Rival Sicilian American mob boss, Luca Changretta, makes his way to London to present a plan to Alfie. During a confrontation, Michael Gray kills Alfie's associate, but Alfie talks Tommy out of killing him.Īlfie organizes for his nephew and protégé to fight Bonnie Gold at a boxing match, in an attempt for the Shelbys to promote Gold, in exchange for the services of his father, Aberama. After some investigation, Tommy discovers that Alfie divulged the plans to Father Hughes of the Oddfellows, thereby betraying Tommy. Things go well, but it is revealed that the Economic League knows of Tommy's plans. He hires Alfie to ensure that the Shelbys are given real Russian jewels as payment for their services. Alfie secures Arthur's release from prison as a result.ĭuring the dealings between Arthur, Tommy and John, the Russian royals and the Economic League political organisation, Tommy decides to tell the Russians about his suspicions regarding Father Hughes. Following this, Tommy meets with Alfie to forget their differences and join forces once again. Alfie then hosts a Passover Seder and invites an unaware Arthur Shelby and some of his men, who are soon slaughtered. Later, Alfie and Darby meet and patch up their differences. Tommy tells Billy to round up his men for them to go to work in Alfie's distillery. Tommy and his younger brother John then meet with Billy, of the Black Country Boys, who fought with them in the war.

Tommy Shelby tries to convince him to align with the Shelby brothers against Sabini but is not successful. He is at war with Italian mob boss Charles Sabini. Storylines Series 2 Īlfie is introduced during Series 2 as the leader of a Jewish criminal gang and owner of an alcohol distillery. Maybe, he was prosecuted more often.' In the series, Solomons is the leader of a Jewish gang based in Camden Town and runs an illegal distillery. The Jewish gangs of the East End would have been just as famous but for some reason history seems to have remembered Alfie Solomons. Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight says, 'We have portrayed him as funny but with an edgy character.

The character is based on a real-life Jewish gangster called Alfred Solomon. The exact details of the casting process have not been revealed but the character of Alfie Solomons was not initially devised with Tom Hardy in mind.

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