All Coppers Are...
All Coppers Are... (also released as All Cops Are...) is a 1972 British drama film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Martin Potter, Julia Foster and Nicky Henson.[1]
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Directed by | Sidney Hayers |
Screenplay by | Allan Prior |
Produced by | George H. Brown |
Starring | Martin Potter Julia Foster Nicky Henson |
Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
Edited by | Anthony Palk |
Music by | Eric Rogers |
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Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors Limited (UK) |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Plot
A young London policeman and a small-time crook find themselves rivals in love.[2]
Joe, the policeman, is married with a young child, but when he meets Barry's live-in partner Sue, there is an instant mutual attraction.
Joe forms part of a police line protecting an embassy from protesters and things get violent.
Mounted police arrive and push the crowd back.
Barry and a gang rob a warehouse and he is driving off with a lorry of stolen goods when Joe stops him – Barry shoots Joe with a shotgun and runs off.
Cast
- Martin Potter as Joe
- Julia Foster as Sue
- Nicky Henson as Barry
- Wendy Allnutt as Peg
- Ian Hendry as Sonny Wade
- Sandra Dorne as Sue's mother
- Glynn Edwards as Jock
- Queenie Watts as Mrs. Malloy
- Carmel McSharry as Mrs. Briggs
- David Baxter as Fancy Boy
- Eddie Byrne as Malloy
- Norman Jones as Sgt. Wallis
- David Essex as Ronnie Briggs
- Robin Askwith as Simmy
- Tony Wright as Police Inspector
- Ellis Dale as Doctor
- Marianne Stone as Woman in Pub
Production
Filming
The film was shot largely on location in Battersea,[3] around Nine Elms and Clapham Junction, Southwest London, and at Pinewood Studios.[4]
References
- "All Coppers Are... (1972) – Sidney Hayers | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
- "All Coppers Are (1973)". BFI.
- "ALL COPPERS ARE | British Railway Movie Database". 10 September 2019.
- All coppers are Dixons Hutchinson, Tom. The Guardian 12 June 1971: 8.
External links
- All Coppers Are... at IMDb
- All Coppers Are at BFI