Villain (1971)

Movie Details

Original Title Villain

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 1.1

Cast

Richard Burton

Vic Dakin

Popularity: 8.8

Ian McShane

Wolfe Lissner

Popularity: 4.4

Nigel Davenport

Bob Matthews

Popularity: 2.6

Donald Sinden

Gerald Draycott

Popularity: 2.1

Fiona Lewis

Venetia

Popularity: 0.6

T. P. McKenna

Frank Fletcher

Popularity: 8.4

Joss Ackland

Edgar Lowis

Popularity: 2.6

Cathleen Nesbitt

Mrs. Dakin

Popularity: 1.3

Elizabeth Knight

Patti

Popularity: 4.0

Colin Welland

Tom Binney

Popularity: 0.8

Tony Selby

Duncan

Popularity: 2.3

John Hallam

Terry

Popularity: 8.1

Key Crew

Director Michael Tuchner

Screenplay Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Editor Ralph Sheldon

Producer Jay Kanter, Elliott Kastner, Alan Ladd Jr.

Production

Kastner/Ladd/Kanter

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Anglo-EMI

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Jan 27, 2014

What you looking at? Villain is directed by Michael Tuchner and adapted to the screen by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Al Lettieri from the novel The Burden of Proof written by James Barlow. It stars Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T.P. McKenna, Donald Sinden, Nigel Davenport, Fiona Lewis, Joss A ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

Nov 4, 2022

Quite a few big stars tried their hands at these gritty, criminal underworld, style stories in the early 1970s and this rather procedural effort was Richard Burton's. Doubtless he was well paid, but his performance here is nowhere near his best. He is "Dakin" - a sort of Kray-esque character who run ... Read more