ROGER DALTREY MOVIES MOVIE
The first half of the movie is set within the toughness of prison’s walls. This gives Roger and the boys in the band the perfect opportunity to sing “FrrEEEeeeEEE Meeee” Digging through a wall in the shower room, which leads to possible freedom. Desperate to escape his caged new life he befriends inmate Walter, played by pop teen idol Adam Faith. Which at the time was a Category A prison housing some of Britain’s most dangerous and depraved convicts. Imprisoned in the infamous HM Prison Durham. “ Make sure you’re not involved, woncha? Cos I’ll put a tool right in your belly!” After doing the classic “ just one last job” he inevitability gets caught, sentenced and banged up. Still he has a temper on him and he’s likely to explode into a rage at any given time. Roger Daltrey portrays McVicar here as a cheeky chappy, an almost lovable rogue. The film is based on the real life convicted armed robber John McVicar. Tagline – “ Everyone’s out to get McVICAR because McVICAR wants out….”
All those factors led to creating another cult classic film in the minds of us teenage lads. Filled with tough hard-boiled characters, bloody violence, hardcore swearing and enough quotes and sayings to pass around the school yard impressing your mates. Entertaining this generation of teenagers in the early part of the 80s. They all hit television or the video stores at round the same time. It had come to our attention around the same time as films like The Warriors, The Wanderers, Scum and the above mentioned Quadrophenia etc. If I’m honest I wasn’t much of a fan of either but his third acting film role, with McVicar, was a completely different story. Roger Daltrey had already exercised his acting chops in two crazy Ken Russell films, Tommy (1975) and Lisztomania (1975). Tagline – “ They said nobody escapes from “The Cage” but they forgot that McVICAR had nothing to lose!!“
The production company only made one other film.
ROGER DALTREY MOVIES MODS
The Who Films started with the classic Mods and Rockers clash, Quadrophenia in 1979 along with the bands very own documentary The Kids Are Alright. Branching out from the music side of things, the band had expanded into film production. Roger Daltrey if you didn’t already know was the lead singer of the British rock group The Who. WHO had thought it was a good idea to have Roger Daltrey play a hardened criminal and WHO would ever of realised he’d pull it off so convincingly? Right that’s got the WHO gags out the way.
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