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The Veteran is a British film of genre Thriller released in USA on 29 april 2011 with Toby Kebbell
The Veteran (2011)
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Add to a movie listThe Veteran is a 2011 British action film directed by Matthew Hope, featuring Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Tony Curran and Adi Bielski.
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Robert Miller, a veteran paratrooper, is returning from the war in Afghanistan to his home in a violent decaying South London Heygate Estate, overrun by gun-toting youth gangs. The gangs are led by a drug lord gangster Jones who is interested in Miller working for him, but his job offer is rejected.Actors
Toby Kebbell
(Robert Miller)
Brian Cox
(Gerry)
Adi Bielski
(Alayna Wallace)
Bashy
(Tyrone Jones)
Tony Curran
(Chris Turner)
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