Spivs is a British

United Kingdom

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 comedy

Comedy film

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-crime drama film

Film

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 directed by Colin Teague

Colin Teague

Colin Teague is a British television director, who trained at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. He is most associated with Doctor Who, being the first person to have directed for the main show and both of its spin-offs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures...

, who also cowrote the screenplay along with screenwriters Gary Young

Gary Young (screenwriter)

Gary Young is a UK screenwriter who is probably best known for writing Harry Brown starring Michael Caine.He has also written Madam Samurai a graphic novel series with Eagle Award-winning artist David Hitchcock.-Films:Films include:...

, and Mike Loveday. It is the second of three undertakings by Teague and Young, the others being Shooters

Shooters (film)

Shooters is a 2002 British crime drama film from directors Colin Teague and Glenn Durfort, and writers Andrew Howard, Louis Dempsey and Gary Young. It was filmed in London in 1999 and released theatrically in the UK on January 25, 2002...

and The Last Drop

The Last Drop

The Last Drop is a 2005 war adventure film from writer/director Colin Teague. Teague teamed up with screenwriter Gary Young, with whom he had previously collaborated on the British crime drama films Shooters and Spivs...

, respectively. Incidentally, director Glenn Durfort, who worked with Teague on Shooters, appears briefly in all three of these films.

Plot summary

Jack, Steve and Goat are East End London "spivs" (British slang for a black marketeer

Underground economy

A black market or underground economy is a market in goods or services which operates outside the formal one supported by established state power. Typically the totality of such activity is referred to with the definite article as a complement to the official economies, by market for such goods and...

) who spend their days wheeling and dealing whenever and wherever they can. But not until they're landed with the juicy payoff they have been waiting for, involving a shady character who calls himself Villa, do they realize the trouble they've gotten themselves into. After opening a truck door thing they discover they weren't smuggling merchandise, rather they were smuggling people. The people run out of the cargo area. Jack is mad at Steve for not checking. Then suddenly they discover two small children a girl and a boy. Now they are in even more trouble.

Cast

Actor	Role
Kate Ashfield Kate Ashfield Kate Ashfield is a British actress, best known for her award-winning roles as Jody in the Anglo-German film Late Night Shopping, as Sadie MacGregor in the British film This Little Life and as Liz in the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead.-Biography:Ashfield was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England...	Jenny
Linda Bassett Linda Bassett Linda Bassett is an English actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom for her film career.Bassett was born in Kent, England to a typist mother and a police officer father. Her roles include the award-winning part of Ella Khan in the 1999 British comedy film East is East...	Auntie Vee
Chooi Beh	Japanese Man
Elizabeth Berrington	Nigel’s Secretary
Cavan Clerkin Cavan Clerkin Cavan Clerkin is a television actor and writer. He has appeared mainly in comedy shows such as Pulling, The Inbetweeners, Smack the Pony, The IT Crowd, and Look Around You. He also appeared in the films Gangster No 1, Spivs and Pierepoint...	Bob
Shane Davey	Ice Skater
Jack Dee Jack Dee James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for his sardonic, curmudgeonly, and deadpan style.-Early life:...	Nigel
Louis Dempsey	Uncle Frank
Glenn Durfort	Glenn
Neil Edmond Neil Edmond Neil Edmond is a British actor and comedy writer.Neil was a member of the comedic sketch trio The Consultants, alongside James Rawlings and Justin Edwards. In 2002 they won the Perrier award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Consultants went on to record four series for BBC...	Observant Waiter
Stephen Evans	Park Attendant
Julia Hargesheimer	Teenage Safe House Girl
Tamer Hassan Tamer Hassan Tamer Hassan is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs and restaurants and is now the owner, chairman and player/coach of Greenwich Borough and...	Villa
Paul Kaye Paul Kaye Paul Kaye is an English comedian and actor. He achieved notoriety in 1995 portraying the character of Dennis Pennis, a shock interviewer on The Sunday Show...	O’Brien
Steven Lawson	Romanian Slave
Derek Lea	Villa’s Associate
Dominic Monaghan Dominic Monaghan Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan is an English actor. He has received international attention from playing Merry in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and for his role as Charlie Pace on the television show Lost....	Goat
Nick Moran Nick Moran Nicholas James "Nick" Moran is an English actor, writer, producer and director, best known for his role as Eddy the card shark in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels...	Steve
Rita Ora Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora is an Kosovar-born British dramatic mezzo-soprano, recording artist and actress. She is currently signed to Roc Nation.-Early life and career:...	Rosanna
Tarek Ramini	Pavel
Sonny Rooney	Young Jack
Sarah Row	Slaone Woman
Roshan Seth Roshan Seth Roshan Seth is an Indian-born British actor, who appears mainly in British and American films. He is known for his critically acclaimed performances in the films Gandhi, Mississippi Masala, Not Without My Daughter, My Beautiful Laundrette, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Such a Long...	Omar
Madhav Sharma Madhav Sharma Madhav Sharma is an Indian born British actor and theatre director. He was educated at the St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, the Scottish Church College, Calcutta, and Fergusson College, Poona, before winning a merit scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.-Early life:He was born...	Mr. Singh
Ken Stott Ken Stott Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott is a Scottish actor, particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in television.-Early life:...	Jack
Colin Teague Colin Teague Colin Teague is a British television director, who trained at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. He is most associated with Doctor Who, being the first person to have directed for the main show and both of its spin-offs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures...	Young Associate
Nadia Ward	Sonia
Christos Zenonos	Anton
Caspar Zialor	Teenage Safe House Boy