"Cracker" To Say I Love You: Part 1 (1993)

Director:

Andy Wilson

Writer:

Jimmy McGovern (written by)

TV Series:

"Cracker" (1993)

Original Air Date:

11 October 1993 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Tina and Sean are two of societies rejects. Tina hates her parents and has moved out, living in a squat...

Plot Keywords:

Stuttering | Psychological Drama

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Robbie Coltrane	...	Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
Barbara Flynn	...	Judith Fitzgerald
Christopher Eccleston	...	DCI David Bilborough
Lorcan Cranitch	...	DS Jimmy Beck
Geraldine Somerville	...	DS Jane 'Panhandle' Penhaligon
Beryl Reid	...	Mrs. Fitzgerald - Fitz's Mum
David Haig	...	Graham
Andrew Tiernan	...	Sean
Susan Lynch	...	Tina
Danny Green	...	Walter (as Daniel Green)
Gavin Muir	...	Cormack
Patti Love	...	Mrs. Brien
Keith Ladd	...	Mr. Brien
Susan Vidler	...	Sammy
Ruth Holden	...	Lady #1 on Bus

Runtime:

UK:150 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | UK:18

Company:

A&E Television Networks

Goofs:

Factual errors: Sean bowls plants a third ball on the remaining pin after bowling two balls. This is not possible as the machine would have reset them immediately.

Quotes:

[Fitz and Penhaligon reconstruct the events at the scene of a rape in an alley]
Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald: He steps out. He comes down. Bang, bang, bang. Cormack drops down. He grabs his accomplice by the hand. They start running up the alley. Do you remember the soldiers coming back from the Falkands?
DS Jane 'Panhandle' Penhaligon: Just about.
Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald: Remember all those women who lined the quays, waving their knickers and their bras in the air? Patriotism, no. Lust! Some of those men had killed, and those women wanted them. What is death, Panhandle?
DS Jane 'Panhandle' Penhaligon: The finest aphrodisiac in the world, Dr Fitzgerald.
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