#the offence

[asuederake]

[smokygluvs]

The Offence

Released in 1973, to my mind this is not only one of Sydney Lumet's best films but one of Sean Connery's best performances.

To start with, there's the moustache and cigar combo.

You also get the brilliant and handsome Derek Newark (in the background and who's about to get his own post).

As social commentaries go, it pulls no punches and has stood the test of time. In fact, it's as relevant now as it was then - on both sides of the Atlantic - as far as police brutality goes. Brilliant.

[mariocki]

RIP Peter Bowles (16.10.1936 - 17.3.2022)

"[Aspiring actors must] understand that they are really unique, there is nobody like them. Don’t try and please the director and please everybody - try and believe, honestly, in what you are doing, totally. Also to be true, as much as you possibly can, to the playwright. All of the most successful actors I have ever known have been like that. They’ve done it their way and the directors liked it or not. I remember Albert Finney saying when we were young, 'just learn the lines and walk on. If you don’t like it, leave.' Eighty percent of talent is confidence."

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays in the afterlife to Sean Connery!

[fidgetspringer]

I don't want your stupid crumbs mother.

[ludojudoposts]

RIP Peter Bowles ~ 1936-2022

Pics from top to bottom, left to right.

The Offence, The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes, Lytton's Diary, Only When I Laugh, The Bounder, A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg, Executive Stress

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, Redcap, The Prisoner, Endless Night, The Main Chance, The Offence, Thriller

Rumpole Of The Bailey, Callan, Brian Pern, Rising Damp, The Crezz, Special Branch, Out Of The Unknown

The Gold Robbers, Public Eye, Pennies From Heaven, Turtle's Progress, Special Branch, Don't Utter A Note, Hadleigh

[cinemablogs]

The Offence

Director: Sidney Lumet | UK, 1973 Starring: Sean Connery, Ian Bannen, & Vivien Merchant

[aspirationalbrand]

the offence (1972)