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7.1Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
Released: 2015-09-09132 minDir: Brian HelgelandCrime, ThrillerBudget: $25.0MBox office: $43.0M
Cast
- Tom Hardy as Ronald Kray / Reginald Kray
- Emily Browning as Frances Shea
- Christopher Eccleston as Leonard 'Nipper' Read
- David Thewlis as Leslie Payne
- Taron Egerton as Mad Teddy Smith
- Chazz Palminteri as Angelo Bruno
Themes
- gangster
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Article
Legend is a 2015 biographical gangster film written and directed by Brian Helgeland, adapted from John Pearson's 1972 book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins. The film follows the Kray twins' career and relationship together through their convictions for murder and sentencing to life imprisonment in 1969. Tom Hardy plays both Reggie and Ron Kray in a dual role.
The film also stars Emily Browning, David Thewlis and Christopher Eccleston, with Colin Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Bettany, Tara Fitzgerald, Taron Egerton and Duffy in supporting roles.