The read
A Balasaur Score of 44 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 20%. Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,597 2010s crime movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
Billy Hill and Jack 'Spot' Comer were among the most notorious criminals in London up until the 1950s. Dramatising the violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack 'Spot' Comer (Terry Stone), ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON charts the legendary rise and fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted until the mid-fifties and which paved the way for the notorious Kray Twins and The Richardsons. This is the story of their rise and fall.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Simon RumleyDirector
- Simon RumleyWriter
- Will GilbeyWriter
- Terry StoneWriter
Cast
- Terry StoneJack 'Spot' Comer
- Leo GregoryBilly Hill
- Holly EarlAggie Vaux
- Jamie ForemanAlf White
- Justin SalingerHarry White
- Dominic KeatingBelgian Johnny
- Geoff BellDarky Mulley
- Michael McKellDetective Rogers
- Andy BeckwithSonny The Yank
- Theo DevaneyStanley
- Kate BraithwaiteGypsey
- Doug AllenAlbert Dimes
