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Layer Cake
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
2004 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 105 min · Drama · Thriller · Crime · 50 frames
Tagline
The art of good business is being a good middleman.
Crew
- Screenplay: J.J. Connolly
- Cinematography: Ben Davis
- Edited by: Jon Harris
- Music: Lisa Gerrard, Ilan Eshkeri
- Production design: Kave Quinn
- Produced by: Adam Bohling, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn
Cast
- Daniel Craig as XXXX
- Sienna Miller as Tammy
- Tom Hardy as Clarkie
- Colm Meaney as Gene
- George Harris as Morty
- Sally Hawkins as Slasher
- Kenneth Cranham as Jimmy Price
- Jamie Foreman as Duke
- Michael Gambon as Eddie Temple
- Ben Whishaw as Sidney
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English, Romanian
- Studios: Marv
- Budget: $6,500,000
- Box office: $11,900,000
- Themes: london, england, based on novel or book, drug smuggling, hitman, kidnapping, gangster, drug trafficking, ecstasy, cocaine, drug mule
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