Fighting crime the only way he knows how. Badly.
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
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Classical in form, contemporary, unpretentious and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Steve CooganSimon Garden
- Lena HeadeyEmma
- Ben MillerColin
- Om PuriGeorge
- Steven WaddingtonJeff
- Stephen DillaneInspector Burton
- Emma WilliamsKirsty
- John HenshawCochran
- Bernard WrigleyBike Group Leader
- Omar SharifVictor
Crew
- John DuiganDirector
- Steve CooganWriter
- Henry NormalWriter
- John DalyDirector of Photography
- Alex HeffesOriginal Music Composer
- David FreemanEditor
- Duncan KenworthyProducer
- Callum McDougallProducer
- Andrew MacdonaldProducer
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