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Hard Boiled Sweets (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 09 March 2012 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: David L.G. Hughes

Synopsis: Crime. ‘The sudden arrival in Southend of Jimmy ‘The Gent’ to collect money from ‘Shrewd Eddie’, a local criminal, brings chaos in its wake.

Genres:
Drama, Crime

Subject:
Gangsters
Releases
Date: 09 March 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 84 mins 25 secs - Length: 7597 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Verve Pictures

Credits (96)
©: Fatal Black, ©: Fatal Black, A Fatal Black production: Fatal Black, Presents: Content Film, Executive Producer: Margaret Matheson, Produced by: David L.G. Hughes, Produced by: Lara Greenway, Produced by: Demelza Jones, Produced by: Michael Riley, Production Co-ordinator: Darren W. Robinson, Production Co-ordinator: Rashi Lakhani, Production Co-ordinator: Jasmin Wilson, Unit Manager: Emma Harding, Unit Manager: Robin Green, Production Assistant: Issaad Boussif, Production Runner: Issaad Boussif, Production Runner: Joel Fowler, Runner: Southend: Ciarán Bannon, Runner: Southend: Alexander Menzies, Runner: Southend: Finette Coleman, Runner: Southend: Mark Couzens, Runner: Southend: Amy Graves, Runner: Southend: Benjamin Hersom, Joanne Perrett, 1st Assistant Director: Christiaan Faberij de Jonge, 2nd Assistant Director: Jan Zalar, 3rd Assistant Director: Camilo Colaço, Script & Continuity Supervisor: Camilo Colaço, Script & Continuity Supervisor: Sonal Hansora, Script & Continuity Supervisor: Amalia Rosen-Rawlings, Andy Tutton, Casting Director: Jane Anderson, Written by: David L.G. Hughes, Director of Photography: Sara Deane, Camera Operator: "B" Camera: Nathan Gallagher, Steadicam Operator: Robin Sharwell, Focus Puller: "A" Camera: Adam Conlon, Focus Puller: "B" Camera: James Bryant, Focus Puller: "B" Camera: Mike Hanna, John Mitchell, DIT Wrangler: Cyril Gfeller, Camera Asst: Matthew Williamson, Gaffer: James Bridger, Gaffer: Sam Heasman, Gaffer: Tom Maine, Best Boy: Adam Slater, Sparks: Ian Jackson, Stefan Mitchell, Spark Daily: Jeremy David Hunt, Key Grip: Kevin Foy, Grip: Alex Hudson, Grip: James Ray-Leary, Grip: Southend: Ben Moseley, Stills Photographer: Cyril Gfeller, SFX Supervisor: Alexander Gunn, Senior Pyrotechnician: Simon Cockren, Editor: Lloyd George, Post-production: Smart Films, Production Designer: Chloe Brady, Production Designer: Chloe Brady, Art Director: Jennifer Howell, Assistant Stand-by Art Director: Alison Bowman, Graphic Designer: James Simmons, Property Master: Andres Barry, Art Department Assistant: , Art Assistant: Jasper Ferette, Art Department: Amy Johnson, Costume Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor: Charmaine Parram, Wardrobe Assistant: Justine Cullen, Wardrobe: Monique Hope, Make-up Designer: Freddie Stopler, Make-up Supervisor: Heather Pitchford, Assistant Make-up Artist: Gina Best, Additional Make-up Artist/Hair Stylist: Lynda Darragh, Additional Make-up Artist: Lara Greenway, Title Sequence: Anders Bundgaard, Colourist: Gavin Burridge, Original Music Written and Produced by: Tom E. Morrison, Composer: Tom E. Morrison, Vocals: Rachel Morrison, [Music] Recorded and Mixed at: The Chapel of Rock, Music Mastered by [at] Tube Mastering: Andy Jackson, Head of Sound: David Martell, Sound Recordist: Steve Barnacle, Sound Recordist: Valerio Cerini, Sound Recordist: David Martell, Sound: David Martell, Boom Operator: Duran Darkins, Boom Operator: Tim Raison, Dubbing Mixer: Nigel Edwards, Mix Editor: David Martell, Dialogue Editor: Gary Kelly, [Sound] Effects Editor: Dave Zarpak, Foley Artist: Phillippe Aichinger, 1st Armourer: Laurence Harvey
Cast (13)
Philip Barantini (Dean), Elizabeth Berrington (Jackie), Adrian Bower ('Daddy' Gerry), Liz May Brice (Gemma), Paul Freeman ('Shrewd' Eddie), Ty Glaser (Porsche), Laura Greenwood (Delta), Ian Hart (Joyce), Danny Sapani (Leroy), Nathaniel Martello-White (Jermaine), Peter Wight (Jimmy 'The Gent'), Scot Williams (Johnny), Rene Zagger (Fred)