I.D. (1995)

When a cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hooligans, he finds himself being drawn to the other side.

Director:

Phil Davis (as Philip Davis)

Writers:

James Bannon (original story) (as James Bannon), Vincent O'Connell (screenplay)

Stars:

Reece Dinsdale, Richard Graham, Perry Fenwick

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Reece Dinsdale	...	John
Richard Graham	...	Trevor
Perry Fenwick	...	Eddie
Philip Glenister	...	Charlie
Warren Clarke	...	Bob
Claire Skinner	...	Marie
Saskia Reeves	...	Lynda
Sean Pertwee	...	Martin
Charles De'Ath	...	Nik
Lee Ross	...	Gumbo
Terry Cole	...	Puff
Steve Sweeney	...	Vinny
Nicholas R. Bailey	...	Micky (as Nicholas Bailey)
Nick Bartlett	...	David Daley
David Schaal	...	Paul Funnell

Storyline

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to root-out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .

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Plot Keywords:

undercover | violence | hooligan | hooliganism | nudity | 

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Taglines:

When you go undercover, remember one thing: who you are.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot of the film is loosely based on "Operation Full-Time", a Scotland Yard undercover operation which attempted to identify the leaders of West Ham United F.C.'s firm, the Inter City Firm (ICF). However, none of the real life officers suffered John's (Reece Dinsdale) fate in the film.

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Goofs

When the group of undercover officers attend their first home game at The Kennel, some of the crowd around them are wearing Sheffield Wednesday's 90s yellow & black away kit, the same colours as the fictitious Shadwell Town.

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Quotes

John: Give me my marker show me my line... surely this is it... the edge?

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Connections

Edited into Screen Two: I.D. (1997)

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Soundtracks

Night Fever
Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb (as The Bee Gees)
Recording courtesy of Polydor
Published by Gibb Brothers Music/BMG
Music Publishing International Ltd.

User Reviews

Cracking British drama that delves into the murky world of the 1980's British Hooligan

John (Reece Dinsdale)is a smug copper who along with a colleague is assigned to go undercover to delve into the violent world of the football hooligan in 1980's East London. John becomes more and more obsessed and embroiled in this world until it becomes a part of him, which is certain to lead to trouble.

This is an extremely well made and engrossing film with top notch acting and some highly convincing characters. Reece Dinsdale, Sean Pertwee and Warren Clarke ,the pub landlord Bob, are excellent and ensure that this film is a success. We are presented with restless, dissatisfied angrey working class males whose way of letting out frustration is through football violence against enemy firms.

I have seen this many times over the years and it is a film I often come back to as it always guarantees excellent entertainment, a good story, great acting and characters. Definitely watch it

Details

Country:

Germany UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 May 1995 (UK)

Also Known As:

Hooligans

Filming Locations:

High Street, Slough, Berkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Films, Parallax Pictures, Metropolis Filmproduction

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1