Britain`s contribution to the current gangster film boom, ”The Krays,” is the story of the twin brothers, Ronald and Reginald Kray, who took over the London protection racket in the 1960s. The script, ...

An actor who quit her Coronation Street career after failing to master the accent and went on to numerous film roles - including in The Krays in 1990, has died aged 85. Barbara Ferris played a barmaid ...

Whatever the Kray twins were selling in the London of the ’60s, it wasn’t Doublemint gum. Actually, it was protection, and if you didn’t buy it, you needed it desperately — from them. They would beat ...

A producer behind The Krays has explained that he wouldn’t make the movie today, calling the subjects “cowardly psychopathic bullies”. The 1990 film stars Gary and Martin Kemp as the infamous East ...

Dubbed ‘The Big Cheese’ for his criminal prowess, Keith Cheeseman sounds proud, rather than remorseful about his gangster past - boasting about meeting everyone from The Krays to football legend ...

“The Krays” is a mob film with a difference. This one was made in England and is about English mobsters. There are no Sicilians, no Irish and no Jewish mobsters on the scene. Some mention is made of ...

One British crime drama has returned to screens and is set to find a fresh audience in the streaming realm - with fans old and new calling it a “true gangster classic” and one of the most intense ...

LONDON — British actress Billie Whitelaw died Sunday in a nursing home in London at the age of 82, the BBC reported Monday. She was best known for her role as Mrs. Baylock, the guardian of the demonic ...