Villain Mini Cooper S Mk2

[mab01uk]

The 'Villain' coach built Mini Cooper S Mk2 is for sale in the December MCR magazine ads (or may have been sold by now?), for offers over £32k (owned by the seller for 36 years) and the 1971 film below is on Talking Pictures TV channel tonight @ 10.05pm.

Villain - Saturday 16th December 2023 - Talking Pictures TV - (Freeview 82, Sky 328, Virgin 445, Freesat 306)
"At 10.05 pm Richard Burton stars in Villain (1971), playing an everyday London businessman and sadistic gang leader; Once you've met, you'll wish you hadn't, also with Ian McShane and Nigel Davenport. Director: Michael Tuchner.

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Watched it again for the umpteenth time last night - nice to see the S is finished and up for grabs...

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As it happens another car seen in the film still exists, a Mk2 Ford Cortina which is parked up in the background near the end of the film, a mate of mine spotted it at a car show several years ago. Sadly the Rover P5B Coupe 'HXC 802H' used in the film is no longer around.

[wantafaster1]

Watched it again myself, a good show.

Excellent cast, Burton is great.

[mab01uk]

Some nice 'Then and Now' screenshots from the films locations here:-
https://www.reelstreets.com/films/villain/

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Some nice 'Then and Now' screenshots from the films locations here:-
https://www.reelstreets.com/films/villain/

Very handy site that - the scene where the croupier is strung up from his fifth floor flat was based on a real incident when one of the Kray's associates called David Litvinoff was strung up by John Bindon and Ian Barrie, a couple of tough nuts from Fulham. Bindon appeared in several films and TV series before being sent down for murder in 1979.

I drive trains under the footbridge pictured in caption 54

[Ronnie]

Very handy site that - the scene where the croupier is strung up from his fifth floor flat was based on a real incident when one of the Kray's associates called David Litvinoff was strung up by John Bindon and Ian Barrie, a couple of tough nuts from Fulham. Bindon appeared in several films and TV series before being sent down for murder in 1979.

Had royal connections also

[swifty]

John Bindon was not sent down for murder in 1979 as being sentenced . He was acquitted . Quadrophenia was filmed in 79 …. Shirley

[mab01uk]

I liked this typical London used car lot of the era, pictured in captures 37/38....even has a Mini for sale on the forecourt with two 'go faster' stripes.


Edgar Lowis's used car lot in Suffolk Road, Willesden, NW10. (1971)

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John Bindon was not sent down for murder in 1979 as being sentenced . He was acquitted . Quadrophenia was filmed in 79 …. Shirley

Yes you're right, I must have been thinking of one of his previous stints inside.

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For those that missed it last week, Villain is on Talking Pictures again tonight at 10:45 if you want to set your recorders….. it’s past my bedtime

[Costafortune]

"Benny, you've been talking too much".

I spoke to Ian McShane about 'Villain' in 1999 at the NEC Motor Show. He was on the Alfa stand and he was surprised that I knew the film. Very pleasant bloke and in awe of Burton - who was a renowned pisshead.

It's a great film.