Layer Cake Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

Layer Cake

Release Date: Friday, May 13, 2005

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Starring: Daniel Craig • Kenneth Cranham • Dexter Fletcher • Jamie Foreman • Michael Gambon

R Crime N/A

3.7 / 5

33% WILL SEE

67% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: Based upon JJ Connelly's London crime novel, "Layer Cake" is about a successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. The title "Layer Cake" refers to the layers or levels the dealer has to go through as he painstakingly plots his own escape. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy and an international drugs ring, threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.

Crime Drama Suspense Gangster

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Layer Cake.

Daniel Craig
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knives Out
K
Kenneth Cranham
Maleficent, The Legend of Hercules
D
Dexter Fletcher
Tristan + Isolde, Terminal
J
Jamie Foreman
Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance, Ironclad
M
Michael Gambon
The Book of Eli, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
B
Burn Gorman
Lift, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Tom Hardy
Venom: The Last Dance , The Bikeriders
T
Tamer Hassan
Bonded by Blood, Blood Out
S
Sally Hawkins
Wonka, Paddington 2
D
Darren Healy
N
Nathalie Lunghi
C
Colm Meaney
In The Land of Saints and Sinners, No Way Up

Crew Behind the Film

The Layer Cake behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Matthew Vaughn last directed Argylle and The King's Man. The film's writer J.J. Connolly last wrote Viva La Madness.

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Screenwriter: J.J. Connolly

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Companies: —

Production Details

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for strong brutal violence, sexuality, nudity, pervasive language, and drug use
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Layer Cake was released in on Friday, May 13, 2005. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Monster-in-Law, Unleashed and Modigliani.

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