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#he's probably the closest thing the film has to a villain (altho the real villain is arguably the prison system etc etc etc)
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Alfred Burke as antagonistic convict (and self-styled tobacco 'baron') Lang in 1962's The Pot Carriers
#fave spotting
#alfred burke
#the pot carriers
#public eye
#frank marker
#1962
#british cinema
#as is common with a lot of alf's pre public eye work‚ particularly in film‚ he plays a real heel here
#he's probably the closest thing the film has to a villain (altho the real villain is arguably the prison system etc etc etc)
#he makes some interesting choices in performance; Lang is not just a dangerous villain‚ he's an insidious one
#in his first scene with Rainbow‚ the first time convict at the centre of the film‚ Lang tries to ingratiate himself with a loan of
#cigarettes and a friendly manner; perhaps too friendly... there's just a frisson of camp to Alf's performance in his first scene (telling
#Rainbow how he helps out those he likes and 'I like you...') which could be read as a problematic pairing of homosexuality with
#corruption among a prison population. or maybe I'm reaching? who knows. but it is as always a joy to see Alf work
#really relishing being a snake and going for the cockney menace. clearly he's having a whale of a time
#i mean just look at that big grin in the 2nd picture....
#this one turns up on tptv now and then i think and is well worth watching for brits with access
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