Rise of the Footsoldier
Sep 07 2007
•2h 59m
•Action, Crime, Thriller
Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties.
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Ricci Harnett
Carlton Leach
Terry Stone
Tony Tucker
Craig Fairbrass
Pat Tate
Roland Manookian
Craig Rolfe
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