Knockback: 1

Knockback: 1 (1985)


  • Genre: Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1985-01-27
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Piers Haggard
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Summary

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.

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  • Pauline Collins

    as Sylvia

  • Derrick O'Connor

    as Alan

  • Yee San Foo

    as Alan's Wife

  • Peggy Aitchison

    as Alan's Mother

  • Dominic Tang

    as Alan's Son

  • Geoffrey Edwards

    as Judge

  • David Webb

    as Defence Counsel

  • Eric Mason

    as Wandsworth Prison Officer

  • Roy Pattison

    as Wandsworth Prison Officer

  • Howard Lew Lewis

    as Wandsworth Prison Officer

  • Terry Gurry

    as Wandsworth Prison Officer

  • Ray Jeffries

    as Wandsworth Prison Officer

  • Martin Oldfield

    as Wandsworth Prison Officer

  • Laurence Harrington

    as Clarke

  • Hugh Evans

    as Lawyer

  • T.R. Bowen

    as Sylvia's Lover

  • Kathleen Michael

    as Sylvia's Mother

  • Natasha King

    as Ruthie (Age 7)

  • Ryan Freedman

    as Adam (Age 5)

  • Peter John

    as Phil Strode

  • Sally Lahee

    as Mary Wood

  • Graham Lines

    as Jonathan Lee

  • Diana Rayworth

    as Jenny

  • John Fowler

    as George Burns

  • Martin Heller

    as SSB Officer

  • John Michael McCarthy

    as SSB Officer

  • Bill Rourke

    as SSB Officer

  • David Voss

    as SSB Officer

  • Stanley McGeagh

    as SSB Officer

  • Paddy Joyce

    as Dobbs

  • Hilary Sesta

    as Dobbs's Wife

  • Leslie Grantham

    as Peter

  • Steven Whinnery

    as Prisoner

  • Brian Coburn

    as Prisoner

  • David Shawyer

    as Prisoner

  • Roger Heathcott

    as Senior MO

  • Michael Worsley

    as MO

  • Sid Thomas

    as Arthur

  • Bill Armour

    as Ian McKinley

  • Iain McColl

    as Gartree Prisoner

  • Roy Boutcher

    as Parkhurst Governor

  • Phil Rowlands

    as Officer

  • Derek Ware

    as Officer

  • Martin Phillips

    as Prisoner

  • Maurice Bush

    as Prisoner

  • Tony Rohr

    as Prisoner

  • John Rowe

    as Gartree Governor

  • Richard Avery

    as Officer

  • David Landberg

    as Officer

  • Mike Savage

    as Officer

  • Kevin White

    as Officer

  • Arnold Peters

    as Officer

  • Kay Gallie

    as Radio Interviewer

  • Michelle Mulvany

    as Ruthie

  • Timothy Jessel

    as Adam

  • Victoria Williams

    as Woman in Minibus

  • Clare Ruane

    as Woman in Minibus
Directing Piers Haggard Director
Writing Brian Phelan Writer
Writing Peter Adams Book
Writing Shirley Cooklin Book
Production Philip Hinchcliffe Producer
Sound Richard Rodney Bennett Music
Production Dick Coles Production Designer
Costume & Make-Up Laura Ergis Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Eileen Mair Makeup Designer
Costume & Make-Up Jenny Shircore Makeup Designer
Editing Tariq Anwar Editor

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