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Knockback: 1

Knockback: 11985

★7.590 minDramaThrillerTV Movie

In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.

Director

Writer

Score

Richard Rodney Bennett

Stars

Pauline Collins Derrick O'Connor Yee San Foo

Cast57

Pauline Collins
as Sylvia
Derrick O'Connor
as Alan
Y
Yee San Foo
as Alan's Wife
P
Peggy Aitchison
as Alan's Mother
D
Dominic Tang
as Alan's Son
G
Geoffrey Edwards
as Judge
David Webb
as Defence Counsel
E
Eric Mason
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
R
Roy Pattison
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
Howard Lew Lewis
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
T
Terry Gurry
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
R
Ray Jeffries
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
M
Martin Oldfield
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
L
Laurence Harrington
as Clarke
H
Hugh Evans
as Lawyer
T.R. Bowen
as Sylvia's Lover
K
Kathleen Michael
as Sylvia's Mother
N
Natasha King
as Ruthie (Age 7)
R
Ryan Freedman
as Adam (Age 5)
P
Peter John
as Phil Strode
S
Sally Lahee
as Mary Wood
G
Graham Lines
as Jonathan Lee
D
Diana Rayworth
as Jenny
J
John Fowler
as George Burns
M
Martin Heller
as SSB Officer
J
John Michael McCarthy
as SSB Officer
B
Bill Rourke
as SSB Officer
D
David Voss
as SSB Officer
S
Stanley McGeagh
as SSB Officer
Paddy Joyce
as Dobbs
H
Hilary Sesta
as Dobbs's Wife
Leslie Grantham
as Peter
S
Steven Whinnery
as Prisoner
Brian Coburn
as Prisoner
D
David Shawyer
as Prisoner
R
Roger Heathcott
as Senior MO
M
Michael Worsley
as MO
S
Sid Thomas
as Arthur
B
Bill Armour
as Ian McKinley
Iain McColl
as Gartree Prisoner
R
Roy Boutcher
as Parkhurst Governor
P
Phil Rowlands
as Officer
D
Derek Ware
as Officer
Martin Phillips
as Prisoner
Maurice Bush
as Prisoner
Tony Rohr
as Prisoner
J
John Rowe
as Gartree Governor
R
Richard Avery
as Officer
D
David Landberg
as Officer
M
Mike Savage
as Officer
K
Kevin White
as Officer
A
Arnold Peters
as Officer
K
Kay Gallie
as Radio Interviewer
M
Michelle Mulvany
as Ruthie
T
Timothy Jessel
as Adam
V
Victoria Williams
as Woman in Minibus
C
Clare Ruane
as Woman in Minibus

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