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''Once Upon A Time In London'' is a 2020 British gangster film set during the 1930s. It focuses on LondonGangster Jack Spot and his rival Billy Hill.
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''Once UponA a Time In in London'' is a 2020 2019 British gangster crime drama film set during directed by Creator/SimonRumley, written by Rumley, Creator/WillGilbey and Creator/TerryStone, and starring Stone, Creator/LeoGregory, Creator/HollyEarl, Creator/GeoffBell and Creator/JamieForeman. The film is about the 1930s. It focuses on LondonGangster Jack Spot and his rival notorious {{London Gangster}}s Billy Hill.
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* AnachronismStew: The band plays authentic jazz and swing music from the 30s and 40s, then starts playing 1950s rockabilly... in 1945!
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* AnachronismStew: The band plays authentic jazz and swing music from the 30s '30s and 40s, '40s. However, it then starts playing 1950s rockabilly... in 1945!
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->''"I love those cheeky chaps from East London\\
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* AxCrazy: Billy's henchman Mad Frankie Frazer is a KnifeNut with a SlasherSmile and a fondness for ColdBloodedTorture.
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* AxCrazy: Billy's henchman Mad Frankie Frazer is a KnifeNut PsychoKnifeNut with a SlasherSmile and a fondness for ColdBloodedTorture.
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** The verses have a DoubleMeaning as it's played when Billy and his cheeky chaps break into their rivals' hideout, Frankie gives one victim a ChelseaGrin, and gang don't stop beating their rivals until they are passed out.
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** The verses have a DoubleMeaning as it's played when Billy and his cheeky chaps break into their rivals' hideout, Frankie gives one victim a ChelseaGrin, GlasgowGrin, and gang don't stop beating their rivals until they are passed out.
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Once Upon A Time In London is a 2020 British gangster film set during the 1930s. It focuses on LondonGangster Jack Spot and his rival Billy Hill.
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->''"I'm the king of the underworld! Not Billy Hill! Me! Jack Spot!"''\\
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->''"I'm the king of the underworld! Not Billy Hill! Me! Jack Spot!"''\\Spot!"''
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* EvilIsHammy: Jack's rant while ChewingTheScenery:
->''"I'm the king of the underworld! Not Billy Hill! Me! Jack Spot!"''\\
->''"I'm the king of the underworld! Not Billy Hill! Me! Jack Spot!"''\\
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* BlackComedy: Billy is told that Frankie is playing darts with their captive. On entering the room, we see TheDragon Frankie literally throwing darts into the bound victim's face.
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* BlackComedy: Billy is told that Frankie is playing darts with their captive. On entering the room, we see TheDragon Frankie literally throwing darts into the bound victim's face.face ForTheEvulz.
* ConvenientlyCellmates: Billy befriends Frankie in solitary after admiring his work on the screws.
* FameThroughInfamy: Jack loves the notoriety of being described in the newspapers as the King of the Underworld. When Billy challenges his claim, Jack believes ItsPersonal and starts a gang war.
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* HairTriggerTemper: AffablyEvil Jack loves a joke over a few beers... unless the joke is antisemitic in nature, in which case he will hand out a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to those responsible.
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* HairTriggerTemper: AffablyEvil Jack loves a joke over a few beers... unless the joke is antisemitic in nature, in which case he will hand out a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to those the AssholeVictim responsible.
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* TheMobBossIsScarier: Subverted. Billy is relaxed and friendly unless you want to kill him. His underling Mad Frankie Frazer is the most dangerous of the two.
* PoliceBrutality: The prison guards inflict brutal beatings on the convicts, but they meet their match in Mad Frankie.
* PoliceBrutality: The prison guards inflict brutal beatings on the convicts, but they meet their match in Mad Frankie.
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* TheMobBossIsScarier: Subverted. TheDon Billy is relaxed and friendly unless you want to kill him. His EvilerThanThou underling Mad Frankie Frazer is the most dangerous of the two.
* MuggingTheMonster: The guards think Frankie is an easy target, but he turns out to be a BloodKnight who enjoys fighting the screws and being put in solitary.
* PoliceBrutality: The prison guards inflict brutal beatings on the convicts, but they meet their match in MadFrankie.Frankie who sees RageAgainstTheLegalSystem as an opportunity to assert his dominance in the FirstRuleOfTheYard.
* MuggingTheMonster: The guards think Frankie is an easy target, but he turns out to be a BloodKnight who enjoys fighting the screws and being put in solitary.
* PoliceBrutality: The prison guards inflict brutal beatings on the convicts, but they meet their match in Mad
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Billy may be a violent gangster, but he WouldntHurtAChild. He criticises PsychoForHire Frankie for butchering the three teenagers sent by Jack to murder him.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Jack, Billy and Frankie were RealLife figures in the criminal underworld.
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* MisterSandmanSequence: Done twice in the film. We'll Meet Again signifies the outbreak of the war as Jack is drafted, and Shake Rattle and Roll heralds the return to prosperity during TheFifties.
* TheMobBossIsScarier: Subverted. Billy is relaxed and friendly unless you want to kill him. His underling Mad Frankie Frazer is the most dangerous of the two.
* TheMobBossIsScarier: Subverted. Billy is relaxed and friendly unless you want to kill him. His underling Mad Frankie Frazer is the most dangerous of the two.
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* RedRightHand: Jack has a long scar beneath his eye.
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* TradingBarsForStripes: Jack is released from jail in 1939 for army service. He doesn't even finish basic training before he is kicked out for assaulting the DrillSergeantNasty.
