Directed by:
Christopher MenaulScreenplay:
Lynda La PlanteCinematography:
Ken MorganComposer:
Stephen WarbeckCast:
Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, John Bowe, Zoë Wanamaker, Tom Wilkinson, Craig Fairbrass, Andrew Tiernan, Ralph Fiennes, Barry Purves, Ian Fitzgibbon (more)Plots(1)
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Helen Mirren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/328/162328448_604ac0.png)
Helen Mirren
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
![Tom Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188361_f70a94.gif)
Tom Bell
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
John Benfield
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
The Best Offer (2013)
![John Bowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188121_a7edcf.jpg)
John Bowe
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Einstein and Eddington (2008) (TV movie)
![Zoë Wanamaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/022/164022767_2aec64.jpg)
Zoë Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
![Tom Wilkinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/458/168458054_s7uzko.jpg)
Tom Wilkinson
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
![Craig Fairbrass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433361_fea834.jpg)
Craig Fairbrass
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
![Andrew Tiernan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272583_456934.jpg)
Andrew Tiernan
UK
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV movie)
![Ralph Fiennes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049843_2e0693.jpg)
Ralph Fiennes
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Barry Purves
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
![Ian Fitzgibbon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279948_1d0267.jpg)
Ian Fitzgibbon
Ireland
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Malcolm Raeburn
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (1995) (TV movie)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Seamus O'Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003787_06849b.jpg)
Seamus O'Neill
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
War Horse (2011)
Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
![Julian Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004109_94062b.gif)
Julian Firth
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Maxine Audley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/499/158499941_ed3dca.jpg)
Maxine Audley
UK
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
A King in New York (1957)
Moya Ruskin
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Marcus Romer
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Hillsborough (1996) (TV movie)
![Susan Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/266/163266061_3ed64b.jpg)
Susan Brown
UK
Best movies:
Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches (2017) (theatrical recording)
Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika (2017) (theatrical recording)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Jimmy Hibbert
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
The BFG (1989) (TV movie)
Wyrd Sisters (1996) (series)
Angela Bruce
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Vera (2011) (series)
Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002) (TV movie)