Pete Postlethwaite trapped in a 65-minute moral maze — conscience vs. code, and your nerves lose.
A male nurse in a mental hospital witnesses one patient killing another, but struggles with his loyalties and his conscience to come forward.
Acting
Postlethwaite's silent agony — every twitch is a confession.
Writing
Tight 65 minutes, zero fat, impossible choices.
Director
George Case
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the collapse of British industrial identity, the mental hospital becomes a metaphor for broken working-class institutions.
Director George Case never made another feature; this was his one brutal statement, now nearly impossible to find.
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