McVicar (film)

McVicar
Film poster
Directed byTom Clegg
Written byJohn McVicar
Tom Clegg
Produced byRoy Baird
Bill Curbishley
Roger Daltrey
StarringRoger Daltrey
Adam Faith
Cheryl Campbell
Edited byPeter Boyle
Music byRoger Daltrey
Various Artists
Production
companies
Distributed byBrent Walker Film Distributors Ltd.
Release date
  • 27 August 1980 (1980-08-27)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£717,786 (UK rentals)[1]

McVicar is a British drama film released in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd., starring Roger Daltrey of the Who playing the 1960s armed robber and later writer John McVicar.

The film was directed by Tom Clegg, and was based on the non-fiction book McVicar by Himself, which McVicar wrote to describe several months of his experiences in prison. Bill Curbishley and Roy Baird acted as producers, and the film received a nomination in 1981 for Best Picture at MystFest, the International Mystery Film Festival of Cattolica.

  1. ^ "Top Grossing British Films on the U.K. Market: '81-'82". Variety. 12 January 1983. p. 146.