Malcolm Venville learn to star in the film. Venville's feature film debut was "44 Inch Chest" (2009), a gangster film starring Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson and Ian McShane. It reunited the writers and some of the cast of an earlier British gangster film, "Sexy Beast" (2000). He also directed "Henry's Crime" (2010), a romantic comedy starring Keanu Reeves, James Caan, and Vera Farmiga. Malcolm Venville Malcolm Frank Venville (born 1962) is a British photographer and film director. Born in Birmingham, Venville was the child of deaf parents. He was, in the words of his uncle, "caught in some no-man's land
Ray Winstone was increasingly drawn to the theatre, playing in "Hinkemann" in 1988, "Some Voices" in 1994 and "Dealer's Choice" and "Pale Horse" the following year. Winstone was asked to appear in "Mr Thomas", a play written by his friend and fellow Londoner Kathy Burke. The reviews were good, and led to Winstone being cast, alongside Burke, in Gary Oldman's drama "Nil By Mouth". He was widely lauded for his performance as an alcoholic wife-batterer, receiving a BAFTA nomination (17 years after his Best Newcomer award for "That Summer"). He continued to play "tough guy" roles in the likes of "Face" and