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Released
1999 · FILM

The Limey

An English ex‑convict travels to Los Angeles seeking revenge for his daughter’s mysterious death, only to clash with the city’s ruthless underworld as he races against time to uncover the truth and settle the score.

Tell him I'm coming.

Written by
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
89 min
CrimeDramaMystery
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

*The Limey* follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson sets out battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, being thrown from a building, and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sarah FlackShot by Edward LachmanScored by Cliff MartinezDesigned by Gary Frutkoff

Box Office

1999 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$3.2M

Budget$10.0M
Worldwide gross$3.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $187K 6% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $272K8% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 17 theaters

Also known as

  • El halcón ingléses
  • L'Anglaisfr
  • L'ingleseit

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