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Release Date:
11 May 1973 (USA)
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Tagline:
After 20 years what Detective-Sergeant Johnson has seen and done is destroying him.
Plot:
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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Sidney Lumet at his best
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Sean Connery | ... | Detective Sergeant Johnson |
 | Trevor Howard | ... | Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant |
| Vivien Merchant | ... | Maureen Johnson |
| Ian Bannen | ... | Kenneth Baxter |
| Peter Bowles | ... | Detective Inspector Cameron |
| Derek Newark | ... | Frank Jessard |
| Ronald Radd | ... | Lawson |
| John Hallam | ... | Panton |
| Richard Moore | ... | Garrett |
| Anthony Sagar | ... | Hill |
| Maxine Gordon | ... | Janie Edmonds, the Raped Girl |
| Hilda Fenemore | ... | Woman on Common |
| Rhoda Lewis | ... | Woman at School |
| Cynthia Lund | ... | Child at School |
| Howard Goorney | ... | Lambert |
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Also Known As:
Something Like the Truth
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Runtime:
112 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1989) |
Finland:K-16 (cut) (1973) |
UK:15 (DVD rating) |
UK:18 (video rating) |
UK:X (original rating) |
Iceland:16 |
France:U |
Australia:M |
Norway:18 (1973) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Last film of Anthony Sagar.
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Featured in Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000) (V)
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This film is a fine masterpiece by a masterful director. This is definitely one of the gems in his filmography, hardly known film, but a wonderful character study, a powerful insight in ones fears, and an example how any man can fall under the pressure of his own psyche. Connery is in one of his best roles, here, Bannen too. This film shows that there's something awkward in any man, and that the mind of a serial rapist can sometimes be less burdened than the mind of an ordinary decent man, who should protect the society from those, but can't handle it. All in all this one is highly ranked among the first five of Lumet's films. Not to forget the photography, which is brilliant as well, so deservedly I give it 10 out of 10.