Straightheads

Straightheads

Let the revenge fit the crime

2007•1h 28m•5.2/10

Thriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.2/10(120)

There is instant chemistry between Alice (Gillian Anderson), a businesswoman, and Adam (Danny Dyer), a younger working-class man who installs a security system in her London apartment. She takes him to a party in the country, and they end up making love. But the night turns horrific when they encounter three thugs who maim Adam and rape Alice. The incident turns them into fearful recluses until Alice spots the leader of their attackers (Anthony Calf) -- and the two victims plot a brutal revenge.

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Production

Free Range Films, UK Film Council, Screen West Midlands, Verve Pictures, DJ Films, Film4 Productions, Ingenious Media

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Alice

Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer

Adam

Adam Rayner

Adam Rayner

Jago

Antony Byrne

Antony Byrne

Misha

Anthony Calf

Anthony Calf

Heffer

Ralph Brown

Ralph Brown

Jamie

Steven Robertson

Steven Robertson

Bill

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Young PA

Francesca Fowler

Francesca Fowler

Sophie

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