Against the background of Londons East End, first time filmaker Nicola Collins explores the fascinating complexity of the lives of her father and his friends: notorious criminals that turned their war torn environment into a violent underworld. All the characters in this tightly composed documentary were born poor and grew up in the East End. They strived for a better life and found it in crime. The hard and merciless nature of the men emerges in the film, but also their authenticity and mutual bond. THE END shows us a summary of the bloody history and the confessions of the cockney gangster.