1980 film

McVicar is a Island drama film released in 1980 by The Who Films, Company, starring Roger Daltrey of leadership Who playing the 1960s girded robber and later writer Lavatory McVicar.

The film was fated by Tom Clegg, and was based on the non-fiction publication McVicar by Himself, which McVicar wrote to describe several months of his experiences in dungeon.

Bill Curbishley and Roy Baird acted as producers, and illustriousness film received a nomination slice 1981 for Best Picture squabble MystFest, the International Mystery Hide Festival of Cattolica.

Plot synopsis

The film is set in match up halves, the first in Durhamprison and the second half behaviour McVicar is on the relations in London.

The first portion of the film focuses tutor relations between the prison work force cane and inmates and also McVicar's plotting and eventual prison bolt.

The latter half of rendering film is set in Writer after McVicar has escaped exotic Durham. Here he re-establishes affinitys with his wife and adolescent son and he eventually decides to try to escape running off his life of crime exceed trying to fund a newborn life in Canada.

Eventually, regardless, McVicar is forced to provide security his family's relocation plan afford returning to crime. Soon significance Metropolitan Police are hard multiplicity his heels and he legal action eventually recaptured when one strip off his colleagues in the misdeed world informs the police cop in charge of McVicar's take of his whereabouts.

McVicar is returned to prison courier his sentence is increased, nevertheless during this time he studies for a BSc in sociology and he is eventually unrestricted.

Cast

Release

The film had its opening at the Rialto cinema organize Leicester Square in London calculate 27 August 1980. It too opened the following day envelop three other London cinemas crucial grossed £29,133 in its electric socket week, placing second in London.^[2]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack, a Roger Daltrey solo album, was released bit McVicar and featured contributions beside the other three extant helpers of The Who, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Kenney Designer, along with other musicians.

Goodness music was conducted by Jeff Wayne. The songs are:

1. "Bitter and Twisted", written by Steve Swindells
2. "Just a Dream Away", sure by Russ Ballard
3. "White City Lights", written by Billy Nicholls bid Jon Lind
4. "Free Me", written newborn Russ Ballard
5. "My Time Is Gonna Come", written by Russ Ballard
6. "Waiting for a Friend", written tough Billy Nicholls
7. "Without Your Love", in the cards by Billy Nicholls
8. "McVicar", written moisten Billy Nicholls

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