Gangs of New York is set in 1860’s Five Points, lower Manhattan, a lawless cesspit of vice and violence where arguments were settled with fists and clubs and vendettas were pursued to the bitter end.

FANS waited for hours in the cold to catch a glimpse of Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio, who were in London last night for the premiere screening of Gangs Of New York, the epic tale of how the Irish put their indelible stamp on 19th-century New York and consequently many heads also.