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
Steve Halliwell
as Sgt Quinn
Barbara Marten
as Sheila Stalker
George Shane
as DCI Samuel George Flanagan
Emer McCourt
as E4A Officer
Denys Hawthorne
as Professor
B.J. Hogg
as E4A Officer
Mark Moraghan
as SB Constable
Michael O'Hagan
as Special Branch Superintendent
James Greene
as DPP
Nick Stringer
as Kavin Taylor
Kevin Stoney
as Judge Kelly
Michael Simkins
as DI Brian Jackson
Gary Whelan
as Constable David Brannigan
Philip Bretherton
as DI Gaffrey
Gerard Horan
as E4A Information Handler
Richard Butler
as Chief Constable Colin Sampson
Jack Shepherd
as DCC John Stalker
David Calder
as DCS John Thorburn
Patrick Drury
as Detective Inspector
T. P. McKenna
as Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
Peter Cellier
as MI5 Senior Officer
Des McAleer
as CID Supt. Jimmy Richards
Breffni McKenna
as Martin McCauley
Vass Anderson
as Magistrate
Daragh O'Malley
as Constable 'Y'
Aaron Harris
as Sergeant 'X'
Richard Hawley
as Constable John Robinson
Niall Cusack
as Pat Finucane
Christopher Dunne
as E4A Officer
Colin Carnegie
as Expert
Mark Jordon
as DS Keith Farrington
Steve Money
as Special Branch Officer
Ian McElhinney
as ACC Trevor Forbes
Peter Vollebregt
as Harmon's Secretary
