Teddy's got the 1000yard stare, goes right through you. "Well im gonna give you a tenner, got any change?" Now get out of the f****** car*". He's one of the best of all heavies is Teddy.
The best thing about Sexy Beast is how the plot gets rid of a psychopathic antagonist that creates the fear of violence in the form of don, only to be replaced by an even worse antagonist that brings mortal dread in the form of teddy.
Teddy Bass realized in that one tiny moment of vulnerability where Gal tells him “I’m not into this anymore Ted” how difficult it was for Gal to do what he did in the previous 72 hours, between killing Don, doing the job and knowing he might be killed. Brilliant acting.
There's no compassion in it. He sees that Gals weak and not 'a player' (eg a sociopath). He sees that he's basically an NPC in his eyes. If anything there's contempt there imho
@@wyverntheterrible A civilian means a non-combatant in war, right? Teddy Bass isn't a soldier so he's also a civilian. I think I know what you mean but NPC and civilian are odd terms for it IMO
@@belykwater5601 ted and don are sociopaths. Teddy does the job because it's "doable", don "for the sheer f##koffness of it all'. Sociopaths view normal people in a very low manner. Ted's eyes show contempt and pity when he stares him down at the end.
Teddy Bass was actually a very terrifying character played brilliantly by Ian McShane. I would’ve shit bricks upon being questioned especially with that cold gaze of his.
I would have passed out after crapping myself! Im surprised that the he could eat while Bass was asking him questions. Especially after the shooting of the bank guy, that would have killed me right then and there!. At the end, i was sooo relived when Winstone got out of the car!.
2:09 I think Teddy had some serious respect for Gal right here... Probably was going to kill him, but saw a solid guy who was just done with the lifestyle, didn't flip anyone in the crew, just wanted to be left alone after time served...and in the end more valuable alive for him than Don.
He wasn't going to kill him and he even admits as much in the car - "If I cared". If he cared about Don then Gal would be a dead man, but he didn't care enough about him hence letting Gal go.
@@anthonybyrnes2561 I think he meant it in jest and that was more of a hint he was off the hook as it was a sign Gal was going to live and be able to go home.
@@chrisrowe7503 Yeah I think that was more about Teddy just letting Gal know that he knows full well Gal has lied to him and that he realises Don must be dead over in Spain and Gal had something to do with it. Gal is off the hook as far as I can see, his punishment was losing his share of the heist. Whether that's strictly for Don's death or just messing Teddy about with the lie is unclear. Probably a mixture of both.
It's a shame we couldn't have had more but at the same time it makes his scenes that much more special and keeps a degree of mystery around his character. He certainly made what little screen appearances he had memorable.
More Teddy Bass would have been less. They gave him just enough screen time to remain mysterious. If he had too much screen time the audience would have become accustomed to seeing him and he would become less menacing.
Oh man,if this was your intro to Ian McShane and you enjoy british gangster movies you should know he's in two of the best from the genre check out "villain" w richard burton and "sitting target" w Oliver Reed both from '71.
Love this film so much. That bit and the end of this clip where he stare at Gal and a bit of light from a passing car lights up his eyes and he says "get out the f****g car". Terrifying but brilliant :-)
I love how the advert behind Gal at the bus stop is of a very chilled out looking, sun tanned bloke. It's like a visual cue to tell us Gal is now free and able to return back to his days lolling around the pool, soaking up the sunshine.
@@ianmangham4570I only watched this for the first time recently and I agree, I was worried they’d actually kill him off but was so relieved when they didn’t. Great character, but the whole movie is filled with those lol
I think Teddy was more upset about Gal lying to him than anything. If you read about psychopathy you’ll find they put a high emphasis on respect and trust and feel lying is a betrayal. Teddy didn’t care about Don whatsoever, it’s more about respect. Had Gal told him straight away it would have saved a lot of hassle for himself and kept the level of respect between himself and Teddy
That's exactly what it was. He knew Gal was lying the whole time and slowly ramps up his efforts to get him to tell the truth. Gal never does quite admit it though and that's why Teddy tells him "If I cared..." Gal was in a tough spot though, he couldn't know that Teddy didn't care about Don, which meant he had to lie.
@@howdydo5760 Yeah I believe this was mostly about Gal bullshitting him, people mention that Don was some kind of "right hand man" but I don't think he was at all, he was just some guy that teddy used to get crews for jobs. He was useful but like he said he didn't give "a solitary fuck" about Don. In a way Teddy did Gal a favor by letting him leave, this situation was more about principle. Gal leaves and goes to Spain but isn't really "out" of the life. This is the mob, organized criminals. It's not the Italian mob, but it seems to me like this is something that you just can't "leave". You are essentially on call. You have done crimes with these people (possibly murder) so they don't want you to run off to Spain never to be heard from again, they will want to keep you around and keep you in line so you don't rat anyone out and if they need to kill you for any reason they will know where to find you. Plus, they might need you for a job. I actually think Teddy liked Gal and found him useful, and honestly, he didn't find Don very useful. Don probably annoyed the crap out of him like he does everyone else. What he did here was he forced Gal to be complicit in a murder so that he can never go to the cops, and he wanted to let him know that Gal could still get got, even if he was in Spain. I think it pissed him off more that Gal was backing out and he was losing a useful guy, he was ducking him and lying to him, and Teddy didn't like it. He gave him a pass by not murdering him and instead he just didn't pay him shit for the job and gave him a "tenner". He was letting Gal know that he is doing him a favor because by all rights he should be murdered just for killing one of Teddy's guys, even if he was a supreme asshole. He got lucky that Don was a supreme asshole.
@@weshouser821 I agree with all you say apart from that I think Gal is pretty much out of the woods now and allowed by Teddy to carry on his retired life peacefully in Spain. Teddy does mention in the car about coming over to Spain sometime to pay his respects, but I don't necessarily see this as some kind of threat or something Gal need worry about, more that he is confirming to Gal he knows Don must likely be dead over in Spain. By the sound of it Teddy doesn't even care enough about Don to go over and pay his respects anyway. Teddy no longer requires anything of Gal and he is in the clear. It was after all up to Don to recruit guys (Gal etc.) for the job, not Teddy. The dark beast character seen in the film that represents Gal's old criminal life haunting him, is there buried under the pool at the end along with Don, showing us Gal's mind is now at ease.
I always thought Teddy never even intended to kill Gal, he just wanted to know what happened and we all know Don Logan deserved it. And that made him a lot scarier, the fact that he was beyond caring about people. Don Logan was an incredible asshole, but Teddy could still just murder Gal because he killed one of his men. He is like the Devil, just playing his games.
Yeah he's taking his soul (or at least some of it) in making him witness the murder. There is an occult subtext to Teddy, the picture of the Devil from that ad behind Gal on the wall in the restaurant scene (in part one on here), the way he 'reads minds'. He has a demonic energy to him for sure.
