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The Hard Case
About four East End lads raising money to enter a card game.
1995 | 20m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Guy Ritchie |
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| Writer: | Guy Ritchie |
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| A short film about a player and a gambler. British short film directed and written by Guy Ritchie and featured Darren Spencer as The player and Benedick Bates as a player and Wale Ojo as the gambler. A twenty-minute film, it precedes Ritchie's better known Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1995 |
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| Director: | Guy Ritchie |
| Writer: | Guy Ritchie |
| Genres: | Crime |
| Keywords | short film |
| Production Companies | Hellof A Filma Production, Spidercom Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 11, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Benedick Bates | The Player |
| Wale Ojo | The gambler |
| Alan Boyle | Harry |
| Huggy Leaver | Tom |
| Stephen Graham |
| Name | Job |
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| Matthew Glen | Editor |
| Vincent McConnachie | First Assistant Camera |
| Jan Pester | Director of Photography |
| Athan Osborne | Gaffer |
| Guy Ritchie | Screenplay, Director |
| Simon Hayes | Sound Designer, Sound Recordist |
| Andrew Griffiths | Sound Recordist |
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