The Offence (1973)
Detective Sergeant Johnson werkt al 20 jaar bij de politie. In deze periode heeft hij talloze moorden, verkrachtingen en andere misdaden onderzocht. Al deze jaren heeft hij zijn woede en agressie weten te onderdrukken, maar wanneer hij een man ondervraagt die verdacht wordt van het mishandelen van jonge meisjes knapt er iets in hem. Johnson begint de man zwaar te mishandelen tijdens de ondervraging, waarbij duidelijk wordt dat hij er geestelijk niet veel beter aan toe is dan de daders van al die zaken die hij de afgelopen jaren heeft onderzocht.
Regiseur: Sidney Lumet
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Sean Connery as Detective Sergeant Johnson |
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Trevor Howard as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant |
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Vivien Merchant as Maureen Johnson |
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Ian Bannen as Kenneth Baxter |
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Peter Bowles as Detective Inspector Cameron |
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Derek Newark as Frank Jessard |
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Ronald Radd as Lawson |
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John Hallam as Panton |
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Anthony Sagar as Hill |
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Maxine Gordon as Janie |
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Hilda Fenemore as Woman on Common |
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Rhonda Lewis as Woman at School |
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Cynthia Lund as Child at School |
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Howard Goorney as Lambert |
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Brian Grellis as Policeman |
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Michael Redfern as Policeman |
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Fred Wood as Billy |
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Gordon Keating as Barman |
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Roy Macready as Barman |
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Richard Moore as Garret |
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Timothy Craven as Ambulance Man |
| Directing | Sidney Lumet | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric Allwright | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Arthur Davey | Accountant |
| Sound | Simon Kaye | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Victor Peck | Production Manager |
| Camera | Bernard Ford | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joyce James | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Angela Allen | Continuity |
| Writing | John Hopkins | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evangeline Harrison | Costume Design |
| Production | Anne Donne | Casting |
| Production | Denis O'Dell | Producer |
| Sound | Harrison Birtwistle | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gerry Fisher | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John Victor-Smith | Editor |
| Art | John Clark | Art Direction |
| Directing | Michael Stevenson | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rebecca Breed | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Directing | Ted Sturgis | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Chris Greenham | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Graham V. Hartstone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ken Barker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |