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Dead Cert
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Directed bySteven Lawson
Written bySteven Lawson
Produced byBen Shillito
Cinematography James Friend
Edited byJason de Vyea
Wade Jackson
Music byTim Atack
Production
companies
Black & Blue Films
Raw Film Productions
Distributed by Momentum Pictures
Release date
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.5 million

Dead Cert is a 2010 supernatural horror film written and directed by Steven Lawson.

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Dead Cert is based on an idea by Garry Charles and Steven Lawson and written by Ben Shillito. Principal photography began in October 2009 and the film had a worldwide release in 2010. [1]

In 2011 Shout! Factory released Dead Cert on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 1.

Plot

Freddy Frankham (Craig Fairbrass) thought he was out of the gangland world, a retired boxer, Freddy now owns a successful "gentlemen’s" nightclub. But when a gang of Romanian drug dealers, led by the enigmatic Dante Livienko (Billy Murray), move into London, the stakes are too good to resist one last gamble. [1]

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dead Cert (2010) - Facebook" . Retrieved 15 February 2011.