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The Offence is a 1973 British crime neo noir drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, based upon the 1968 stage play This Story of Yours by John Hopkins. It stars Sean Connery as police detective Johnson, who kills suspected child molester Kenneth Baxter while interrogating him. The film explores Johnson's varied, often aggressive attempts at ...
- $900,000
- Harrison Birtwistle
- 11 January 1973
- Denis O'Dell
Jan 26, 1973 · 1h 52m. IMDb RATING. 6.9 /10. 8K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Crime Drama Thriller. A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester. Director. Sidney Lumet. Writer. John Hopkins. Stars. Sean Connery. Trevor Howard. Vivien Merchant. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. RENT/BUY. from $3.89.
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A veteran British police inspector, Sgt. Johnson (Sean Connery), has grown increasingly disturbed by the rapes and murders he has investigated over the years. When he finds a young girl in the ...
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Jun 15, 2015 · The Offence review – Connery and Lumet’s starkly naturalistic police drama | Sean Connery | The Guardian. Philip French's classic DVD Sean Connery. This article is more than 8 years old. The...
Summaries. A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester. In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson's been on the police force for 12 years.
Jan 11, 2023 · Features and reviews. Then and now. The Offence at 50: brutalism, Bracknell and Sidney Lumet’s dark police drama. Starring Sean Connery as an embittered police detective on the hunt for a serial killer, The Offence gets some of its eerie power from the brutalist architecture of its new-town setting. How do these locations look half a century on?