Knockback: 1
Knockback: 1
Release: 1985-01-27
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 7.5
Drama
Thriller
TV 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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Cast
Pauline Collins
as Sylvia
Derrick O'Connor
as Alan
David Webb
as Defence Counsel
Howard Lew Lewis
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
T.R. Bowen
as Sylvia's Lover
Paddy Joyce
as Dobbs
Leslie Grantham
as Peter
Brian Coburn
as Prisoner
Roger Heathcott
as Senior MO
Iain McColl
as Gartree Prisoner
Derek Ware
as Officer
Martin Phillips
as Prisoner
Maurice Bush
as Prisoner
Tony Rohr
as Prisoner
