Knockback: 1 (1985)

7.5/10 90 min Drama Thriller TV Movie

Overview

In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.

Cast

Pauline Collins

Sylvia

Derrick O'Connor

Alan

David Webb

Defence Counsel

Howard Lew Lewis

Wandsworth Prison Officer

T.R. Bowen

Sylvia's Lover

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