Knockback: 2
1985
93 minutes
Overview
Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
Top Cast
Pauline Collins
Sylvia
Derrick O'Connor
Alan
Michelle Mulvany
Ruthie
Timothy Jessel
Adam
Diana Rayworth
Jenny
Peggy Aitchison
Alan's Mother
Arnold Peters
Gartree Officer
Julian Hall
Gartree Officer
Laurence Harrington
Clarke
Roger Monk
Terry
Peter John
Phil Strode
Graham Lines
Jonathan Lee
Sally Lahee
Mary Wood
Robert Putt
Verne Reception Officer
Vincent Friell
Verne Prisoner
Peter Cartwright
Verne Governor
Malcolm Terris
Visiting Room Officer
Frank Coda
Kitchen Officer
Billy Riddoch
Kitchen Officer
Petronella Barker
Visitor
Olivier Pierre
Charles Le Page
Iain Rattray
CID Officer
Ray Sumby
Man at Party
Joanna Phillips-Lane
Woman at Party
Geoffrey Swann
Assistant Governor
Leslie Grantham
Peter
Michael Barrington
Interviewer
Dave Anderson
Rock Band
Kenny Potter
Rock Band
Rab Handleigh
Rock Band
David Hicks
Rock Band
Joanne Cairns
Go-Go Dancer
Katrina Norman
Go-Go Dancer
Michael MacKenzie
Governor
Rowena Ingram
Whitehall Secretary
Peter Ellis
Whitehall PPS
Isabel Lansdale
Amicus Secretary
Angus MacKay
Amicus Chairman
Sean Arnold
Assistant Governor, Leyhill
Gavin Harding
Steve
Ian Brimble
Officer
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
Social Worker
Brenda Kempner
Sally