Knockback: 2

Knockback: 2

93 mins | Feb. 3, 1985

Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.

Knockback: 2

93 mins | Feb. 3, 1985

Knockback: 2
Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
Producers
Original title Knockback: 2
Directors Piers Haggard
Writers Shirley Cooklin, Peter Adams, Brian Phelan

Cast

Pauline Collins

as Sylvia

Michelle Mulvany

as Ruthie

Timothy Jessel

as Adam

Diana Rayworth

as Jenny

Peggy Aitchison

as Alan's Mother

Arnold Peters

as Gartree Officer

Julian Hall

as Gartree Officer

Roger Monk

as Terry

Peter John

as Phil Strode

Graham Lines

as Jonathan Lee

Sally Lahee

as Mary Wood

Robert Putt

as Verne Reception Officer

Vincent Friell

as Verna Prisoner

Peter Cartwright

as Governor

Malcolm Terris

as Visiting Room Officer

Frank Coda

as Kitchen Officer

Billy Riddoch

as Kitchen Officer

Petronella Barker

as Visitor

Olivier Pierre

as Charles Le Page

Iain Rattray

as CID Officer

Ray Sumby

as Man at Party

Joanna Phillips-Lane

as Woman at Party

Geoffrey Swann

as Assistant Governor

Leslie Grantham

as Peter

Michael Barrington

as Interviewer

Dave Anderson

as Rock Band

Kenny Potter

as Rock Band

Rab Handleigh

as Rock Band

David Hicks

as Rock Band

Joanne Cairns

as Go-Go Dancer

Katrina Norman

as Go-Go Dancer

Michael MacKenzie

as Governor

Rowena Ingram

as Whitehall Secretary

Peter Ellis

as Whitehall PPS

Isabel Lansdale

as Amicus Secretary

Angus MacKay

as Amicus Chairman

Sean Arnold

as Assistant Governor, Leyhill

Gavin Harding

as Steve

Ian Brimble

as Officer

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

as Social Worker

Brenda Kempner

as Sally