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What you are about to see is TRUE...it actually happened!Plot:
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Cold... Cunning.... This is the face of the man you fear! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Donald Sumpter | ... | Donald Neilson | |
| Debbie Farrington | ... | Lesley Whittle | |
| Marjorie Yates | ... | Neilson's Wife | |
| Sylvia O'Donnell | ... | Neilson's Daughter | |
| Andrew Burt | ... | Lesley's Brother | |
| Alison Key | ... | Lesley's Sister-In-Law | |
| Ruth Dunning | ... | Lesley's Mother | |
| David Swift | ... | Detective Chief Superintendent | |
| Michael Barrington | |||
| Lila Kaye | |||
| Delia Paton | |||
| Gerry Sundquist | |||
| Ruth Kettlewell | |||
| Graham Ashley | |||
| Brenda Cowling |
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'Ian Holm (I)' was originally offered the role of Donald Neilson and agreed to accept providing a meeting of reassurance could be arranged between the family of Lesley Whittle and himself. The Whittle family however had distanced themselves from the film and Holm withdrew from the production. moreFAQ
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Donald Sumpter is flawless in his portrayal of Donald Neilson, a pretty weird guy. I saw this on tape when I was about five or six, and fifteen years later I still remember certain scenes very vividly. By all accounts one of the most factual true crime pictures ever made.