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Open Fire

7.0 105 mins Crime   Drama   TV Movie   1994
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Director(s): Paul Greengrass

Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again during a burglary, he shoots one of the police officers, leading to a nation wide manhunt. Innocent filmmaker Steven Waldorf is subsequently shot as a suspect by Finch, provoking a national scandal that rocks the police force.

Casts of Open Fire

Rupert Graves

as David Martin

Kate Hardie

as Sue Stephens

Douglas Hodge

as DC Peter Finch

Jim Carter

as DCS Young

Colin McCormack

as DCS Naylor

Eddie Izzard

as Rich

Gwyneth Powell

as Gloria Martin

Trevor Byfield

as Mr Martin

Samuel West

as Stephen Waldorf

Susan Tordoff

as Susan Finch

Joe Tucker

as DS Johnson

David O'Hara

as Armed Robber

Keith Bartlett

as CIB Man

Aran Bell

as PC Nicholas Carr

Sam Halpenny

as DC Peter Van Dee

Martin Herdman

as Surveillance Officer

David Peart

as Assistant Commissioner

Paul McNeilly

as Policeman

James Puddephatt

as 2nd Policeman

Gooey Law

as Waldorf's Friend

James Bowers

as Policeman

Stephen Webber

as Court Clerk

Chris Lawson

as Prison Guard

Steve Knowles

as Train Driver

Daniel Scott-Gooding

as Boy at Station

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