43 Aliases. 89 Phone Lines. This is the Story of Howard Marks.
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.
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Rhys Ifans Chloë Sevigny David Thewlis Luis Tosar Crispin Glover Omid Djalili Christian McKay Elsa Pataky Jack Huston Jamie Harris Sara Sugarman William Thomas Andrew Tiernan Kinsey Packard Ania Sowinski James Jagger Howell Evans Ken Russell Ferdy Roberts Waris Hussein Huw Davies Matthew Jacobs David Sibley Daniel Faraldo Gillian Hanna Dewi Rhys Williams Iwan Roberts Nathalie Cox Jay Itzkowitz Ian Burford Rollo Weeks Julian Firth Olivia Grant Jâms Thomas Frank Bourke Thomas Whwatley Mark Tandy Eric Loren Tony Rohr Paige Hewitt Amelia Clarkson Hannah Roeg Claudia Harris Ella Roeg Edgar Harris Jeremi Cockram Rob Lane Caolan Byrne Ifan Huw Dafydd Stephen Marzella Euron Griffith Terence Harvey Andrew Havill Kal Weber Dominic Graville Raquel Gribler Craig Stevenson Julio Perillán Deobia Oparei Ron Forsythe Francesc Pagès Emerald Fennell Owain Arthur David-Doc O'Connor Ricardo Birnbaum
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