Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
Directed by Bernard Rose
prison
wales
central intelligence agency (cia)
smuggling (contraband)
explosive
biography
drug use
elite
conspiracy
terrorism
university
ira (irish republican army)
alias
mi6
drugs
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
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Cast
Rhys Ifans
Howard Marks
Chloë Sevigny
Judy Marks
David Thewlis
Jim McCann
Luis Tosar
Craig Lovato
Crispin Glover
Ernie Combs
Omid Djalili
Saleem Malik
Christian McKay
Hamilton McMillan
Elsa Pataky
Ilze
Jack Huston
Graham Plinston
Jamie Harris
Patrick Lane
Sara Sugarman
Edna Marks
William Thomas
Dennis Marks
Crew
Bernard Rose
Director
Bernard Rose
Screenplay
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Teresa Font
Editor
Bernard Rose
Editor
Bernard Rose
Director of Photography
Lisa Enos
Producer
Norman Merry
Executive Producer
Denise O'Dell
Co-Producer
Howard Marks
Novel
Alex Johnson
Casting
Popular Reviews
6 reviews
Leo
5.0★ · 02/25/25
David Thewlis is spectacular as always but other than that, it’s pretty standard.
David Thewlis is spectacular as always but other than that, it’s pretty standard.
Michelle
6.0★ · 01/18/21
the pace of this movie was very weird and confusing and it was a bit boring but 3 stars bc david thewlis and rhys ifans sexy
the pace of this movie was very weird and confusing and it was a bit boring but 3 stars bc david thewlis and rhys ifans sexy