@@wyverntheterrible Like a punishment for his betrayal, yeah. He totally does read his mind, every flashback of Don Logan dying on Gal's terrace is followed with a shot of Teddy. It's both Gal nervously remembering and Teddy seeing it. I want more movies in which he appears.
No he never intended to kill him. He pretty much confirms this with his comment at the end about not caring about Don. I imagine Don was seen as a bit difficult with his temperament the way it was and therefore not the biggest loss. Still, you can understand why Gal would want to hide the truth from Teddy. He just should have thought out his lie better.
I think that it was an advise to Gal about take care with he doing or thinking just because he's not the only one who supossed can kill anymore and Teddy is the bass and the chief there and he is who decides anything.
This is a lesson about integrity. When someone knows that you are lying, you have lost all power and can be controlled. If they think of you as incorruptible, there is nothing they can do.
Was just thinking that watching the scene.. I think teddy would had respect for him in a way for protecting himself and his wife but deep down now real understanding or empathy for what he had to do, it was just an inconvenience to his plan ultimately , he lost no sleep over losing don but prob saw gal lying to him as a huge disrespect to his ego and power, psychopaths crave power and control ....in fairness if he just stayed put in Spain and said don left in a rage when the phone calls started or someone went out to look for don, teddy might of concluded don got into trouble after leaving the airport or found trouble drinking in a bar etc, the Spanish police can be brutal, they could easily of killed don and made him disappear but he slipped up by saying don rang him after landing in London, there was no way back after that
Ben Kingsley's performance is the one that won all the plaudits, but for me, Ian McShane's, as criminal mastermind Ted Bass, is by far the more chilling. That unblinking basilisk stare of his tells you that, should you cross his path, they'll find you floating face down in the Thames
Don was part of the job, he’d put the team together. Stands to reason Teddy & Stan would want to know what happened to him. From Teddy’s perspective it wasn’t because he cared about Don, but Don knew stuff about the job, info. Once he was satisfied Don was dead that was it, one less liability, one less guy to pay, he didn’t care. But he also had to make it clear to Gal he was lucky to be getting away with trying to mug him off by killing Don and lying to him. His punishment was not being paid for the job, rather than death. In the end Gal had a result - Don was dead, Teddy let him off lightly, he made it back to Spain and nicked an expensive pair of earrings for his missus.
the terrified to the core but barely keeping his shit together display of gal/winstone makes don/kingsley and teddy/mcshane that much better. all three had a great chemistry!
I only knew of McShane from his Lovejoy days. So when I saw his opening scene, I thought they'd ruined a promising film. But I thought wrong. Teddy Bass is a classic character. You never see him and Logan together, but I bet that would be interesting, to see the dynamic. I think Teddy would be the only man Don would fear. Or...would it be the other way around?
He was genius in 44 Inch Chest (also with Ray) but he helped kick-off the entire London gangster film genre with Villain (1971) starring Richard Burton.
Same here, i remember watching this on DVD back in the day and on seeing the scary gangster they were talking about "Mr Black Magic himself" and I saw lovejoy I was disappointed to say the least, then to my surprise I completely forgot this character was Ian McShane / Lovejoy, i was watching ice cold scary ass villain Teddy Bass kicking ass all the way through the film. Great acting.... And then he went and did Deadwood, even more fantastic acting and character. McShane came a long way from that housewives Sunday evening favourite proving what a good actor he is
both Don and Teddy are pure psychopaths, neither of them would fear the other but a psychopath respects those above them in a power structure, the only thing a psychopath respects is a more powerful psychopath - Teddy was smarter than Don - the brains behind the jobs and Don was more of an enforcer so he would have respected Teddy because of that.
What an amazing scene with little dialog. Teddy just wanted to make sure Don is "handled" and not going to cause any issue. And once he is assured, he goes straight to business. Asking what Don offered for the job. But doesnt let Gal finish. Indicating he is making a new deal now and offers a "tenner" So brilliant. And at the very end, he confirms it all by saying: "if I cared..."
He's offering him less as a punishment though for taking out Don and lying about it. Whether Teddy truly cared about Don or not, I don't believe he wanted him dead. It's just that he isn't that big a loss. If he was then Gal may have had to pay with more than just his cut of the heist.
@@joewhite22 I don't see it that way. That is why I think it's brilliant. To me the way scene is played, cutting him out of the heist deal is not a punishment. It's just pure business.
@@capaneo Sure you can interpret it that way if you wish. But to me it's clear Teddy knows Gal is responsible for Don going missing and hiding the truth and wants to make him pay for it. That's why the tone in his voice changes when he says "Well I'm gonna give you a tenner", talks about going over to Spain to pay his respects (cause he knows Don is most likely dead over there), and why he drops him off where he does, tells him to "get out the fucking car" and speeds off. It's because he is less than pleased that Gal has done away with Don and lied to him. Giving him a tenner just further reiterates his disapproval. If it was strictly business and he treated his underlings like that, he probably wouldn't last that long in his position.
Teddy Bass. Where there’s a will… some of the best acting in one of the most underrated British gangster films ever screened. First film that took my collection from vhs to dvd.
When I watched for the first time I just thought love joy love joy love joy until he pulled that trigger, It changed everything. Ben Kingsley was just fantastic to.
I JUST realized something. Teddy goes up the stairs first, goes into the lounge first, asks Gal if he wants a drink without even looking to see if there's a bar around... He's been there before. Maybe another late night tryst beyond the S&M club?
Looking back at the movie now I think you guys are correct. The secret star of this movie is Ian McShane. Ben Kingsley was phenomenal, of course, but I never really paid the proper amount of attention to Ian Mcshane's performance. Now that I'm really looking at it critically, I'm blown away and I believe he may be better than Kingsley in this movie. And I never really saw it until now. Unbelievable.
Definitely. I remember years ago thinking sexy beast was an amazing half a film, that lost its way after Dons death. Now I realise how wrong I was. Don was fun and intense, but mcshane is pure psychopathy. Chilling.
@@oblitafier true it wasn't Jonathan Clazer but Malcolm Venville - actually thought it was somebody else on top of that- Nick Love ? Thanks sir for the correction 😊
I forgot how terrifyingly psychopathic Teddy was. "If I cared if Gal. If I fucikng cared If I gave a solitary fuck about Don..." "Get out of the fucking car" Yikes! Gal probably shit his pants. I know why he's retired.
Yeah he is pretty much letting Gal know he's escaped death here, without actually saying it, but is still noticeably annoyed he's been lied to and inconvenienced by him. I doubt Teddy truly "cares" about anybody, it's whether a person is important to him or not, and Don clearly wasn't. It's not even established how well Teddy knows all these people apart from Stan, who seems to be his right hand man.
