Party People'', ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), ''Kingdom of Heaven (film), Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005) and ''Defiance (2008 film), Defiance'' (2008), as well as in a number of theatre productions. However, his most famous role remains that of Emily Bishop's eco-warrior nephew, Geoffrey "Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
