Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

102 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 28, 2009

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

102 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 28, 2009

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Revolution Films, Channel Four Films, Screen Yorkshire, Lipsync Productions
Original title Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Directors Andrew Hulme, Julian Jarrold
Writers David Peace, Tony Grisoni

Cast

Andrew Garfield

as Eddie Dunford

Warren Clarke

as Bill Molloy

Sean Bean

as John Dawson

David Morrissey

as Maurice Jobson

John Henshaw

as Bill Hadley

Anthony Flanagan

as Barry Gannon

Jennifer Hennessy

as Mrs Kemplay

Mary Jo Randle

as Eddie's Mum

Rita May

as Aunty Win

Rachel Jane Allen

as Susan Dunford

Graham Walker

as Uncle Eric

Michelle Dockery

as Kathryn Tyler

Eddie Marsan

as Jack Whitehead

Daniel Mays

as Michael Myshkin

Cara Seymour

as Mary Cole

Peter Mullan

as Martin Laws

Gerard Kearns

as Leonard Cole

Ian Mercer

as Paul Booker

Rebecca Hall

as Paula Garland

Sean Harris

as Bob Craven

Steven Robertson

as Sgt. Bob Fraser

Shaun Dooley

as Dick Alderman

Roger Morlidge

as Court Clerk

Mike Mitchell

as Henchman

Berwick Kaler

as George Greaves

Katherine Vasey

as Steph

Margaret Blakemore

as Rochdale's Neighbour

Tony Mooney

as Tommy Douglas

Lynn Roden

as Bet

Liz Hume Dawson

as Staff Nurse

Cathryn Bradshaw

as Marjorie Dawson

Chris Walker

as Jim Prentice

Kelly Freemantle

as Clare Strachan