April 27, 1990 –
The British film based on the lives and crimes of the English gangster twins Ronald and Reginald Kray, The Krays, starring Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet) and Martin Kemp, opened in the UK on this date.
Roger Daltrey had originally intended to produce a film about the Kray twins life after acquiring the rights to John Pearson’s book The Profession Of Violence. The idea was abandoned however once the Peter Medak version was announced.