I've always thought that Teddy Bass just wanted to make absolutely sure all the loose ends were tied up and that included knowing about Don. As he says, he couldn't care less about Don, just that he needed to know that he didn't he wasn't going to be a concern. When Gal all but confirms Don what has happened to him, Teddy lets him go, albeit he is angry with him for causing this unwanted headache.
Gal was a bit slow on the uptake...he should have said "Sorry Ted I haven't got a tenner" Then he would have been quids in! imagine that, 20 quid from doing a big job like that lol
You don't move anywhere in organized crime (politics, the clergy, entertainment, etc) without being compromised. Teddy certainly shot the banker to show Gal who had the upper hand and place him at the crime scene, a file for future control. Unless Gal kills Teddy and takes over in the role of the mastermind Mr. Black Magic, which is not bloody likely, he will always be nagged by dread.
My take on the Teddy Bass scenes in this movie. Teddy is probably slightly relieved that Don is dead. Don was a loose cannon. Unpredictable. Probably offensive to everyone including Teddy Bass. He was only needed because he was ruthless and feared. Teddy senses from Gal's demeanour that something happened with Don over in Spain. Did it involve the spanish police? If Don has gone AWOL will he grass on Teddy and betray the heist. Teddy needs to be sure. Gal is not telling the truth. Why isnt he? Or another possible explanation for Teddy's concern was that Don was an enforcer for the gang. You dont kill someone like that without permission from above, that being Teddy Bass.
I think what Teddy was more angry about was that Gal lied to him for so long. It's clear he hated Don as much as Gal did. He just wanted to teach Gal a lesson that he wasn't a man to fuck with and then left him to enjoy the rest of his life.
I don't think he really cared about whether Gal enjoyed the rest of his life or not. He saw Gal as beneath consideration, a small time player that wasn't even worth killing. Killing the banker was business but killing Gal would be just as pointless as squishing an ant. Ultimately the psychological victory of completely dominating him and making it clear that he sees through his lies is more significant than just shooting him. He also mentioned that he may come out to Spain one day and "pay his respects", so now Gal still has to keep looking over his shoulder in fear for the rest of his life. The final scene of the film shows the rabbit from Gal's dreams breaking through the Don's coffin beneath the pool, showing that while Gal's secrets may be buried and hidden from the world they are still there and can always come back to haunt him.
I don't think he cared about don. I think he knew gal would never admit it out of fear but couldn't let him go without letting him know he knew he was lying.
The way I got this, is that Teddy wasn't disgusted by Gel for killing Don and lying about it. It's that he took part of one of the biggest heists in London's history which was Teddy's big project, but only because he wanted to be left alone and to make it less obvious he killed Don, not because he was actually interested in the job for either the money or the thrill of it. And perhaps Teddy remembers Gel in his glory days, and now is witnessing a sniffling scared and heavily sunburned man who apparently didn't had the stones for this life while still playing along with it as if he did. That's why Teddy pays him ten pounds for the job, since he wasn't in it for the money, but also neither for the thrill of it. He's disgusted by Gal's disinterest in London's Crime life, just like Don was. This also comes back in the I-Know-a-Bloke scene where Stan specifically asks Don for a crew with positive attitude, and that this is very important.
Interesting idea but I definitely disagree and I think you would do the film a disservice to not interpret it as Teddy being disgruntled by Gal's actions (either killing Don or lying about it). Gal is lying to Teddy because he fears his wrath if he were to tell the truth. Teddy is there to look menacing and intimidating trying to extract the truth from him. If he didn't really care, either about Don or the lie, then isn't all that for nothing? The conversation in the car at the end makes it clear as day for me - "If I cared". Teddy is letting Gal know that if Don was somebody more valuable to him and Gal had killed him and/or lied about it, he would be dead meat.
@@peternagy-im4be No. An Ray's performance doesnt save it either. If you want to want really good British Gangster films. There are plenty of good ones besides that. Start with this one. If you havent seen it. One of the greatest British gangster films. The Long Good Friday
Gal hadn't "snaffled a diamond" as the blurb above put it. Gal helped himself to a pair of beautiful diamond and ruby earrings. Gal's wife Deedee can be seen wearing them back in Spain near the end of the film.
Two things, mate. 1. Gal must change zip codes...sharpish...before Teddy "pays his respects." 2. There must be a bloody sequel to this. I don't give a ripe "F" what it's called, but Teddy's going to have to show up before Gal has a changing of lodges. Right. Piss off now.
I think Teddy just said that to indicate that he knew Gal killed Don, and perhaps as a subtle warning that he believes Gal still owes him for killing Don.
@@SurfingBullDog no noooo, Gal is there, he would not have come down there unless he was going to do the job. My god man. DON LOGAN is MISSING. Teddy nose he went to the airport in Spain and did not call Gal from Heathrow airport, Teddy knows Don got on the plane and got off before the plane took off because he wasn't on the plane when it landed and Don didn't jump out of the plane during the flight and didn't hide himself in evacuate the plane mysteriously when it landed. I mean its really basic. Gal is a fkn idiot, and I seriously doubt he was pulling a fifth level type move on Teddy purposely saying Don called him from Heathrow knowing Ted would find out and have Ted thinking exactly the way he is now just so Teddy can feel like a genius without actually telling him he is one because with Teddy and compliments, it will probably get you killed because I doubt that's what he ever wants, he probably wants you to be terrified of him and perhaps rightfully so. Teddy is simply trying to figure out what the fuck is going on. Its really simple. They got gigantic heist in the midst, and their field consultant is gone....hello? Teddy is just confirming it the best he can because what else could it possibly be other than being connected to Gal. Teddy still gave the plan the green light or else he would have aborted it and probably would be asking gal some very different questions in a non-threatening manner because that would mean maybe Dawn somehow got picked up by the police and we cannot assume that Dawn didn't snitch out of hand. Teddy is pissed no because he can't quite prove it 100%, but he knows and cannot be wrong and that is good enough to satisfy the equation and therefore fuck you Gail, I don't give a fuck about Don but you're fucking with my heist when you fuck with Don and now you dare try to pull a fast one on me when you should be so terrified of me, you wouldn't have dared attempted any of these things you've already done TO ME. Teddy did the perfect move and let Gail go at the end, Gail has too much dirt under his fingernails and isn't going to snitch to the police about anything, it's obvious he wants out, he likes his life now and doesn't want to jeopardize anything. Gal is the perfect hidden chess piece in the future if Teddy happens to need him for something unique. Gal can be trusted.
Changing zip codes would be pointless, Teddy will find you if he wants to. Gal is still alive because the punishment was the tenner, it's done and over he has nothing to worry about now unless Teddy needs a favor.
The scene in the car, where he says something like, "If I gave a fuck about Don..." he's playing games, waiting for Gail to admit in case Gail might assume Teddy doesn't care. For all we know, Gail admits and Don is important to Teddy, and these mind games are truly horrifying.
