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Overview

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Director:

Christopher Menaul

Writer:

Lynda La Plante (written by)

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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

User Comments:

Great Series! more (9 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

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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Runtime:

207 min (2 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo


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Trivia:

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

Quotes:

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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Movie Connections:

Featured in "Drama Connections: Prime Suspect (#1.6)" (2005) more


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Great Series!, 22 August 1999
Author: Niche from Wisconsin, USA

"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.

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