Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (TV 1996)

Detective Tennison investigates a seemingly straightforward drug murder that she believes is linked to a smugly smooth crime boss.

Director:

Philip Davis

Writer:

Guy Andrews

Stars:

Helen Mirren, David O'Hara, Julia Lane

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Helen Mirren	...	Jane Tennison
David O'Hara	...	DS Rankine
Julia Lane	...	DI Devanney
John Brobbey	...	DC Henry Adeliyeka
John McArdle	...	DCS Ballinger
Steven Mackintosh	...	The Street
Ray Emmet Brown	...	Michael Johns
Joseph Jacobs	...	Campbell Lafferty
David Norman	...	Tony Rice (as Dave Norman)
Martin Ronan	...	DS Pardy
Antony Audenshaw	...	DC Growse
Anne Hornby	...	DC Skinner
Gabrielle Reidy	...	Noreen Lafferty
Marsha Thomason	...	Janice Lafferty
Joe Speare	...	Radio

Storyline

Tennison on a new beat investigates the killing of a drug runner, with the runner's employer, "The Street," as her prime suspect. Meanwhile, The Street is conducting his own investigation into the killing, with the help of his team of hoodlums and his vicious Rottweilers. And as Tennison rankles that her subordinates accuse her of sleeping her way to the top, she begins an affair with her married supervisor.

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Plot Keywords:

rottweiler | prime suspect | detective | morgue | manchester england | 

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS/Masterpiece Theatre

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Heißer Verdacht: Tödliche Verstrickung

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television, WGBH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

200 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

DCS Ballinger: It isn't just your snottiness that precedes you, Jane. You're a role model and an icon on the force.

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Connections

Follows Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1995)

User Reviews

Lucky Man

It just gets better. What's to fault in this one? Is there anything? No. Curious how they interweave string quartet music through it - that's a new one. And it's stark - it brings a quality of immediacy and tragedy to it.

Like all in this series, this has a long running time. Like everything in this series, nothing is set in stone. This is longer than many of the others. It's timed at 200 minutes which means a long time in front of the screen.

But it's worth it. This is a strong drama like all of them, and not in the least because of Steven Mackintosh who plays one of the all-time creeps of silver screen or television.

I checked his filmography and saw he's done quite a lot of work and I was surprised because I don't remember ever seeing him before. He really takes out the stops on this one.

As always the story is well written and deftly directed. It's another masterpiece - and it's for television which is the surprise.

And as always, you have to reckon Taylor Hackford's a lucky man.