The life of famed East End luminary Lenny McLean gets a touching, personal treatment in 'The Guv'nor'. Famous (and infamous) as a bareknuckle boxer, bouncer, enforcer in the '60s, Lenny's journey from unlicensed fighter to best-selling author and star of 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' is also the story of a working class man from Hoxton weathering the changing decades before his untimely death in 1998. Director Paul Van Carter follows Lenny's Jamie, as he explores his father's story from his troubled upbringing to stardom. Along the way we meeting a variety of characters that knew him best, from East London legends through to Hollywood director, Guy Richie. What emerges is a picture of a complex, troubled and driven family man.
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