Leekbrookgull
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Caught the BBC4 programme last night and a good insight into crime and London Policing in the sixties,suicide seems unlikely ?
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[Other Sport] Freddie Mills the Boxer.
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Garry Nelson's teacher
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Terrific programme. The footage of his world title fights was brutal.
Channel surfing, I came across that.
Great programme. Interesting as well to see life in Soho etc in the 1960's.
Great programme. Interesting as well to see life in Soho etc in the 1960's.
GT49er
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Sounds good - what was it called? I'd like to try and find it on Catch-up.
Leekbrookgull
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Psychobilly freakout
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Very good programme although at the end I got the feeling that wanna be old time gangster Roger Huntman who suggested that Meyer Lansky had something to do with the murder, just wanted to be on TV, Charlie big bollox now, but he was a nothing back in the day. I find it highly unlikely Lansky had anything to do with Mills never mind the murder, Huntman just wanted his 5 minutes of fame....
Man could you get bigger collars, I thought he was gonna propel up in to the air when he got up from his chesterfield chair.
Man could you get bigger collars, I thought he was gonna propel up in to the air when he got up from his chesterfield chair.
It was an inconclusive ending.
With 5 minutes left, not just the Huntman, but the feel of the programme and that of the 'experts' all made it seem that Huntman snr,/Lansky were behind an arranged slaying. Finally some closure.
Then, the prog left the door open, that that version was improbable.
Separately, the one definite bullshitter (to sell books) was the old author, who claimed Mills was "Jack the Stripper", a serial killer. It was obviously bollocks, and painful for Mills's family.
1234andcounting
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Quite why they needed to have him on I don't know other than to see the retired cop demolish his argument with the facts. I thought it was an excellent doc but could have done with a bit more robust editing. Much as I enjoy other people's home movies, I don't need to see the same clips half a dozen times in the space of 90 minutes.
They promoted a liar's book. Even the author could now see the flaws in his work of fiction.
Leekbrookgull
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Put down FOUR times in the second round,yet fought back until the tenth. Like you say brutal.