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**The verses have a DoubleMeaning as it's played when Billy and his cheeky chaps break into their rivals' hideout, Frankie gives one victim a ChelseaGrin, and gang don't stop beating their rivals until they are passed out.
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* AxCrazy: Billy's henchman Mad Frankie Frazer is a KnifeNut with a fondness for ColdBloodedTorture.
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* AxCrazy: Billy's henchman Mad Frankie Frazer is a KnifeNut with a SlasherSmile and a fondness for ColdBloodedTorture.
* PoliceBrutality: The prison guards inflict brutal beatings on the convicts, but they meet their match in Mad Frankie.
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* VillainSong: While Billy and his gang are beating and stabbing their enemies
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* VillainSong: While Billy and his gang are beating and stabbing their enemiesenemies, Jenny Knowles sings the song East End:
->''"I love those cheeky chaps from East London\\
They're always there with a smile\\
I love those cheeky chaps from East London\\
They always go the extra mile"''
->''"I love those cheeky chaps from East London\\
They're always there with a smile\\
I love those cheeky chaps from East London\\
They always go the extra mile"''
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Once Upon A Time In London is a 2020 British gangster film set during the 1930s. It focuses on LondonGangster Jack Spot and his rival Billy Hill.
*AnachronismStew: The band plays authentic jazz and swing music from the 30s and 40s, then starts playing 1950s rockabilly... in 1945!
*AdolfHitlarious: Billy and his gang wear Hitler masks while robbing a Royal Mail van.
*AxCrazy: Billy's henchman Mad Frankie Frazer is a KnifeNut with a fondness for ColdBloodedTorture.
*BlackComedy: Billy is told that Frankie is playing darts with their captive. On entering the room, we see TheDragon Frankie literally throwing darts into the bound victim's face.
*CoolCar: Jack picks up Billy in a brand new Chevrolet Fleetline when he is released from jail in 1945.
*DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Deconstructed in a very brutal way to show that BeingEvilSucks. Billy is beaten, stabbed and shot before rising to the top, and Jack sees his crime empire collapse and is forced to go straight.
*EvilVersusEvil: Jack and Billy are equally sociopathic.
*TheFagin: Jack isn't above paying kids to take out his rivals (see below)
*GreaserDelinquents: Jack hires three Teddy Boys to murder Billy.
*GunsAreUseless: Due to the scarcity of pistols in interwar Britain, the gangsters favour knives, bludgeons and razors.
*GroinAttack: Jack gets drafted during the war, and within a few weeks is dishonorably discharged for kicking a drill instructor in the balls.
*HairTriggerTemper: AffablyEvil Jack loves a joke over a few beers... unless the joke is antisemitic in nature, in which case he will hand out a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to those responsible.
*ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Jack's crew carry out a daring BankRobbery disguised as policemen.
*KosherNostra: Jack is Jewish, and takes part in the Battle of Cable Street.
*SiblingsInCrime: Ronnie and Reggie Kray make an appearance as Billy announces his retirement.
*SinisterSwitchblade: Frankie's preferred weapon in a KnifeFight.
*TortureTechnician: Frankie comes up with some very creative ways to extract information from his victims.
*VillainSong: While Billy and his gang are beating and stabbing their enemies
*WretchedHive: The East End is full of slum housing, derelict buildngs, factories and warehouses that the gangsters use to conceal their contraband.
*AnachronismStew: The band plays authentic jazz and swing music from the 30s and 40s, then starts playing 1950s rockabilly... in 1945!
*AdolfHitlarious: Billy and his gang wear Hitler masks while robbing a Royal Mail van.
*AxCrazy: Billy's henchman Mad Frankie Frazer is a KnifeNut with a fondness for ColdBloodedTorture.
*BlackComedy: Billy is told that Frankie is playing darts with their captive. On entering the room, we see TheDragon Frankie literally throwing darts into the bound victim's face.
*CoolCar: Jack picks up Billy in a brand new Chevrolet Fleetline when he is released from jail in 1945.
*DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Deconstructed in a very brutal way to show that BeingEvilSucks. Billy is beaten, stabbed and shot before rising to the top, and Jack sees his crime empire collapse and is forced to go straight.
*EvilVersusEvil: Jack and Billy are equally sociopathic.
*TheFagin: Jack isn't above paying kids to take out his rivals (see below)
*GreaserDelinquents: Jack hires three Teddy Boys to murder Billy.
*GunsAreUseless: Due to the scarcity of pistols in interwar Britain, the gangsters favour knives, bludgeons and razors.
*GroinAttack: Jack gets drafted during the war, and within a few weeks is dishonorably discharged for kicking a drill instructor in the balls.
*HairTriggerTemper: AffablyEvil Jack loves a joke over a few beers... unless the joke is antisemitic in nature, in which case he will hand out a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to those responsible.
*ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Jack's crew carry out a daring BankRobbery disguised as policemen.
*KosherNostra: Jack is Jewish, and takes part in the Battle of Cable Street.
*SiblingsInCrime: Ronnie and Reggie Kray make an appearance as Billy announces his retirement.
*SinisterSwitchblade: Frankie's preferred weapon in a KnifeFight.
*TortureTechnician: Frankie comes up with some very creative ways to extract information from his victims.
*VillainSong: While Billy and his gang are beating and stabbing their enemies
*WretchedHive: The East End is full of slum housing, derelict buildngs, factories and warehouses that the gangsters use to conceal their contraband.
