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The Rack Pack

The Rack Pack

20166.91h 28m

Overview

The 1980s snooker rivalry between Alex “Hurricane” Higgins and Steve “The Nugget” Davis, two very different personalities who helped popularise the sport on TV.

Directed by Brian Welsh
Written by Mark Chappell, Alan Connor, Shaun Pye
Produced by Barney Reisz
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Top Cast

Luke Treadaway

Luke Treadaway

Alex Higgins

Will Merrick

Will Merrick

Steve Davis

Kevin Bishop

Kevin Bishop

Barry Hearn

Nichola Burley

Nichola Burley

Lynn Higgins

J

James Bailey

Jimmy White

John Sessions

John Sessions

Ted Lowe

Russ Bain

Russ Bain

Cliff Thorburn

Daniel Fearn

Daniel Fearn

Robbo

Caolan Byrne

Caolan Byrne

Dennis Taylor

K

Konstantine Osipenkov

Willie Thorne

Themes & Keywords

sportscocainealcoholisminsulttelevision producerdocudramaalcohol abusestrong languagealcoholicsnooker1980s

About The Rack Pack

The Rack Pack is a comedy, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of sports, cocaine, alcoholism, insult, television producer, docudrama. Directed by Brian Welsh, it stars Luke Treadaway, Will Merrick, Kevin Bishop. The 1980s snooker rivalry between Alex “Hurricane” Higgins and Steve “The Nugget” Davis, two very different personalities who helped popularise the sport on TV.

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