Shoot to Kill (1990)
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.
- Date of release
- 1990-06-03
- Runtime
- 4h 0m
- Director
- Peter Kosminsky
Casting
- Jack Shepherd — DCC John Stalker
- David Calder — DCS John Thorburn
- Patrick Drury — Detective Inspector
- Daragh O'Malley — Constable 'Y'
- George Shane — DCI Samuel George Flanagan
- Richard Hawley — Constable John Robinson
- T. P. McKenna — Chief Constable Sir John Harmon
- Philip Bretherton — DI Gaffrey
- Barry Birch — Michael Tighe
- Vass Anderson — Magistrate
- Emer McCourt — E4A Officer
- Jane Cunliffe — DS Eileen Scarrett
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