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Film / 2021
Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins
Directed by
Nick Nevern
Soldier Tony Tucker returns from the Falklands War; a bitter and angry man, he soon makes a name for himself in the Essex underworld with his security business and drug dealing, after entering a partnership with gangster Bernard O'Mahoney, his life spirals out of control in a cycle of drugs and violence. Things get even worse when he meets notorious hard man Pat Tate and local drug dealer Craig Rolfe, culminating in the Rettendon Range …
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Soldier Tony Tucker returns from the Falklands War; a bitter and angry man, he soon makes a name for himself in the Essex underworld with his security business and drug dealing, after entering a partnership with gangster Bernard O'Mahoney, his life spirals out of control in a cycle of drugs and violence. Things get even worse when he meets notorious hard man Pat Tate and local drug dealer Craig Rolfe, culminating in the Rettendon Range Rover murders of 1995.
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Cast
Terry StoneTony Tucker
Vinnie JonesBernard O'Mahoney
Roland ManookianCraig Rolfe
George RussoJoey Waller
Craig FairbrassPat Tate
Keith AllenDave Simms
P.H. MoriartyIan Jarvis
Billy MurrayMickey Steele
Michelle CollinsMandy Williams
Bronson WebbKevin Whitaker
Katie JarvisDonna
Kirsty J. CurtisDCI Jones
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Sam GittinsJacko
Ade DimberlineBirmingham Bouncer
Tina BarnesSharron
Tom PadleyDC Monroe
Margaret ThatcherSelf (archive footage)
Catherine CoxParty Goer
Heavy DTommy Mac
Kieran ChalkerPunter 1
Kat RonsonCarly
Emily HaighChloe
Adam SaintSydney Hexell
Paul ChinneryBarman
Eddie WebberLewis
Michael JinksAndy Swallows
Josh WitcherBarry
Chris SheenCorporal Rollins
Michael ElkinFrampy
Conor BennNigel Benn
Rohit NathanielJohnny
Shane McCormickPC Ward
Sonnyboy SkeltonYoung Jacko
Stuart D. LathamDrinker in pub reading newspaper
Chris HughesFootball Fan
Annabelle FernandoNathalie the Hostess
Maria Jane McDaidRochelle
Barney WebberYoung Tony Tucker
Paul RiddellFalkland Island army sergeant
Dean SillsPunter in pub
Darren LuckinClubber
Katie Roe CarrParty girl
Tyler FordTyler
Lee DixonHooligan
Mark PrestonFootball Hooligan
Tish SimmondsClubber
Archie CockerHooligan
Carly MarieParty Goer
Garry McClayHooligan
Simon PriceJudge
Dan CorstorphineFootball Hooligan
Paige MillardNews Reporter
Ben ShepherdCar Salesman
James HeatlieBailiff 2
Tyson GreenHooligan
Lizni HeardFootball Hooligan / Clubber
Jake BartonAdam
Vincent MurrayVinny the Barman
Robert SigleyVIP Party Goer
Ryan RadleyYoung Frampy
Jacey ElthalionPete
Jack Arthur ShawBritish Soldier
Julian ClaptonPool Player in Pub (uncredited)
Richard DannaherMugger (uncredited)
Jamie SowleTerry (uncredited)
Michael ChapmanFootball Hooligan (uncredited)
Jessie VinningCluber (uncredited)
Ricky YatesHooligan (uncredited)
Mimi CafrreniParty Goer
Graham KitchenFat Bollox
Rachel WarrenLucy
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