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
  • Production Company: BBC
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • 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
Editing Tariq Anwar Editor
Directing Piers Haggard Director
Costume & Make-Up Eileen Mair Makeup Designer
Writing Shirley Cooklin Book
Costume & Make-Up Jenny Shircore Makeup Designer
Writing Peter Adams Book
Writing Brian Phelan Writer
Costume & Make-Up Laura Ergis Costume Designer
Production Philip Hinchcliffe Producer
Sound Richard Rodney Bennett Music
Production Dick Coles Production Designer

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