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TwentyFourSeven

TwentyFourSeven

Everybody wants to be somebody.

19986.21h 36m

Overview

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Darcy opens a boxing club, aiming to bring the rival gangs together.

Directed by Shane Meadows
Written by Shane Meadows, Paul Fraser
Produced by Imogen West
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Top Cast

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Alan Darcy

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Danny Nussbaum

Tim

Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones

Geoff

Annette Badland

Annette Badland

Pat

Frank Harper

Frank Harper

Ronnie Marsh

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Darren O. Campbell

Daz (as Darren Campbell)

Karl Collins

Karl Collins

Stuart

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Justin Brady

Gadget

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Jimmy Hynd

Meggy

Johann Myers

Johann Myers

Benny

Themes & Keywords

transportersportsfriendsyouth gangnottinghamboxing

About TwentyFourSeven

TwentyFourSeven is a drama film released in 1998 exploring themes of transporter, sports, friends, youth gang, nottingham, boxing. Directed by Shane Meadows, it stars Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Bruce Jones. In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing something they can believe in: Boxing. Darcy opens a boxing club, aiming to bring the rival gangs together.

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