Directed by:
Sidney LumetScreenplay:
John HopkinsCinematography:
Gerry FisherCast:
Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen, Peter Bowles, Howard Goorney, Ronald Radd, John Hallam, Brian Grellis, Richard Moore, Hilda Fenemore (more)VOD (1)
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Two decades into a career marked by fraught investigations into murders and sex crimes, Detective-Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery) loses all composure whilst conducting an interrogation with a suspected rapist, assaulting him and, subsequently, beating him to death. The lead-up to this moment is charted across the course of the film in a careful flashback structure... and the lines between guilt and innocence, protector and sadist, become ineradicably blurred. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Sean Connery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/923/164923225_79c00d.jpg)
Sean Connery
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Rock (1996)
The Untouchables (1987)
![Trevor Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653304_74e93f.jpg)
Trevor Howard
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gandhi (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
![Vivien Merchant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477520_498fe6.jpg)
Vivien Merchant
UK
Best movies:
Frenzy (1972)
Alfie (1966)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV movie)
![Ian Bannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270764_9cb143.jpg)
Ian Bannen
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Hill (1965)
Gandhi (1982)
![Peter Bowles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392278_170d00.jpg)
Peter Bowles
UK
Best movies:
Blow-Up (1966)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Howard Goorney
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The Hill (1965)
Savage Messiah (1972)
![Ronald Radd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392280_92df92.jpg)
Ronald Radd
UK
Best movies:
The Double Man (1967)
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
The Offence (1973)
![John Hallam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/413/160413989_657555.jpg)
John Hallam
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Brian Grellis
UK
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Fear in the Night (1972)
Richard Moore
UK
Best movies:
Lady Jane (1986)
Juggernaut (1974)
The Offence (1973)
Hilda Fenemore
UK
Best movies:
The War Lover (1962)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Absolution (1978)
![Derek Newark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/345/161345753_7b266b.jpg)
Derek Newark
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Masada (1981) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Fred Wood
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
![Anthony Sagar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/483/161483264_1319a9.jpg)
Anthony Sagar
UK
Best movies:
The Early Bird (1965)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Chain of Events (1957)
![Rhoda Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/544/161544208_66afee.jpg)
Rhoda Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
August (1996)
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)