Knockback: 1 (1985)
Drama
Thriller
TV Movie
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.
Cast
Sylvia
Alan
Wandsworth Prison Officer
Wandsworth Prison Officer
Wandsworth Prison Officer
Clarke
Lawyer
Sylvia's Lover
Sylvia's Mother
Ruthie (Age 7)
Adam (Age 5)
Phil Strode
Alan's Wife
Mary Wood
Jonathan Lee
Jenny
George Burns
SSB Officer
SSB Officer
SSB Officer
SSB Officer
SSB Officer
Dobbs
Alan's Mother
Dobbs's Wife
Peter
Prisoner
Prisoner
Prisoner
Senior MO
Arthur
Ian McKinley
Gartree Prisoner
Alan's Son
Parkhurst Governor
Officer
Officer
Prisoner
Prisoner
Prisoner
Gartree Governor
Officer
Officer
Officer
Judge
Officer
Officer
Radio Interviewer
Ruthie
Adam
Woman in Minibus
Woman in Minibus
Defence Counsel
Wandsworth Prison Officer
Wandsworth Prison Officer
Wandsworth Prison Officer
Crew
Director
Writer
Book
Book
Producer
Music
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Makeup Designer
Makeup Designer
Editor