Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill
Release: 1990-06-03
·Runtime: 240m
Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), allegedly without warning (the so-called shoot-to-kill policy); the organised fabrication of false accounts of the events; and the difficulties created for the inquiry team in their investigation.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Yorkshire Television
Zenith Entertainment
Cast
James Greene
as DPP
Michael O'Hagan
as Special Branch Superintendent
Aaron Harris
as Sergeant 'X'
Vass Anderson
as Magistrate
Christopher Dunne
as E4A Officer
Kevin Stoney
as Judge Kelly
Ian McElhinney
as ACC Trevor Forbes
Steve Halliwell
as Sgt Quinn
Steve Money
as Special Branch Officer
Barbara Marten
as Sheila Stalker
Richard Butler
as Chief Constable Colin Sampson
Daragh O'Malley
as Constable 'Y'
Emer McCourt
as E4A Officer
B.J. Hogg
as E4A Officer
Gerard Horan
as E4A Information Handler
Des McAleer
as CID Supt. Jimmy Richards
Mark Moraghan
as SB Constable
Michael Simkins
as DI Brian Jackson
Jack Shepherd
as DCC John Stalker
George Shane
as DCI Samuel George Flanagan
Colin Carnegie
as Expert
Mark Jordon
as DS Keith Farrington
Richard Hawley
as Constable John Robinson
T. P. McKenna
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
Philip Bretherton
as DI Gaffrey
Peter Cellier
as MI5 Senior Officer
David Calder
as DCS John Thorburn
Patrick Drury
as Detective Inspector
Niall Cusack
as Pat Finucane
Denys Hawthorne
as Professor
Nick Stringer
as Kavin Taylor
Peter Vollebregt
as Harmon's Secretary
Gary Whelan
as Constable David Brannigan
Breffni McKenna
as Martin McCauley