Snitching on a bent copper? What could go wrong? Everything, apparently.
A petty criminal decides to turn into an informant, a grass, after he learns about a crooked chief inspector. But instead of getting paid all he gets is trouble for himself and his family.
Acting
Billy Murray's crushed desperation
Direction
Annett squeezes tension from empty rooms
Director
Paul Annett
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Part of Thames Television's 'Armchair Thriller' strand, this exemplifies the bleak social realism British TV perfected before Thatcherism fully took hold.
Billy Murray later became beloved as Don Beech in 'The Bill' — watching him young and broken here casts a shadow over that entire career.
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