Movie · 2001
Mean Machine
“It's Not Just About Football, It's About Pride Inside!”
Released 26 December 2001 99 min Comedy / Drama More from 2001 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.
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How old were they?
David Kelly
as Doc
David Reid
as Barman
David Hemmings
as Governor
John Forgeham
as Sykes
Martin Wimbush
as Z
Ralph Brown
as Burton
Vas Blackwood
as Massive
Geoff Bell
as Ratchett
Vinnie Jones
as Danny Meehan
Andrew Grainger
as Ketch
Omid Djalili
as Raj
Jason Flemyng
as Bob Likely
Jason Statham
as Monk
Robbie Gee
as Trojan
Sally Phillips
as Tracey
Stephen Walters
as Nitro
Danny Dyer
as Billy the Limpet
David Cropman
as Second Barman
Nicholas Moss
as Hayter
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The numbers
48years between the oldest and youngest billed
72David Kelly — oldest on the call sheet
24Danny Dyer — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast