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The offence / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Tantallon presents ; written by John Hopkins ; produced by Denis O'Dell ; directed by Sidney Lumet.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, director.
Hopkins, John, 1931-1998, screenwriter.
O'Dell, Denis, producer.
Connery, Sean, actor.
Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988, actor.
Merchant, Vivien, actor.
Bannen, Ian, 1928-1999, actor.
Bowles, Peter, 1936-2022, actor.
Fisher, Gerry, director of photography.
Smith, John Victor, editor.
Birtwistle, Harrison, composer.
Tantallon (Firm), producer.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
United Artists (Firm), producer.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Police brutality--Great Britain--Drama.
Police brutality.
Police misconduct--Great Britain--Drama.
Police misconduct.
Police--Great Britain--Drama.
Police.
Great Britain.
Genre:
Police films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
[Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2010]
System Details:
DVD-R (NTSC, region 1); widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0.
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby digital 2.0
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
After 20 years on the police force, Detective Sergeant Johnson has seen too much. One day while interrogating a snide, sarcastic suspect in a child molestation case, all of his pent up anger and hatred surfaces and Johnson loses control, killing the man. What had started out as a routine investigation has turned into a case of police brutality, and Johnson must now attempt to reconcile his own violent behaviour.
Participant:
Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen, Peter Bowles.
Credits:
Photography, Gerry Fisher; music, Harrison Birtwistle; editor, John Victor Smith.
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1972.
A foreign film (Great Britain).
OCLC:
645628260
Publisher Number:
883904219569 01

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