I don't think he's playing any games there. That's just him admitting before they part ways, that he knows Gal has been lying to him and that Don is really dead, and that Gal should consider himself lucky it's not someone more important to Ted.
As much as he is psychopathic, he probably knew Don had it coming and somewhat respected Gal for finally being the one to do it. He mentioned hearing about him making a scene in public on the plane to Gal, so maybe Don was becoming more trouble than he was worth at that point anyway. Ultimately he got what he wanted, probably on both fronts.
Gal did nothing. His wife and Aitch were the ones who really handled Don. Gal just stood around like a sheepish idiot and let Don humiliate him until someone else handled the situation. His pool boy had more balls than he did.
What makes Teddy terrifying imo is he has no boundaries. He could have a drink with you one minute and end you before midnight without losing sleep. His cold stare tells you he's seen and done thing's that would scare average people silly.
As a Tottenham fan, I'm ashamed to say when my partner suggested Teddy as a name for one of our children, I immediately thought of Teddy Bass and not Teddy Sheringham. I also thought it was a great name despite me associating it with a psychopathic gangster.
The most ruthless thing Teddy did was drop Gal off at a bus stop on Harrow Road in the middle of the night. A fate worse than death itself.
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Everyone goes on about Ben Kingsley in this film but Ian McShane was chilling
I agree McShane was amazing in this film, steals the show for me, also Don is pretty scary, but Teddy is f*cking terrifying
Teddy always reminds me of a great white shark... Black cold eyes that reveal nothing but the reality that you could be killed at it's leisure.
Two very different varieties of scary. Over-the-top crazy, and under-the-radar menace.
Teddy's got the 1000yard stare, goes right through you. "Well im gonna give you a tenner, got any change?" Now get out of the f****** car*". He's one of the best of all heavies is Teddy.
Chilling! Exactly the right word for it.
The best thing about Sexy Beast is how the plot gets rid of a psychopathic antagonist that creates the fear of violence in the form of don, only to be replaced by an even worse antagonist that brings mortal dread in the form of teddy.
Where did you steal that ?
One might be gay, ones a faking deviant
Never thought Id be terrified of Lovejoy and Ghandi but this film did it! Great acting
Lovejoy would have loved to do a clearance of the bankers house, I bet.
@@wyverntheterrible Maybe Lovejoy is actually a Teddy Bass spin off series? Perfect business to launder money
Lovejoy hahahaha
I'd watch teddy, and don, sitcom
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Teddy Bass realized in that one tiny moment of vulnerability where Gal tells him “I’m not into this anymore Ted” how difficult it was for Gal to do what he did in the previous 72 hours, between killing Don, doing the job and knowing he might be killed. Brilliant acting.
There's no compassion in it. He sees that Gals weak and not 'a player' (eg a sociopath). He sees that he's basically an NPC in his eyes. If anything there's contempt there imho
@@wyverntheterrible Is the term NPc used outside of gaming? I don't get the connection
@@belykwater5601 yes, in this context it would mean a 'civilian'.
@@wyverntheterrible A civilian means a non-combatant in war, right? Teddy Bass isn't a soldier so he's also a civilian. I think I know what you mean but NPC and civilian are odd terms for it IMO
@@belykwater5601 ted and don are sociopaths. Teddy does the job because it's "doable", don "for the sheer f##koffness of it all'. Sociopaths view normal people in a very low manner. Ted's eyes show contempt and pity when he stares him down at the end.
I always found it interesting that this film has two antagonists, one loud and abrasive , the other quiet and menacing.
Teddy Bass was actually a very terrifying character played brilliantly by Ian McShane. I would’ve shit bricks upon being questioned especially with that cold gaze of his.
I would have passed out after crapping myself! Im surprised that the he could eat while Bass was asking him questions. Especially after the shooting of the bank guy, that would have killed me right then and there!. At the end, i was sooo relived when Winstone got out of the car!.
AWESOME acting
Yes. Much more menacing than Son Logan.
Teddy was a disciplined psycho. Don was the undisciplined psycho.
@@normanby100 don was a maybe quendo, teddy liked it up the shiter
Mcshane plays a proper gangster ruthless cold and very calm. Brilliant
I think the writer based his character on a real villain at the time.
A guy quite frequently in the news who was a big earner and really vicious.
@@nihilistcentraluk442 like who
Watch "Its Tuesday, must be belgium".
@@chucklombardo8167 I assume that guy who got done for road rage. Stabbed a kid with a screw driver.
Mr McShane needs to be a bond villain. He would be brilliant.
Can't believe I've never thought of that, great shout
need to put you on the casting crew
Aye 15+ years ago
agreed
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2:09 I think Teddy had some serious respect for Gal right here... Probably was going to kill him, but saw a solid guy who was just done with the lifestyle, didn't flip anyone in the crew, just wanted to be left alone after time served...and in the end more valuable alive for him than Don.
Spot on. I think he knew Gal had suffered enough but wanted to teach him a lesson before letting him go.
He wasn't going to kill him and he even admits as much in the car - "If I cared". If he cared about Don then Gal would be a dead man, but he didn't care enough about him hence letting Gal go.
Teddy: “Spain.... I must pay a visit sometime......pay my respects.”
Letting Gal know he’s not necessarily off the hook.
@@anthonybyrnes2561 I think he meant it in jest and that was more of a hint he was off the hook as it was a sign Gal was going to live and be able to go home.
@@chrisrowe7503 Yeah I think that was more about Teddy just letting Gal know that he knows full well Gal has lied to him and that he realises Don must be dead over in Spain and Gal had something to do with it. Gal is off the hook as far as I can see, his punishment was losing his share of the heist. Whether that's strictly for Don's death or just messing Teddy about with the lie is unclear. Probably a mixture of both.
is it just me, or is this the best British gangster films of all time?
Along with The Long Good Friday and Get Carter.
@@thomasoflaherty3520 May I say excellent choice. You have great taste
Definitely one of my top gangster film's.
Ian McShane is a truly great actor. Teddy Bass is a truly great character. Why oh why couldn’t we have had more of Teddy Bass.
It's a shame we couldn't have had more but at the same time it makes his scenes that much more special and keeps a degree of mystery around his character. He certainly made what little screen appearances he had memorable.
@@joewhite22 you’re right, guess that’s it isn’t it, he leaves you wanting more.
Never overuse a good villain. The Joker in the Dark Knight is another perfect example
More Teddy Bass would have been less. They gave him just enough screen time to remain mysterious. If he had too much screen time the audience would have become accustomed to seeing him and he would become less menacing.
McShane just ooozes menace as Teddy Bass.
Still see him as Lovejoy though.
You don't need exposition when you've got acting like that. Their eyes tell the entire story.
This film was my intro to Ian McShane. What a powerful actor.
He was so lovely as Lovejoy when I was growing up as a kid, loved that show 🤣🤣 now he plays the top don perfectly and a few roles like it
Oh man,if this was your intro to Ian McShane and you enjoy british gangster movies you should know he's in two of the best from the genre check out "villain" w richard burton and "sitting target" w Oliver Reed both from '71.
He's amazing in Deadwood if you haven't seen it
The first of three films that he's done with Ray Winston.
He needs to work on his cockney gangster accent though. Flat vowels all over the place
That look at 0:46 is Teddy Bass saying “Now you watch what’s about to happen, and you watch close and don’t forget it.”
LOL No.
@@trentons7 Yes. YES YES YES YES.
I love that Little Carmine is supposed to have seen this film.
Yes, lol
Well it's very allegorical
@@edmckay8647 it is both sacred and propane
Whateva happened there?
@@madroaster6191 Here come the Gay Brigade... 🙄
McShane was unforgettable in this film.
Brilliant
Love this film so much. That bit and the end of this clip where he stare at Gal and a bit of light from a passing car lights up his eyes and he says "get out the f****g car". Terrifying but brilliant :-)
Like he is talking to the Devil himself
I noticed that too. Brilliant touch from the director to cut right there.
Agree. Not sure fluke or factored but shine into the eyes of evil brilliantly
Bass, like all truly scary people, are legitimately frightening because you know there is no limit to the violence they are prepared to enact.
I love how the advert behind Gal at the bus stop is of a very chilled out looking, sun tanned bloke. It's like a visual cue to tell us Gal is now free and able to return back to his days lolling around the pool, soaking up the sunshine.
I was so happy he made it home ,and with that big Rock 😀👍
And the word Bosch right above his head, bish bash bosh, jobs a good un!
@@ianmangham4570I only watched this for the first time recently and I agree, I was worried they’d actually kill him off but was so relieved when they didn’t. Great character, but the whole movie is filled with those lol
@@vingasoline5068 Absolutely awesome movie 🎬 Teddy is the angel of death 🪓
I still can't get what was advertised there. Mobile phones? I didn't know Bosch made those.
The greatest death-stare in cinema.
Agreed
True
But a life stare, really
I think Teddy was more upset about Gal lying to him than anything. If you read about psychopathy you’ll find they put a high emphasis on respect and trust and feel lying is a betrayal. Teddy didn’t care about Don whatsoever, it’s more about respect. Had Gal told him straight away it would have saved a lot of hassle for himself and kept the level of respect between himself and Teddy
That's exactly what it was. He knew Gal was lying the whole time and slowly ramps up his efforts to get him to tell the truth. Gal never does quite admit it though and that's why Teddy tells him "If I cared..." Gal was in a tough spot though, he couldn't know that Teddy didn't care about Don, which meant he had to lie.
@@howdydo5760 Yeah I believe this was mostly about Gal bullshitting him, people mention that Don was some kind of "right hand man" but I don't think he was at all, he was just some guy that teddy used to get crews for jobs. He was useful but like he said he didn't give "a solitary fuck" about Don. In a way Teddy did Gal a favor by letting him leave, this situation was more about principle. Gal leaves and goes to Spain but isn't really "out" of the life.
This is the mob, organized criminals. It's not the Italian mob, but it seems to me like this is something that you just can't "leave". You are essentially on call. You have done crimes with these people (possibly murder) so they don't want you to run off to Spain never to be heard from again, they will want to keep you around and keep you in line so you don't rat anyone out and if they need to kill you for any reason they will know where to find you. Plus, they might need you for a job.
I actually think Teddy liked Gal and found him useful, and honestly, he didn't find Don very useful. Don probably annoyed the crap out of him like he does everyone else. What he did here was he forced Gal to be complicit in a murder so that he can never go to the cops, and he wanted to let him know that Gal could still get got, even if he was in Spain.
I think it pissed him off more that Gal was backing out and he was losing a useful guy, he was ducking him and lying to him, and Teddy didn't like it. He gave him a pass by not murdering him and instead he just didn't pay him shit for the job and gave him a "tenner". He was letting Gal know that he is doing him a favor because by all rights he should be murdered just for killing one of Teddy's guys, even if he was a supreme asshole. He got lucky that Don was a supreme asshole.
@@weshouser821 Agree completely. Funny thing is if both knew about each others situation with Don they probably would've got on great
@@weshouser821 I agree with all you say apart from that I think Gal is pretty much out of the woods now and allowed by Teddy to carry on his retired life peacefully in Spain. Teddy does mention in the car about coming over to Spain sometime to pay his respects, but I don't necessarily see this as some kind of threat or something Gal need worry about, more that he is confirming to Gal he knows Don must likely be dead over in Spain. By the sound of it Teddy doesn't even care enough about Don to go over and pay his respects anyway.
Teddy no longer requires anything of Gal and he is in the clear. It was after all up to Don to recruit guys (Gal etc.) for the job, not Teddy. The dark beast character seen in the film that represents Gal's old criminal life haunting him, is there buried under the pool at the end along with Don, showing us Gal's mind is now at ease.
@@joewhite22 Yeah you are probably right after this I dont think Teddy gives a solitary fuck about Gal either
Good on Ray Winstone for playing such a vulnerable and almost helpless role like in this scene especially.
I've seen this film loads of times but had never noticed the brain detail at 1:08 until just now.
GROSS KILL 🔪🩸
Where?
@@tomclark15 on the doors of the cabinet
@@dronebee83 can’t believe I never noticed that was blood. And there’s not a speck on Teddy
@@tomclark15 That’s why he wears a black suit and shirt, so it hides the splashes. Preparation. Preparation. Preparation.
I've watched films from all languages but the gritty British gangster type drama is always the best
Get Carter takes some beating.
Fkn hilarious when he says "I'm gonna give you a tenner"
Just realized this is about making sure Don wasn’t apprehended by the cops.
He's too Clever for the Pigs 🚔
You got change? What a kick in the balls.
McShane was utterly chilling in that role. Great acting
I always thought Teddy never even intended to kill Gal, he just wanted to know what happened and we all know Don Logan deserved it. And that made him a lot scarier, the fact that he was beyond caring about people. Don Logan was an incredible asshole, but Teddy could still just murder Gal because he killed one of his men.
He is like the Devil, just playing his games.
Yeah he's taking his soul (or at least some of it) in making him witness the murder. There is an occult subtext to Teddy, the picture of the Devil from that ad behind Gal on the wall in the restaurant scene (in part one on here), the way he 'reads minds'. He has a demonic energy to him for sure.
@@wyverntheterrible Like a punishment for his betrayal, yeah. He totally does read his mind, every flashback of Don Logan dying on Gal's terrace is followed with a shot of Teddy. It's both Gal nervously remembering and Teddy seeing it. I want more movies in which he appears.
I think he lets him go because he tells him the truth without admitting that they killed Don: "I'm not into this anymore, Ted..."
