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Ritchie and John arrive outside Kecks's lock up to find a strange noise coming from within. ”What's he doing in there, drilling for oil?” Ritchie queries. Kecks appears with a number of parcels that they load into the van and take to Kecks's flat. When they arrive, Kecks tells
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Parkestone. The two men - the gangster Kecks is trying to swindle (Johnny Shannon) plus his enforcer and torturer The Chiropodist (Peter Vaughan) - continue up to Kecks, where they kill him.
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