Their gang, known as the Firm, was based in Bethnal Green, where the Kray twins lived. They were involved in murder, armed robbery, arson, protection...
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Legend (2015 film) (category Works about the Kray twins)
The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins. The film follows the Kray twins' career and relationship together through their life...
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descent and his mother was Romani. When Kray was six, his mother had two identical twins, Ronnie and Reggie Kray, with Reggie born 10 minutes before Ronnie...
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film charts the lives of the Kray twins from childhood to adult life. The plot focuses on the relationship between the twins and their doting mother (Whitelaw)...
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The Profession of Violence (redirect from The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins)
The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins is a 1972 biography of the Kray twins by John Pearson. It details the life of the twins from their births, childhood...
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light on Kray twins scandal", The Sunday Telegraph, 26 July 2009 "Reggie Kray: Notorious gangster", BBC News, 1 October 2000 "The Kray Twins: Brothers...
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March 1932) is an English publican, gangster, former associate of the Kray twins and convicted criminal. Foreman was a prominent figure in London gangland...
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series was commissioned by ITV in September 2009 with the focus on the Kray twins. The first episode of this second series was broadcast on 11 October 2010...
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"Reggie Kray: Notorious gangster". BBC News. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2014. Britain's top 10 richest (known) drug barons 1969: Kray twins guilty...
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2015, he starred as "Mad" Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road and both Kray twins in Legend, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting...
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Esmeralda's Barn (category Kray twins)
Knightsbridge, London, that was owned by the Kray twins from 1960 until its closure in 1963. The Krays used the club as a way of expanding their criminal...
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radio station Kray twins, the London gangsters Charlie Kray, eldest brother, born before the Kray twins Kray, Rap/Hip-Hop Artist Baron Pál Kray (1735–1804)...
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known as "The Mad Axeman", was an English criminal and friend of the Kray twins who was later murdered at their behest. Mitchell was one of seven children...
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Jack McVitie (category Kray twins)
imprisonment and downfall of the Kray twins. He had acted as an enforcer and hitman with links to The Firm, and was murdered by Reggie Kray in 1967. McVitie's first...
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centred in the East End of London, the infamous Kray twins being the most notable. They were identical twin brothers and organised crime figures who operated...
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George Cornell (category Kray twins)
[citation needed] Cornell did his National Service with Billy Wiltshire, the Kray twins' cousin.[citation needed] On 30 October 1944, his first conviction (as...
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The Rise of the Krays is a 2015 low-budget biographical film about the Kray twins who terrorised London during the 1950s and 1960s. The film was funded...
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Richardson Gang (section Feud with the Krays)
gang and the Kray twins were engaged in a turf war in the mid-to-late 1960s. Charlie Richardson and George Cornell had first met the Krays while in Shepton...
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Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond), of the Sitwells, and of the Kray twins. Pearson was born in Epsom, Surrey. He was educated at King's College...
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activities. He was acquainted with the Kray twins since at least the very early 1960s; Shaw attended the funeral of Reggie Kray in 2000, and was quoted as having...
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feared figure, he often associated with infamous criminals such as the Kray twins, Ronnie Biggs and Charles Bronson. He was also known in the London nightclub...
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was changed before it opened. Ronald and Reginald Kray, identical twin gangsters known as the Kray twins, were born on 24 October 1933, on Stean Street....
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2004, Kent) was an English criminal known for his association with the Kray Twins. He was born to a Greek Cypriot father and English mother from Consett...
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highest-performing new drama in 2009. A second series of the show based around the Kray twins was broadcast in autumn 2010; the third series began in January 2012....
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The Krays may refer to: Kray twins, 1950s–1960s British organised crime leaders The Krays (film) (1990), directed by Peter Medak, about the Kray twins The...
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My Story is an autobiographical book written by Ronnie Kray. He, along with his twin brother Reggie, were said to be some of the most feared gangsters...
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rackets in west London pubs and was alleged to have connections to the Kray twins and the Richardson Gang. In the late 1970s, in addition to acting work...
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expertise really was, though he certainly knew the Kray Twins and was particularly friendly with Ronnie Kray, according to a biography published in 2016. He...
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him. He was moved to Parkhurst Prison in 1976, where he befriended the Kray twins, whom he described as "the best two guys I've ever met". He was moved...
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castle was also used as a prison from 1100 (Ranulf Flambard) until 1952 (Kray twins), although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its...
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