Crime · Drama

McVicar

Name: McVicar
Director: Tom Clegg
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1980-08-01
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell, Billy Murray, Georgina Hale

Sentenced to 23 years-and he won't accept one day of it

6.6(42) 8/1/1980 1h 52m

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John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.

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Top Cast

Roger Daltrey

John McVicar

Adam Faith

Walter Probyn

Cheryl Campbell

Sheila McVicar

Billy Murray

Joey Davis

Georgina Hale

Kate

Steven Berkoff

Ronnie Harrison

Brian Hall

Terry Stokes

Malcolm Tierney

Frank

Directed by

Tom Clegg

Production

The Who Films Polytel Crown International Pictures

Reviews

John Chard

8/10

7/19/2019

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee me! Can't you hear that's what I say. John McVicar is a tough uncompromising armed robber, after being sent to a maximum security prison for 23 years he dreams of escaping every day. As his reputation grows and friendships are formed, it would appear that his friend Wally Probyn may have figured a way out of this tough rigid prison. In 1979 America had The Warriors and The Wanderers, at pretty much the same time us British had Quadrophenia and McVicar to hold dear to our hearts, both films produced out of The Who Films Ltd, both films eminently quotable to a certain age group that were of the teenage persuasion. I love McVicar, I really do, based on the true life story of McVicar, well from his own accounts written in his book, "McVicar by Himself", th