A Very Open Prison
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The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
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Cast
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Tom Wilkinson
David Hanratty
Known for
Batman Begins
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ronald Pickup
Brian Silcott
Known for
Darkest Hour
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Guy Jenkin
Andrew Castell
SAS Captain
Geoffrey Perkins
Stephen Tompkinson
Jeremy Craig
Known for
The Long Shadow
DCI Banks
Lucy Cohu
Reporter
Emily Mortimer
Amanda Ellis
Known for
Shutter Island
Cars 2
Peter Wingfield
Dominic Casement
Known for
Caprica
Catwoman
Neil Rogers
Prison Officer
Michael Hordern
Lord Langland
Known for
Shōgun
Where Eagles Dare
Geoffrey Whitehead
Chief Constable Christie
Known for
Little Dorrit
Not Going Out
Guy Jenkin Director
First release December 9, 1995
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 9, 1995
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No release date listed for United States.
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