44 Inch Chest was released in Region 2 in the United Kingdom, it was distributed by Momentum Pictures. 44 Inch Chest 44 Inch Chest is a 2009 British crime comedy-drama film directed by Malcolm Venville in his directorial debut. The film stars Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane and Joanne Whalley. The film was released on 19 October 2009. It was written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto, who both previously wrote "Sexy Beast", and produced by Richard Brown and Steve Golin ("Babel", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), and cinematography by Daniel Landin, the score is a collaboration
Ray Winstone was in the television biographical film on the life of England's most notorious monarch, King Henry VIII, in which he played the title role. After a short run in the TV series "Fox", and a role in "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" (alongside Diane Lane, Laura Dern and a host of real life punks like Fee Waybill, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Paul Simonon), Winstone got another big break, being cast as Will Scarlet in "Robin of Sherwood". He proved immensely popular and enjoyed the role, considering Scarlet to be "the first football hooligan" – though he was not