Essex Boys

Essex Boys

Infobox Film
name = Essex Boys


image_size =
caption = DVD cover image
director = Terry Winsor
producer = Jeff Pope
writer = Terry Winsor
Jeff Pope
narrator =
starring = Sean Bean
Ross Morgan
Alex Kingston
Charlie Creed-Miles
Tom Wilkinson
Holly Davidson
Michael McKell
music = Colin Towns
cinematography = John Daly
editing = Edward Mansell
distributor = Miramax Home Video + Pathe-UK
released = July 14, 2000
runtime = 102 min
country = UK
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.compleatseanbean.com/essexboys.html
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0191996

"Essex Boys" is a 2000 British crime film. It was directed by Terry Winsor, and stars Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, and Holly Davidson.

ynopsis

The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex, UK. On 6th December Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony Tucker, three drug dealers well known to the police, were lured to Workhouse Lane, Rettendon. There they were blasted to death with a shot gun while sitting in their Range Rover. They had been lured to their deaths on the pretext of a lucrative drugs deal. The three bodies were found the following morning, 7 December 1995.

Two men were convicted of the offence in January 1998 at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court in London. The two men, Jack Whomes and Michael Steele have always protested their innocence.

Reception

The film met with generally negative reviews. It currently entertains a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

External links

* [http://www.bernardomahoney.com/rrmurders/main.shtml Information on the Rettendon murders from the Website Essex Boys]
* [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/essex_boys/ Review of Essex Boys on Rotten Tomatoes]

cite web
last = O'Mahoney
first = Bernard
title = Research: Court Records
url=http://www.bernardomahoney.com/rrmurders/main.shtml
accessdate = 2007-09-30


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