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Oct 1, 1999 · Plunkett & Macleane: Directed by Jake Scott. With Jonny Lee Miller, Iain Robertson, Robert Carlyle, Ken Stott. Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.
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- 1999-10-01
Oct 1, 1999 · Charles McKeown. Writer. Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen ...
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Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice ...
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Trivia: Plunkett & Macleane was a flop at the box office. The film opened on 1 October 1999 in 475 U.S. theaters, taking in US$244,765 during its first three days; total domestic earnings stand at ...
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- Robert Carlyle
Oct 4, 1999 · The film, set in 18th century London, tells the story of a gentleman named Macleane ( Jonny Lee Miller) and an unwashed rogue named Plunkett ( Robert Carlyle ). Macleane is not entirely a gentleman (the movie opens with him being sentenced for public drunkenness), but at least he knows how to play one, and the accent is right.
00:00. Set in the 18th Century, Plunkett and Macleane is the story of two notorious highwaymen based on real-life characters. The film opens with Macleane (Jonny Lee Miller) languishing in a debtor's jail in Knightsbridge. He is accidentally freed by Plunkett (Robert Carlyle) in the course of a far-fetched robbery.
Set in 1748, when highwaymen are plaguing the wealthy along England's roads, the film a revolves around the criminal partnership of the titular characters. Macleane ( Jonny Lee Miller) witnesses a robbery gone wrong when Plunkett's young partner is killed by Thief Taker General Chance.
