Movie: Knockback: 1

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins

Sylvia

Derrick O'Connor
Derrick O'Connor

Alan

Yee San Foo
Yee San Foo

Alan's Wife

Peggy Aitchison
Peggy Aitchison

Alan's Mother

Dominic Tang
Dominic Tang

Alan's Son

Geoffrey Edwards
Geoffrey Edwards

Judge

David Webb
David Webb

Defence Counsel

Eric Mason
Eric Mason

Wandsworth Prison Officer

Roy Pattison
Roy Pattison

Wandsworth Prison Officer

Howard Lew Lewis
Howard Lew Lewis

Wandsworth Prison Officer

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1985-01-27

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    English

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