Tim Roth and Timothy Spall's "unique" crime thriller confirms exciting cast additions

Timothy Spall and Tim Roth's upcoming crime thriller, Murdering Michael Malloy, has added a slew of industry heavyweights to its cast.

Andy Garcia, of The Godfather: Part III fame has been announced as joining the project, alongside Billions star, Asia Kate Dillon.

Also joining Spall, Roth, Garcia and Dillon are Frank Whaley, Michael Rispoli and James Madio.

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Based on a true story and set in Depression-era New York, Murdering Michael Malloy sees Roth portray struggling bar owner, Tony Marino.

In a bid to solve his financial issues, he takes out a life insurance policy on the titular local neighbourhood drunk, Michael Malloy, played by Spall.

Alongside his partner, Garcia's Bastogne, he sets about trying to kill Malloy to get his hands on the insurance pay out, though they discover quickly that Malloy is seemingly impossible to finish off, forcing them to turn to increasingly desperate schemes to try to claim the cash.

Though Marino's murderous machinations might be failing, he begins to "form an unexpected bond" with Malloy while "building toward a haunting final act of sacrifice", the official synopsis teases.

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Director Raymond De Felitta, who also co-wrote the screenplay with David Zellerford, previously told Deadline: "I’ve long been passionate about making Murdering Michael Malloy and now, twenty-five years after writing the screenplay, I have the perfect two actors to portray the lead roles.

"Tim Roth and Timothy Spall are truly ‘actor’s actors’ and I know that both will bring tremendous force, honesty and humor to a crime story that is not only a dark comedy but also morality tale about two equally bankrupted souls who find redemption in each other.

"In many ways, it’s a twisted story and I can’t think of two more wonderfully twisted actors I’d rather work with."

Murdering Michael Malloy does not currently have a release date.

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