What is "mcvicar"

McVicar is a British drama film released in 1980 by The Who Films, Ltd., starring Roger Daltrey of the Who in the title role of John McVicar.

John McVicar was a 1960s armed robber turned writer whom Scotland Yard publicly announced to be Public Enemy Number One and "wanted dead or alive". The film was directed by Tom Clegg, and was based on the non-fiction book McVicar by Himself, which John McVicar wrote to describe several months of his experiences in prison. Bill Curbishley and Roy Baird acted as producers, and the film received a nomination in 1981 for Best Picture at MystFest, the International Mystery Film Festival of Cattolica.

McVicar or MacVicar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

McVicar:

• David McVicar (born 1967), Scottish opera and theatre director
• Jack McVicar (born 1904), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Jekka McVicar, English organic gardening expert
• John McVicar (born 1940), British journalist, formerly an armed robber
• Nelson McVicar (1871–1960), American federal judge
• Rob McVicar (born 1982), Canadian professional ice hockey player

MacVicar:

• Angus MacVicar (1908–2001), Scottish author
• Margaret MacVicar (1944–1991), American physicist and educator
• Sheila MacVicar, Canadian television journalist

Macvicar:

• Anne Macvicar Grant (1755–1838), American-Scottish author

McVicar is the soundtrack to the film McVicar and the fourth solo studio album by Roger Daltrey, the lead vocalist for The Who. The film, a biopic of the English bank robber John McVicar, was produced by Daltrey and also featured him in the starring role as John McVicar himself. Because all of the then-members of The Who played on the album, it is often considered to be an unrecognized Who album although there was no participation by the band in the songwriting.

The album was released in June 1980, on Polydor PD-1-6284 in the USA. It was produced by Jeff Wayne and recorded at Advision Studios, London. Daltrey's vocals were recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies. The album reached #22 in the U.S. charts and produced Daltrey's highest charting solo single to date, " Without Your Love."

In 2001 Swedish HipHop group Infinite Mass used Daltrey's song "My Time is Gonna Come" (as well as the bass line in the song) for their International hit "Bullet." The music video for "Bullet" composites clips from the film McVicar with new footage.