Spivs (film)
Spivs is a 2004 British crime film directed by Colin Teague, who also co-wrote the screenplay along with screenwriters Gary Young, and Mike Loveday. It is the second of three undertakings by Teague and Young, the others being Shooters and The Last Drop, respectively. Incidentally, director Glenn Durfort, who worked with Teague on Shooters, appears briefly in all three of these films.
| Spivs | |
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| Directed by | Colin Teague |
| Produced by | Hamish Skeggs |
| Written by | Mike Loveday Colin Teague Gary Young |
| Starring | Ken Stott Nick Moran Kate Ashfield Dominic Monaghan Jack Dee |
| Music by | David Julyan |
| Cinematography | Haris Zambarloukos |
| Edited by | Eddie Hamilton |
| Distributed by | ContentFilm International Image Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English Albanian |
Plot summary
Jack, Steve and Goat are East End London "spivs" (British slang for a black marketeer) who spend their days wheeling and dealing whenever and wherever they can. But not until they are landed with the juicy payoff they have been waiting for, involving a shady character who calls himself Villa, do they realize the trouble they have got into. After opening a truck door they discover they were not smuggling merchandise, rather they were smuggling people. The people run out of the cargo area. Jack is mad at Steve for not checking. Then suddenly they discover two small Albanian children a girl and a boy. Now they are in even more trouble.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kate Ashfield | Jenny |
| Linda Bassett | Auntie Vee |
| Chooi Beh | Japanese Man |
| Elizabeth Berrington | Nigel's Secretary |
| Cavan Clerkin | Bob |
| Shane Davey | Ice Skater |
| Jack Dee | Nigel |
| Louis Dempsey | Uncle Frank |
| Glenn Durfort | Glenn |
| Neil Edmond | Observant Waiter |
| Stephen Evans | Park Attendant |
| Julia Hargesheimer | Teenage Safe House Girl |
| Tamer Hassan | Villa |
| Paul Kaye | O’Brien |
| Steven Lawson | Romanian Slave |
| Derek Lea | Villa's Associate |
| Dominic Monaghan | Goat |
| Nick Moran | Steve |
| Rita Ora | Rosanna |
| Tarek Ramini | Pavel |
| Sonny Rooney | Young Jack |
| Sarah Row | Slaone Woman |
| Roshan Seth | Omar |
| Madhav Sharma | Mr. Singh |
| Ken Stott | Jack |
| Colin Teague | Young Associate |
| Nadia Ward | Sonia |
| Christos Zenonos | Anton |
| Deni Hoxha | Rosanna's Brother |