A Very Open Prison

1995 0h 55m EN

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

ComedyTV Movie

Synopsis

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The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tom Wilkinson
David Hanratty
Ronald Pickup
Brian Silcott
Stephen Tompkinson
Jeremy Craig
Emily Mortimer
Amanda Ellis
Peter Wingfield
Dominic Casement
Michael Hordern
Lord Langland
Geoffrey Whitehead
Chief Constable Christie
John Fortune
Prime Minister

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Guy Jenkin
Writers: Guy Jenkin
Languages: English

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RUNTIME

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Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Tom Wilkinson and Ronald Pickup and Stephen Tompkinson carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0398380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Guy Jenkin directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Tom Wilkinson and Ronald Pickup and Stephen Tompkinson carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0398380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.