Alfie Solomons, the crime boss of Camden Town and King of the Jews: estranged from his wife, his empire crumbling and ravaged by war, he makes a deal with the devil, and nothing is the same again.
Covering his years of involvement with the Birmingha...
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Watch Peaky Blinders scene from Series 3, Episode 5. Timestamps; - Netflix 08:10 - 11:09 - BBC iPlayer 08:54 - 11:59
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"You're fuckin' about with the Russians, ain't ya? You silly boy." Alfie quipped.
Tommy scoffed.
"I've taken the King's shilling to aid diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union." confirmed Tommy.
"Aid them? Why would you want to do that?"
"When I took the shilling, I didn't know the contract, Alfie."
"Right."
Alfie watched Tommy continue to smoke and stare across the desk blankly.
"And this involves the Russian royalists, I presume?" he asked after some silence.
Tommy nodded, "They are buying weapons to fight the Bolsheviks in Tbilisi, Georgia. I've been charged to secure the weapons."
Alfie raised his brow with surprise.
"The King, Churchill, and half the Tory party want to help these bastards. So, I've located decommissioned tanks and weapons in a Birmingham warehouse.
"Plans are in place to extract them during a riot, in which the warehouse will be firebombed. A man of mine will declare the tanks for scrap, while they'll actually be on a train to be shipped. Allowing the White Guard to make their run for Tbilisi."
"They won't get very far." Alfie stated matter-of-factly.
"It's a hiding to nothing, but that ain't my problem." he said, taking one final puff on his cigarette and stubbing it out.
"The problem, Alfie, is there's been a spy in the operation who informed the Soviet Embassy that these tanks and weapons will be shipped to the White Guard. Upsetting the Bolsheviks and Red Army."
"So, the Embassy will feel compelled to stop the heist, and... blow up that train or somethin'." shrugged Alfie.
Tommy nodded.
"I am contracted to kill the Reds and to keep the treaty moving forwards. So, I can't allow it. I've spoken with the Soviet Embassy, told them everything and made a deal.
"I will render the weapons useless. No tracks for the tanks and all firing clips removed from the guns. Can't be replaced, they don't make them anymore. The Embassy are happy with this arrangement, so the train is safe."