No he never intended to kill him. He pretty much confirms this with his comment at the end about not caring about Don. I imagine Don was seen as a bit difficult with his temperament the way it was and therefore not the biggest loss. Still, you can understand why Gal would want to hide the truth from Teddy. He just should have thought out his lie better.
I think that it was an advise to Gal about take care with he doing or thinking just because he's not the only one who supossed can kill anymore and Teddy is the bass and the chief there and he is who decides anything.
jesus christ imagine having this dude as a boss , im shitting it and hes only pixels
Who Lovejoy?
And he pays you a tenner for a days work. Not so bad
"I've only got twenties. You got change?"
McShane is truly scary, the coldness, mixed with the charm and smoothness....run (if you can)
This is a lesson about integrity. When someone knows that you are lying, you have lost all power and can be controlled. If they think of you as incorruptible, there is nothing they can do.
What? I don’t understand that. I know the queen of England lies about being a nice person. She still has all the power.
@@spaceforce3432 she's not lying. Bad people really believe they are good.
Nope. Integrity is irrelevant, you just need a bigger, credible threat.
Don Logan's usefulness had run its course.
Too much a drama queen and. a shit starter.
Great performance. I wonder how Teddy would have reacted if Gal admitted he murdered Don.
Was just thinking that watching the scene.. I think teddy would had respect for him in a way for protecting himself and his wife but deep down now real understanding or empathy for what he had to do, it was just an inconvenience to his plan ultimately , he lost no sleep over losing don but prob saw gal lying to him as a huge disrespect to his ego and power, psychopaths crave power and control ....in fairness if he just stayed put in Spain and said don left in a rage when the phone calls started or someone went out to look for don, teddy might of concluded don got into trouble after leaving the airport or found trouble drinking in a bar etc, the Spanish police can be brutal, they could easily of killed don and made him disappear but he slipped up by saying don rang him after landing in London, there was no way back after that
Loved to have seen the relationship between Don and Teddy
Ben Kingsley's performance is the one that won all the plaudits, but for me, Ian McShane's, as criminal mastermind Ted Bass, is by far the more chilling. That unblinking basilisk stare of his tells you that, should you cross his path, they'll find you floating face down in the Thames
He was definitely more terrifying in Lovejoy
Don was part of the job, he’d put the team together. Stands to reason Teddy & Stan would want to know what happened to him. From Teddy’s perspective it wasn’t because he cared about Don, but Don knew stuff about the job, info. Once he was satisfied Don was dead that was it, one less liability, one less guy to pay, he didn’t care. But he also had to make it clear to Gal he was lucky to be getting away with trying to mug him off by killing Don and lying to him. His punishment was not being paid for the job, rather than death. In the end Gal had a result - Don was dead, Teddy let him off lightly, he made it back to Spain and nicked an expensive pair of earrings for his missus.
the terrified to the core but barely keeping his shit together display of gal/winstone makes don/kingsley and teddy/mcshane that much better. all three had a great chemistry!
People only now just discovering McShane ... where ya been? He was in The Battle of Britain along with Michael Caine!
I first saw McShane playing Judas in the 1970s miniseries Jesus Of Nazareth.
Great movie theme and excellent acting. You would've thought they could have afforded a right-hand drive Porsche for the scene!
And they use two in the film, it's a 964 in some scenes and a 993 in others. Still an epic film though
I only knew of McShane from his Lovejoy days. So when I saw his opening scene, I thought they'd ruined a promising film. But I thought wrong. Teddy Bass is a classic character. You never see him and Logan together, but I bet that would be interesting, to see the dynamic. I think Teddy would be the only man Don would fear. Or...would it be the other way around?
I had the same feeling on my first viewing. Lovejoy really was trash.
He was genius in 44 Inch Chest (also with Ray) but he helped kick-off the entire London gangster film genre with Villain (1971) starring Richard Burton.
Check out on TH-cam McShane as Judas in the 70s epic miniseries Jesus Of Nazareth.
Same here, i remember watching this on DVD back in the day and on seeing the scary gangster they were talking about "Mr Black Magic himself" and I saw lovejoy I was disappointed to say the least, then to my surprise I completely forgot this character was Ian McShane / Lovejoy, i was watching ice cold scary ass villain Teddy Bass kicking ass all the way through the film.
Great acting.... And then he went and did Deadwood, even more fantastic acting and character.
McShane came a long way from that housewives Sunday evening favourite proving what a good actor he is
both Don and Teddy are pure psychopaths, neither of them would fear the other but a psychopath respects those above them in a power structure, the only thing a psychopath respects is a more powerful psychopath - Teddy was smarter than Don - the brains behind the jobs and Don was more of an enforcer so he would have respected Teddy because of that.
What an amazing scene with little dialog. Teddy just wanted to make sure Don is "handled" and not going to cause any issue. And once he is assured, he goes straight to business. Asking what Don offered for the job. But doesnt let Gal finish. Indicating he is making a new deal now and offers a "tenner"
So brilliant.
And at the very end, he confirms it all by saying: "if I cared..."
He's offering him less as a punishment though for taking out Don and lying about it. Whether Teddy truly cared about Don or not, I don't believe he wanted him dead. It's just that he isn't that big a loss. If he was then Gal may have had to pay with more than just his cut of the heist.
@@joewhite22 I don't see it that way. That is why I think it's brilliant. To me the way scene is played, cutting him out of the heist deal is not a punishment. It's just pure business.
@@capaneo Sure you can interpret it that way if you wish. But to me it's clear Teddy knows Gal is responsible for Don going missing and hiding the truth and wants to make him pay for it. That's why the tone in his voice changes when he says "Well I'm gonna give you a tenner", talks about going over to Spain to pay his respects (cause he knows Don is most likely dead over there), and why he drops him off where he does, tells him to "get out the fucking car" and speeds off. It's because he is less than pleased that Gal has done away with Don and lied to him. Giving him a tenner just further reiterates his disapproval.
If it was strictly business and he treated his underlings like that, he probably wouldn't last that long in his position.
" Stare at the back of your own head " and " I'm gonna give you a tenner " best lines of the film .
They should make a prequel based on Teddy Bass.
Sexy Beast TV series gives a little more insight into Teddy Bass played by TruBloods Stephen Moyer he's not bad at all in it. Well worth a peak.
Teddy Bass. Where there’s a will… some of the best acting in one of the most underrated British gangster films ever screened. First film that took my collection from vhs to dvd.
The snarl of that Porsche as he speeds away into the night is somehow creepy, like the guy is some sort of crazed beast.
When I watched for the first time I just thought love joy love joy love joy until he pulled that trigger, It changed everything. Ben Kingsley was just fantastic to.
Ian such a great actor underrated .
Thanks mate
It is that 15 second stare from Ted that gets me. He looks like a sinister dummy or something.
