McVicar

1980
R
1h 52m

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John McVicar was a notorious London criminal known as "Public Enemy No. 1" for armed bank robberies. He was captured and imprisoned in a high security facility, but continued attempting esca... Read allJohn McVicar was a notorious London criminal known as "Public Enemy No. 1" for armed bank robberies. He was captured and imprisoned in a high security facility, but continued attempting escapes.John McVicar was a notorious London criminal known as "Public Enemy No. 1" for armed bank robberies. He was captured and imprisoned in a high security facility, but continued attempting escapes.

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6.7/10

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- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The real John McVicar is seen briefly at the bar wearing a green top about 11 mins before the end of the film

Goofs
When McVicar escapes, he is running up the street and he passes the same two-tone Bedford van twice.

Quotes
[Terry is joking to the other prisoners about the Durham Light Infantry]
Terry Stokes: They found a whole barrack load of them stuck up each other... Sunk to the nuts, they were. They're gonna rename them - the Durham Bumpers. Ah, they do love an arsehole, these Geordies!
[laughter]

Crazy credits
Quote by John McVicar in the closing credits: "Being a thief is a terrific life. But the trouble is they put you in jail for it."

Connections
Featured in Vintage Video: 0369 McVicar (1982) (2024)

Soundtracks
Bitter and Twisted
Written by Steve Swindells
Performed by Roger Daltrey

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Featured review

Parable with rock soundtrack

McVicar is the kind of movie that founds in criminal lifestyle a way to communicate its moral intend. The plot is quite typical because the intention is to show that, no matter how exciting or bizarre been an outlaw is, the criminal never succeeds. Based on a true story, the most interesting parts of the movie are the escape of McVicar from High Security Prison while a rock piece sounds on the back, and the assault of the bank, brief but consistent. The soundtrack is good, with a certain Who sound in big part of it and Daltrey's performance is really surprising, considering that he doesn't overact at all. But the whole movie doesn't look like a superb production, it's pretty much the same in this type of movie: a crime life that traps the leading character till the end, waiting always for a possible redemption that-at least not in this case-never comes. Although the movie is not boring either, is a well told story, nothing less, nothing more.