County Lines gangs use kids because they’re easier to exploit and less likely to get picked up by police. ibid.
I’ve always had the best since Reginald became a public company. Crooks Anonymous 1962 starring Leslie Phillips & Julie Christie & Stanley Baker & Wilfrid Hyde-White & Michael Medwin & Raymond Huntley & Norman Rossington, director Ken Annakin, woman with husband in jewellery shop
Peekaboo Club: Miss La Verne is just going on. ibid. doorman to Phillips
For the first time in my life I feel clean. ibid. him to her
It was just asking to be taken. I couldn’t resist the temptation. I never can. ibid.
We’ve all been inside. Including me. ibid. woman on reception desk
I’m a swine. I’m a rotten swine. ibid. Phillips
Looked more like the police. Father? The League of Gentlemen 1960 starring Jack Hawkins & Nigel Patrick & Roger Livesey & Richard Attenborough & Bryan Forbes & Norman Bird & Terence Alexander & Richard Attenborough et al, director Basil Dearden, Mrs Boyle the landlady
You’re all crooks, aren’t you, of one kind and another. ibid. Hyde to gang
My criminal career is just about to blossom. ibid.
I intend to rob a bank myself. And the pay, gentlemen, one hundred thousand pounds each. ibid.
Your presence here restores my basic disbelief in the goodness of human nature. ibid. Hyde
We are going into the removal business. ibid.
Yes, Bunny, the party’s over. The drink and the luck ran out. ibid. Hyde
I’ve been in fucking jail for twenty years. T2: Trainspotting 2017 starring Ewan McGregor & Hamish Haggerty & Ben Skelton & Connor McIndoe & Ewan Bremner & Aiden Haggarty & John Bell & Jonny Lee Miller & Logan Gilles & James McElvar & Robert Carlyle & Daniel Jackson & Daniel Smith & Christopher Mullen & Kelly Macdonald & Shirley Henderson & James Cosmo & Anjela Nedyalkova et al, director Danny Boyle, Begbie
Safe my life? You ruined my fucking life, Mark. ibid. Spud
So what have you been up to for twenty years? ibid. Simon
What’s “Choose Life”? ibid. Veronica
And then sit back and smother the pain with an unknown dose of an unknown drug made in somebody’s fucking kitchen. Choose unfulfilled promise … ibid. Mark
Friends was just one more class of victim. ibid.
Gelignite Gang in London Raid. Gelignite Gang 1955 starring Wayne Morris & Sandra Dorne & Patrick Holte & James Kenney & Arthur Young & Eric Pohlmann & Lloyd Lamble & Tony Doonan & Hugh Miller & Bertha Russell et al, director Terence Fisher, Evening Standard
Hello, John. I’ve got the gelignite gang trapped ... Their hideaway is a pawnbroker’s shop. ibid.
This violence isn’t getting us anywhere. Odd Man Out 1947 starring James Mason & Robert Newton & Cyril Cusack & William Hartnell & Kathleen Ryan & F J McCormick & Fay Compton & Denis O'Dea et al, director Carol Reed, Johnny
As long as he lives he belongs to the organisation. bid. geezer
I wish you’d do the coshing sometimes, Walshy. Cosh Boy aka The Slasher aka The Tough Guy 1953 starring James Kenney & Joan Collins & Betty Ann Davies & Robert Ayres & Hermione Baddeley & Hermione Gingold & Nancy Roberts & Laurence Naismith & Ian Whittaker et al, director Lewis Gilbert, gangster
Keep a firm hand. He needs it. ibid. probation officer to mother of Walshy
I’m running this gang. I always was and I’m always gunna. ibid. Walsh
All the boys I know they just want a good time. ibid. Joan Collins
Play it again, Dave. Dancing with Crime 1947 starring Richard Attenborough & Barry Barnes & Sheila Sim & Garry Marsh & John Warwick & Judy Kelly & Barry Jones & Bill Rowbotham & Cyril Chamberlain & Peter Croft & Diana Dors & Dirk Bogarde et al, director John Paddy Carstairs, bird in members club
Now your share, Dave, come to fifty pounds exactly. ibid. ringleader
Man Murdered in Taxi: Bullet in Back. ibid. newspaper article
Across Britain, diehard fans formed organised gangs in the name of their clubs: they were called Firms. Italia 90: When Football Changed Forever I, Channel 4 2022