The more you watch this film the scarier Teddy Bass becomes.
I JUST realized something. Teddy goes up the stairs first, goes into the lounge first, asks Gal if he wants a drink without even looking to see if there's a bar around...
He's been there before.
Maybe another late night tryst beyond the S&M club?
Looking back at the movie now I think you guys are correct. The secret star of this movie is Ian McShane. Ben Kingsley was phenomenal, of course, but I never really paid the proper amount of attention to Ian Mcshane's performance. Now that I'm really looking at it critically, I'm blown away and I believe he may be better than Kingsley in this movie. And I never really saw it until now. Unbelievable.
Definitely. I remember years ago thinking sexy beast was an amazing half a film, that lost its way after Dons death. Now I realise how wrong I was. Don was fun and intense, but mcshane is pure psychopathy. Chilling.
44 inch Chest is the chamber version companion to SB - its got Mcshane Winston back as gangsters again with the same director .
What are you talking about? It's not the same director at all lol
@@oblitafier true it wasn't Jonathan Clazer but Malcolm Venville - actually thought it was somebody else on top of that- Nick Love ? Thanks sir for the correction 😊
@@lastunctives2095It definitely feels as if it was made by the same director.
I forgot how terrifyingly psychopathic Teddy was.
"If I cared if Gal. If I fucikng cared If I gave a solitary fuck about Don..."
"Get out of the fucking car"
Yikes!
Gal probably shit his pants. I know why he's retired.
Yeah he is pretty much letting Gal know he's escaped death here, without actually saying it, but is still noticeably annoyed he's been lied to and inconvenienced by him.
I doubt Teddy truly "cares" about anybody, it's whether a person is important to him or not, and Don clearly wasn't. It's not even established how well Teddy knows all these people apart from Stan, who seems to be his right hand man.
His eyes when the lights flash. Lol holy shit
I've always thought that Teddy Bass just wanted to make absolutely sure all the loose ends were tied up and that included knowing about Don. As he says, he couldn't care less about Don, just that he needed to know that he didn't he wasn't going to be a concern. When Gal all but confirms Don what has happened to him, Teddy lets him go, albeit he is angry with him for causing this unwanted headache.
Gal was a bit slow on the uptake...he should have said "Sorry Ted I haven't got a tenner"
Then he would have been quids in! imagine that, 20 quid from doing a big job like that lol
Or failing that he couldve pointed out the 24hr garage, and said, gis a twenty i'll change it, and then got a Almond Slice out of breaking it.
Upon receiving his tenner he should’ve said “Thanks, Teddy Basstard” before slamming the door shut.
He should have made a joke to lighten the mood when Teddy was asking "Where's Don, Gal?"
Gal: "It's pronounced Donegal, and it's in Ireland."
@@joewhite22 underrated comment
Gal had an item of jewellery vremember
Ian was just warming up for John Wick...
You don't move anywhere in organized crime (politics, the clergy, entertainment, etc) without being compromised. Teddy certainly shot the banker to show Gal who had the upper hand and place him at the crime scene, a file for future control. Unless Gal kills Teddy and takes over in the role of the mastermind Mr. Black Magic, which is not bloody likely, he will always be nagged by dread.
My take on the Teddy Bass scenes in this movie.
Teddy is probably slightly relieved that Don is dead. Don was a loose cannon. Unpredictable. Probably offensive to everyone including Teddy Bass. He was only needed because he was ruthless and feared. Teddy senses from Gal's demeanour that something happened with Don over in Spain. Did it involve the spanish police? If Don has gone AWOL will he grass on Teddy and betray the heist. Teddy needs to be sure. Gal is not telling the truth. Why isnt he?
Or another possible explanation for Teddy's concern was that Don was an enforcer for the gang. You dont kill someone like that without permission from above, that being Teddy Bass.
Live by the sword, die by the sword always! Very few ever get out none live without looking over their shoulder!
I think what Teddy was more angry about was that Gal lied to him for so long. It's clear he hated Don as much as Gal did. He just wanted to teach Gal a lesson that he wasn't a man to fuck with and then left him to enjoy the rest of his life.
I think it's the opposite. He clearly cares about Don and was baiting Gail to admit before stranding him.
I don't think he really cared about whether Gal enjoyed the rest of his life or not. He saw Gal as beneath consideration, a small time player that wasn't even worth killing. Killing the banker was business but killing Gal would be just as pointless as squishing an ant. Ultimately the psychological victory of completely dominating him and making it clear that he sees through his lies is more significant than just shooting him. He also mentioned that he may come out to Spain one day and "pay his respects", so now Gal still has to keep looking over his shoulder in fear for the rest of his life. The final scene of the film shows the rabbit from Gal's dreams breaking through the Don's coffin beneath the pool, showing that while Gal's secrets may be buried and hidden from the world they are still there and can always come back to haunt him.
I don't think he cared about don. I think he knew gal would never admit it out of fear but couldn't let him go without letting him know he knew he was lying.
His calmness and calculations make Teddy the mastermind. His psychopathy is not sharing the proceeds with that puppet.
Ben Kingsleys Character Don was Unstable and Psychotic Ian McShane Character Ted Was a Smooth Charismatic Calm Ruthless Psychopath!
The soft grunting noises girl makes while trying to pull his wallet.
The awkward fumble for something in your back pocket you’re sitting on in an already awkward situation.
“girl”?
I remember laughing my head off when fox bummed McShane 😂😂😂
Been watching this film for years & only just realised the car is LHD.
I always thought it was Teddy Bess?? yeah definitely Teddy Bess not Bass.
magnificent scenes.
Superb.
One the best movies ever. Every actor was superb not just the main characters but the supporting actors were shit hot too. Such an intense movie
Where winstone is the preyed upon, what a performance. Winstone is terrifying in nil by mouth.and as a father in law i imagine
Winstone is masterful in this scene as a man terrified yet trying to keep it together
The way I got this, is that Teddy wasn't disgusted by Gel for killing Don and lying about it.
It's that he took part of one of the biggest heists in London's history which was Teddy's big project, but only because he wanted to be left alone and to make it less obvious he killed Don, not because he was actually interested in the job for either the money or the thrill of it. And perhaps Teddy remembers Gel in his glory days, and now is witnessing a sniffling scared and heavily sunburned man who apparently didn't had the stones for this life while still playing along with it as if he did.
That's why Teddy pays him ten pounds for the job, since he wasn't in it for the money, but also neither for the thrill of it. He's disgusted by Gal's disinterest in London's Crime life, just like Don was.
This also comes back in the I-Know-a-Bloke scene where Stan specifically asks Don for a crew with positive attitude, and that this is very important.
Interesting idea but I definitely disagree and I think you would do the film a disservice to not interpret it as Teddy being disgruntled by Gal's actions (either killing Don or lying about it). Gal is lying to Teddy because he fears his wrath if he were to tell the truth. Teddy is there to look menacing and intimidating trying to extract the truth from him. If he didn't really care, either about Don or the lie, then isn't all that for nothing?
