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 DavisWriter:Guy Andrews |
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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 DavisWriter:Guy Andrews |
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DS Rankine
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DI Devanney
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John Brobbey | ... |
DC Henry Adeliyeka
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John McArdle | ... |
DCS Ballinger
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| Steven Mackintosh | ... |
The Street
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Ray Emmet Brown | ... |
Michael Johns
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Joseph Jacobs | ... |
Campbell Lafferty
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David Norman | ... |
Tony Rice
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Martin Ronan | ... |
DS Pardy
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Antony Audenshaw | ... |
DC Growse
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Anne Hornby | ... |
DC Skinner
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Gabrielle Reidy | ... |
Noreen Lafferty
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Janice Lafferty
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Joe Speare | ... |
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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. Written by Bil Boozer <bilboozer@gsu.edu>
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.