
Knockback: 1 (1985)
Overview
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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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 0.327 |
Directed By
Piers Haggard
Crew
Tariq Anwar
Piers Haggard
Eileen Mair
Shirley Cooklin
Jenny Shircore
Peter Adams
Brian Phelan
Laura Ergis
Philip Hinchcliffe
Dick Coles
TOP CAST

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
Martin Oldfield
Wandsworth Prison Officer
Laurence Harrington
Clarke
Hugh Evans
Lawyer

T.R. Bowen
Sylvia's Lover
Kathleen Michael
Sylvia's Mother
Natasha King
Ruthie (Age 7)
Ryan Freedman
Adam (Age 5)
Peter John
Phil Strode
Sally Lahee
Mary Wood
Graham Lines
Jonathan Lee

Diana Rayworth
Jenny
John Fowler
George Burns
Martin Heller
SSB Officer
John Michael McCarthy
SSB Officer
Bill Rourke
SSB Officer
David Voss
SSB Officer

Stanley McGeagh
SSB Officer

Paddy Joyce
Dobbs
Hilary Sesta
Dobbs's Wife

Leslie Grantham
Peter
Steven Whinnery
Prisoner

Brian Coburn
Prisoner
David Shawyer
Prisoner

Roger Heathcott
Senior MO
Sid Thomas
Arthur
Bill Armour
Ian McKinley

Iain McColl
Gartree Prisoner
Roy Boutcher
Parkhurst Governor
Phil Rowlands
Officer

Derek Ware
Officer

Martin Phillips
Prisoner

Maurice Bush
Prisoner

Tony Rohr
Prisoner
John Rowe
Gartree Governor
Richard Avery
Officer
David Landberg
Officer

Mike Savage
Officer