The Offence
"After 20 years, what detective-sergeant Johnson has seen and done is destroying him."
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
Cast
Sean Connery
Detective Sergeant Johnson
Trevor Howard
Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
Vivien Merchant
Maureen Johnson
Ian Bannen
Kenneth Baxter
Peter Bowles
Detective Inspector Cameron
Derek Newark
Frank Jessard
Ronald Radd
Lawson
John Hallam
Panton
Anthony Sagar
Hill
Maxine Gordon
Janie
Hilda Fenemore
Woman on Common
Rhonda Lewis
Woman at School
Cynthia Lund
Child at School
Howard Goorney
Lambert
Brian Grellis
Policeman
Michael Redfern
Policeman
Fred Wood
Billy
Gordon Keating
Barman
Roy Macready
Barman
Richard Moore
Garret
Timothy Craven
Ambulance Man
Crew
Sidney Lumet
Director
Victor Peck
Production Manager
Bernard Ford
Camera Operator
Angela Allen
Continuity
Simon Kaye
Sound Mixer
Eric Allwright
Makeup Artist
Joyce James
Hairdresser
Arthur Davey
Accountant
John Hopkins
Writer
Denis O'Dell
Producer
Harrison Birtwistle
Original Music Composer
Gerry Fisher
Director of Photography
John Victor-Smith
Editor
Anne Donne
Casting
John Clark
Art Direction
Evangeline Harrison
Costume Design
Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
Rebecca Breed
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ted Sturgis
First Assistant Director
Chris Greenham
Sound Editor
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Mixer
Ken Barker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Graham V. Hartstone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer