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Carlton Leach starts out on the football terraces, where he is a feared general among the hooligans. He moves into work as a bouncer and as hired muscle. In the late eighties and early nineties he is part of a gang of criminals in London and Essex. He is also involved in the criminal side of the early rave scene, and he becomes part of the Essex firm in the 1990s. He is involved with Pat Tate and Tony Tucker during these years. Three decades of his life carry him toward a place among the country's most feared criminals.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film and its first sequel are drawn from the autobiography of real gangster Carlton Leach, and later entries in the series shift focus to real drug dealers Pat Tate and Tony Tucker, who were murdered together in the notorious 1995 Rettendon murders.
- Despite spawning a long-running franchise, the original film took just $355,345 at the worldwide box office.
- The story follows Leach's rise from football hooligan to bouncer and hired muscle, and his involvement with Pat Tate and Tony Tucker, in the third production from BAFTA Award-nominated director Julian Gilbey.
