Legend (2015 film)
Legend is a British crime thriller[5] film written and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film is based on the book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John Pearson,[6][7] which deals with the rise and fall of the Kray twins; the relationship that bound them together, and charts their gruesome career to their downfall and imprisonment for life in 1969.[8][9]
This is the fifth feature film directed by Helgeland. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and Christopher Eccleston star with Paul Bettany, Colin Morgan, David Thewlis, Tara Fitzgerald, and Taron Egerton featured in supporting roles.
| Directed by | Brian Helgeland |
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| Screenplay by | Brian Helgeland |
| Based on | The Profession of Violence by John Pearson |
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| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Dick Pope |
| Edited by | Peter McNulty |
Production
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates
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Running time
| 131 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million[3] |
| Box office | $18.3 million[4] |
Cast]
- Identical twins Ronald and Reginald Kray who terrorised London during the 1950s and 1960s.[12]
- Emily Browning as Frances Shea[13][14]
- The wife of Reggie Kray. She met Kray at 16 and wed him aged 22 in 1965.[15]
- A Detective Superintendent in charge of taking down the Krays.[16]
- Taron Egerton as Edward "Mad Teddy" Smith[17]
- A psychopathic gay man rumoured to have had affairs with Ronnie.[18]
- Paul Bettany as Charlie Richardson
- Charlie and his brother Eddie were childhood friends of the Krays and the leaders of notorious south London gang (also known as the Torture Gang), which had a feud and war with the Krays' gang 'The Firm' during the 1960s.
- Colin Morgan as Frankie Shea[19]
- Reggie's driver at the Kray Firm, and older brother of Frances. Described as a "young and very good-looking man."[20][21]
- David Thewlis as Leslie Payne[13]
- The Krays' business manager. Considered himself a cultured man and he was sickened by the twins' violence.[22][23]
- The head of the Philadelphia crime family and friend and business associate to Ronnie and Reggie.[24]
- A fashion photographer in the early 1960s.[26]
- Paul Anderson as Albert Donoghue
- The gofer of Ronnie and Reggie Kray, and Reggie's chief lieutenant.[27]
- Kevin McNally as Harold Wilson
- Alex Giannini ( d. 2015 ) in his last film appearance as Antonio Caponigro
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