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Overview
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Lynda La Plante (written by)
Release Date:
23 January 1992 (USA) more
Plot:
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
11 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(26 articles)
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Great Series! more (9 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Helen Mirren | ... | DCI Jane Tennison |
 | Tom Bell | ... | DS Bill Otley |
| John Benfield | ... | DCS Michael Kernan |
| John Bowe | ... | George Marlow |
| Zoë Wanamaker | ... | Moyra Henson |
| Bryan Pringle | ... | Felix Norman |
 | Tom Wilkinson | ... | Peter Rawlins |
| John Forgeham | ... | DCI John Shefford |
| Gary Whelan | ... | DS Terry Amson |
| Jack Ellis | ... | DI Tony Muddyman |
 | Craig Fairbrass | ... | D.I. Frank Burkin |
| Ian Fitzgibbon | ... | DC Jones |
| Mossie Smith | ... | WPC Maureen Havers |
| Philip Wright | ... | DC Lillie |
 | Andrew Tiernan | ... | DC Rosper |
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Mobil Masterpiece Theatre: Prime Suspect (USA) (pre-release title)
Prime Suspect 1
Prime Suspect 1: A Price to Pay (Europe) (DVD title)
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207 min (2 parts)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Lynda La Plante made this film after watching reality-TV crime shows. After calling Scotland Yard and learning that there were only four female DCIs, she interviewed one of them (Jackie Malton), who impressed her so much that La Plante decided to base the plot on Malton's experiences during her career. more
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DCI Jane Tennison:
Did you also do a hairdressing course?
Moyra Henson:
No.
DCI Jane Tennison:
So you're not a hairdresser?
Moyra Henson:
No. But I once had a Siamese cat.
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Featured in "Drama Connections: Prime Suspect (#1.6)" (2005) more
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"Prime Suspect" is a dark, sometimes cynical, sometimes inspiring, always disturbing series. I watched most of the series on PBS a few summers back, and found myself instantly hooked. Helen Mirren is simply one of the best actresses alive today. It's a police drama with little on camera violence and true human emotion; you'd be hard pressed to find such a series on American television.