The conversation in the car at the end makes it clear as day for me - "If I cared". Teddy is letting Gal know that if Don was somebody more valuable to him and Gal had killed him and/or lied about it, he would be dead meat.
Ray Winstones been playing the ruthless psychopathic crime bosses after. Now I know he learned from the best in Don Logan & Teddy Bass.
@Neiltrama1
The Gentlemen tv show
London Blvd
44 Inch Chest
Love, Honour and Obey
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Check out The Gentlemen the movie & tv show. Both are really good. Start with the movie it came out first.
@@ChosenOne199144 inch chest any good? Never seen it.
@@peternagy-im4be
No. An Ray's performance doesnt save it either.
If you want to want really good British Gangster films. There are plenty of good ones besides that.
Start with this one. If you havent seen it. One of the greatest British gangster films.
The Long Good Friday
Gal would have been floating down the Thames if Teddy had cared.
Gal hadn't "snaffled a diamond" as the blurb above put it. Gal helped himself to a pair of beautiful diamond and ruby earrings. Gal's wife Deedee can be seen wearing them back in Spain near the end of the film.
Two things, mate.
1. Gal must change zip codes...sharpish...before Teddy "pays his respects."
2. There must be a bloody sequel to this. I don't give a ripe "F" what it's called, but Teddy's going to have to show up before Gal has a changing of lodges.
Right. Piss off now.
big dummy
I think Teddy just said that to indicate that he knew Gal killed Don, and perhaps as a subtle warning that he believes Gal still owes him for killing Don.
@@SurfingBullDog no noooo, Gal is there, he would not have come down there unless he was going to do the job.
My god man.
DON LOGAN is MISSING.
Teddy nose he went to the airport in Spain and did not call Gal from Heathrow airport, Teddy knows Don got on the plane and got off before the plane took off because he wasn't on the plane when it landed and Don didn't jump out of the plane during the flight and didn't hide himself in evacuate the plane mysteriously when it landed.
I mean its really basic.
Gal is a fkn idiot, and I seriously doubt he was pulling a fifth level type move on Teddy purposely saying Don called him from Heathrow knowing Ted would find out and have Ted thinking exactly the way he is now just so Teddy can feel like a genius without actually telling him he is one because with Teddy and compliments, it will probably get you killed because I doubt that's what he ever wants, he probably wants you to be terrified of him and perhaps rightfully so.
Teddy is simply trying to figure out what the fuck is going on. Its really simple. They got gigantic heist in the midst, and their field consultant is gone....hello?
Teddy is just confirming it the best he can because what else could it possibly be other than being connected to Gal.
Teddy still gave the plan the green light or else he would have aborted it and probably would be asking gal some very different questions in a non-threatening manner because that would mean maybe Dawn somehow got picked up by the police and we cannot assume that Dawn didn't snitch out of hand.
Teddy is pissed no because he can't quite prove it 100%, but he knows and cannot be wrong and that is good enough to satisfy the equation and therefore fuck you Gail, I don't give a fuck about Don but you're fucking with my heist when you fuck with Don and now you dare try to pull a fast one on me when you should be so terrified of me, you wouldn't have dared attempted any of these things you've already done TO ME.
Teddy did the perfect move and let Gail go at the end, Gail has too much dirt under his fingernails and isn't going to snitch to the police about anything, it's obvious he wants out, he likes his life now and doesn't want to jeopardize anything.
Gal is the perfect hidden chess piece in the future if Teddy happens to need him for something unique.
Gal can be trusted.
"Zip codes"?
Changing zip codes would be pointless, Teddy will find you if he wants to. Gal is still alive because the punishment was the tenner, it's done and over he has nothing to worry about now unless Teddy needs a favor.
Ian McShane is a Cool Actor!!! 😎👍
The scene in the car, where he says something like, "If I gave a fuck about Don..." he's playing games, waiting for Gail to admit in case Gail might assume Teddy doesn't care. For all we know, Gail admits and Don is important to Teddy, and these mind games are truly horrifying.
I don't think he's playing any games there. That's just him admitting before they part ways, that he knows Gal has been lying to him and that Don is really dead, and that Gal should consider himself lucky it's not someone more important to Ted.
Love how we know that Teddy knows that Don never left Spain (and was probably killed at Gal's place), but we are never told how Teddy knows...
Because he facking KNOWS guvnor. You understand? Teddy facking KNOWS
Teddy Bass could stare out a statue!. Chilling character
Should Gal have risked telling what happened? Did he exacerbate the situation? I can't quite fathom how 'eliminatory' Teddy is or might be..
Teddy knew all along that Don was dead.
Absolutely brilliant
"Stare at the back of your own f*cking head"
As much as he is psychopathic, he probably knew Don had it coming and somewhat respected Gal for finally being the one to do it.
He mentioned hearing about him making a scene in public on the plane to Gal, so maybe Don was becoming more trouble than he was worth at that point anyway. Ultimately he got what he wanted, probably on both fronts.
Gal did nothing. His wife and Aitch were the ones who really handled Don. Gal just stood around like a sheepish idiot and let Don humiliate him until someone else handled the situation. His pool boy had more balls than he did.
Don respects no one. He's a psychopathic narcissist.
at 1:09 gal realised teddy was not fking about.
Teddy driving a left hand drive porsche? Strange.
@@ryanbarratt837 he was quite a sinister character TBF
I've had the misfortune of being around someone like that, Ian McShane nails the energy of an unpredictable calculated psychopath.
Your bank manager?
@@peternagy-im4be Yes, you know him?
Fair play to gal for taking the £10
Lean Ray always remind of ‘Arnie’
Daley Motors , Arfur Daley !
What was the film getting at with Teddy purposely murdering that guy in front of Gal?
What makes Teddy terrifying imo is he has no boundaries. He could have a drink with you one minute and end you before midnight without losing sleep. His cold stare tells you he's seen and done thing's that would scare average people silly.
He got an expensive ring, a tenner and got away with Dons death, think that's a result.
And one up the bottom to boot
The saddest thing is Ted would have to lose that suit, being that close when shooting someone gets your covered in blood mist, no washing that out.
You would not want Teddy Bass turning up at 4am in the morning.
With his loaded weapon?
As a Tottenham fan, I'm ashamed to say when my partner suggested Teddy as a name for one of our children, I immediately thought of Teddy Bass and not Teddy Sheringham. I also thought it was a great name despite me associating it with a psychopathic gangster.
It's not a good name either way IMO, because it's Teddy.
@@belykwater5601 Name your children something else then.
Bass was also in reality a fairy. A mincing homosexual. A limp wristed effeminate poofter. 😂
Always thought his name was Teddy Bess...