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Detective Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery, in a career-defining role) has been on the Force for twenty years. He has seen too much dying, too much lying and too much maiming. When confronted with a suspect in a child-molesting case, he can no longer contain his fury. Read more
| Starring | Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen |
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| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Adaptation of a stage play (This Story of Yours) by John Hopkins (of Z Cars). Discreet as it is, the opening-out... read more on Time Out
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A must for anyone who lives in Bracknell
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Great little movie
Interesting and thought provoking film, excellent performances from the central characters.
Connery is a damn fine actor, and this is a nice vehicle ... read more »
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The Offence (Sean Connery)
When I first saw this in mid-1970s I felt surprised to see Sean Connery hold his own as an actor in scenes with high-calibre players such as Trevor Howard, ... read more »
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Still packs a punch
Melodramatic but tense and darkly atmospheric. A world-weary, seen-it-all cop's desperate longing for innocence and purity leads to an interview room ... read more »
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One film too many.
We gave up on this one after half an hour or so - the long panning night shots, presumably to establish atmosphere,we just found tedious, the cop who never ... read more »
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Offence
Obscure Sean Connery title which sees him play effectively against type as a police detective slowly drowning in a career dead end of death and mayhem. Based (I... read more »
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Muddled motives
Not quite sure what the motives were here. One of them must have been to shock the audience. It succeeded in doing so at the time of its release. Not so sure ... read more »
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Offence
This gritty drama has quite a depressing storyline, but is well worth sticking with as the acting from Connery and Howard is intense and a masterclass in ... read more »
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Customer Review
This film has the feel of a BBC2 play for today from the early 1970s (with slightly higher production values) as co-written by Friedriech Nietzsche, R.D. Laing... read more »
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Rebus on smack!
I rented this because of the Bracknell filming locations, and was very impressed with the film, the characters, plot and script.
Look out for Point ... read more »
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tough policier
Lumet in uk and I think i would go for anderson tapes rather than this but still worth seeing.