Chancers: The Great Gangster Film Fraud

Documentary about a bankrupt Jordanian entrepreneur and an unemployed Irish actress who hatch a plan to scam £2.5m off the British taxman by faking the production of a £20m movie. But they are found out, arrested and then bailed. While out on bail, they decide to prove their innocence by actually making a film. They hire a former nightclub bouncer, now a self-made micro-budget gangster film director. In 2011, Paul Knight makes their movie for under £100,000 with a cast of soap and gangster movie stars including Danny Midwinter, Marc Bannerman and Loose Women's Andrea McLean. The film's title is A Landscape of Lies. But the cinematic alibi does not convince the jury when the trial runs in 2013. The producers are convicted of tax fraud and given long sentences.

Tony Carling

Narrator

Paul Knight

Jonathan Sothcott

Freddie Foreman

Danny Young

Mel Mills

• Ben LewisDirector
• Tom SwindellDirector of Photography
• Simon BarkerEditor

Release date

January 24, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Crime, Documentary

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