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Chancers: The Great Gangster Film Fraud (2016)

1h 25m · 24 Jan 2016
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Documentary about a bankrupt Jordanian entrepreneur and an unemployed Irish actress who hatch a plan to scam £2.5m off the British taxman by faking the production of a £20m movie. But they are found out, arrested and then bailed. While out on bail, they decide to prove their innocence by actually making a film. They hire a former nightclub bouncer, now a self-made micro-budget gangster film director. In 2011, Paul Knight makes their movie for under £100,000 with a cast of soap and gangster movie stars including Danny Midwinter, Marc Bannerman and Loose Women's Andrea McLean. The film's title is A Landscape of Lies. But the cinematic alibi does not convince the jury when the trial runs in 2013. The producers are convicted of tax fraud and given long sentences.

Movie ID52690
GenreCrime, Documentary
DirectorBen Lewis
Main castTony Carling, Paul Knight, Jonathan Sothcott, Freddie Foreman, Danny Young, Mel Mills
Release date24 January 2016
Release year2016
LanguageEnglish
Duration85 min (1h 25m)
Rating7.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseBBC

Director: Ben Lewis

Top cast

Tony CarlingNarrator
Paul Knight
Jonathan Sothcott
Freddie Foreman
Danny Young
Mel Mills

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