The Offence
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| The Offence | |
|---|---|
| Image:The Offence.jpg original film poster |
|
| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Produced by | Denis O'Dell |
| Written by | John Hopkins |
| Starring | Sean Connery Trevor Howard Vivien Merchant Ian Bannen Peter Bowles Derek Newark Ronald Radd |
| Music by | Harrison Birtwistle |
| Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
| Editing by | John Victor-Smith |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1972 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
| IMDb profile | |
The Offence is a 1972 film directed by Sydney Lumet and starring Sean Connery as an exhausted Police Detective who snaps and kills a suspect. The tagline is "After 20 years what Detective-Sergeant Johnson has seen and done is destroying him."
[edit] Plot summary
Detective Sergeant Johnson (Connery), has been a police officer for 20 years and has been deeply affected by the many murders, rapes and other serious crimes he investigated.
His anger at these experiences finally surfaces while interviewing a suspected child molester, Baxter (Ian Bannen in a BAFTA-nominated role), whom he brutally beats.
[edit] Background
When Connery agreed to return as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever United Artists pledged to back two of Connery's film projects costing $2m or less. The Offence was completed in just one month and with a budget of only $1 million, however it was a commercial failure and did not yield a profit for nine years, even going unreleased in several markets including France. United Artists pulled out of the deal and the next project, a film version of Macbeth that Connery was to direct, was scotched by Roman Polanski's Playboy-financed film and never made.
[edit] External links
12 Angry Men • Stage Struck • That Kind of Woman • The Fugitive Kind • A View from the Bridge • Long Day's Journey Into Night • The Pawnbroker • Fail-Safe • The Hill • The Group • The Deadly Affair • Bye Bye Braverman • The Sea Gull • The Appointment • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots • The Anderson Tapes • Child's Play • The Offence • Serpico • Lovin' Molly • Murder on the Orient Express • Dog Day Afternoon • Network • Equus • The Wiz • Just Tell Me What You Want • Prince of the City • Deathtrap • The Verdict • Daniel • Garbo Talks • Power • The Morning After • Running on Empty • Family Business • Q & A • A Stranger Among Us • Guilty as Sin • Night Falls on Manhattan • Critical Care • Gloria • Strip Search • Find Me Guilty
