Knockback: 1 (1985)
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.
- Date of release
- 1985-01-27
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
- Director
- Piers Haggard
Casting
- Pauline Collins — Sylvia
- Derrick O'Connor — Alan
- Yee San Foo — Alan's Wife
- Peggy Aitchison — Alan's Mother
- Dominic Tang — Alan's Son
- Geoffrey Edwards — Judge
- David Webb — Defence Counsel
- Eric Mason — Wandsworth Prison Officer
- Roy Pattison — Wandsworth Prison Officer
- Howard Lew Lewis — Wandsworth Prison Officer
- Terry Gurry — Wandsworth Prison Officer
- Ray Jeffries — Wandsworth Prison Officer
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