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***CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK, BACK IN ON THE 20TH NOV***“After 20 years, what Detective-Sergeant Johnson has seen and done is destroying him.” — In their third screen collaboration, the iconic Sean Connery and director Sidney Lumet (Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon) plumb the depths of what is perhaps their most psychologically complex creation: a member of the British Police Force who has perhaps witnessed one horror too many.Two decades into a career marked by fraught investigations into murders and sex crimes, Detective-Sergeant Johnson (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.Released only one year before the director’s Serpico and almost a decade before Prince of the City, The Offence offers an early Lumetian investigation into the psyche of a policeman under duress, and the potential for corruption within a high-stakes profession. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Offence for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK in a special Dual Format edition.Reviews:“Up there with Get Carter as one of the best Brit thrillers of the ’70s ***** “ – Total Film
Original Release
01/11/1973
US Release
05/11/1973
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Trevor Howard | Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant / Cartwright |
Vivien Merchant | Maureen Johnson / Maureen |
Ian Bannen | Kenneth Baxter / Baxter |
Peter Bowles | Detective Inspector Cameron / Cameron |
Derek Newark | Frank Jessard / Jessard |
Ronald Radd | Lawson |
John Hallam | Panton |
Richard Moore | Garrett / Garret |
Anthony Sagar | Hill |
Maxine Gordon | Janie |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Trevor Howard | Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant / Cartwright |
Vivien Merchant | Maureen Johnson / Maureen |
Ian Bannen | Kenneth Baxter / Baxter |
Peter Bowles | Detective Inspector Cameron / Cameron |
Derek Newark | Frank Jessard / Jessard |
Ronald Radd | Lawson |
John Hallam | Panton |
Richard Moore | Garrett / Garret |
Anthony Sagar | Hill |
Maxine Gordon | Janie |
Hilda Fenemore | Woman on Common |
Rhoda Lewis | Woman at School |
Cynthia Lund | Child at School |
Howard Goorney | Lambert |
Brian Grellis | Policeman Posing as Workman by the School / Policeman |
Gordon Keating | Barman |
Roy Macready | Barman |
Michael Redfern | Policeman |
Fred Wood | Billy |
Sean Connery | Detective Sergeant Johnson / Johnson |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sean Connery | Executive Producer |
Denis O'Dell | Producer |