Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire is a 1985 British independent musical fantasy horror comedy-drama sports film starring Phil Daniels and Alun Armstrong. The film was directed by Alan Clarke and written by Trevor Preston. The BFI has described it as "undoubtedly the only vampire snooker musical in cinema history". The film is loosely based on the rivalry between the snooker players Ray Reardon and Jimmy White.
Plot
Billy the Kid is a young, up-and-coming snooker player. His manager, T.O. (The One), a compulsive gambler, falls into debt with psychopathic loanshark the Wednesday Man, who offers to cancel T.O's debt if he can arrange a 17-frame grudge snooker match between Billy and the reigning world champion Maxwell Randall (popularly known as the Green Baize Vampire).
More details
author | Trevor Preston |
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director | Alan John Clarke |
editor | Stephen Singleton |
genre | comedy-drama fantasy horror |
keywords | billy the kid compulsive gambler game world champion |
musicBy | George Fenton |
producer | Simon Mallin |
publisher | ITC Entertainment |
theme | horror comedy musical sports vampire |