Somewhere along the line I seem to have picked up some… some sort of something that might wipe off on a rabbit if a bear asked the right question… about this amiable fellow Alan Ford, who did two fine Guy Ritchie films in a row.
Somewhere along the line I got the impression that the fellow has a fair amount of real-life experience as a British gangster, or that he was somehow associated with the shadowy underworld. I thought the guy had done some hard time.
But now that I seek to verify such a thing, I find only that he has a modest career, with a possible absence of about four years during the 1980s. Any “Brick Top” fans out there? What’s the deal on this entertaining fellow?