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Warning: this article contains mild spoilers for Three Day Millionaire

British heist comedy Three Day Millionaire just arrived on Netflix, and it’s certainly an entertaining watch. Part poignant Full Monty-style working class identity crisis, part Guy-Ritchie-esque geezer flick, it tells the story of a group of young trawlermen who lose everything when the Grimsby fishing industry finally folds, so they decide to pull off a daring robbery to secure the money they need to shore up their futures.

The convincing premise to this 2022 Britcom – starring Corrie’s James Burrows, Sam Glen (World’s End) and impressive newcomer Michael Kinsey – naturally makes us wonder how much of it is based on a true story.

The answer? Well, not the heist itself, at least.

But you might be surprised at some of the real details used in the film:

The Grimsby Fishing Industry Really Did Fold Overnight

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A laddish Britcom about trawlermen planning a heist while on shore leave has plenty of camaraderie but not enough sense of what’s at stake

“Welcome fuckers, to Grimsby.” That’s fisherman Curly (ex Corrie actor James Burrows), giving it large, talking straight to camera near the start of this laddish British heist comedy. It’s a lairy, offputting scene, and a few too many like it make Three Day Millionaire charmless at times, and difficult to warm to.

Curly is one of the few remaining trawler crew working out of Grimsby, once the world’s biggest fishing port. His plan for a three-day leave on shore is to blow his wages on a marathon binge with his two best mates: bleach-haired amphetamine addict Codge (Michael Kinsey), and gormless Budgie (Sam Glen), who’s only got a job because his mum’s shagging the boss. (Female characters here mostly exist to be shagged.

Exclusive: Colm Meaney, Robbie Gee and Jonas Armstrong have signed on to star in Three Day Millionaire, the first feature film from newly launched UK shingle Shush Films.

They’ll be joined in the ensemble by James Burrows (This Is England), Lauren Foster (Holby City), Sam Glen (Coronation Street), Melissa Batchelor (I May Destroy You), Michael Kinsey (Destination: Dewsbury) and Grace Long (A Dark Path).

The black comedy follows a gang of trawler men in Grimsby, UK, who carry out the heist of the century, after being unfairly laid off. Information on the roles to be played by Meaney, Gee and Armstrong has not yet been disclosed.

Jack Spring (Destination: Dewsbury) is directing from a script by Paul Stephenson.

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