- The Parole Officer
Infobox_Film
name = The Parole Officer
writer =Steve Coogan Henry Normal
starring =Steve Coogan Om Puri Steven Waddington Ben Miller Emma Williams
director =John Duigan
producer =Duncan Kenworthy
Andrew Macdonald
music =Alex Heffes
cinematography = John Daly
editing =David Freeman
distributor =DNA Films Universal Pictures
released =August 10 ,2001
runtime = 93 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0283534"The Parole Officer" is a 2001 film, directed by
John Duigan and starringSteve Coogan .Plot
The main character, Simon Garden, played by Coogan is a well-meaning but ineffectual
probation officer . At the beginning of the film, he is facing a tribunal after his entire department submit complaints against him, Garden having only had three successes in his career. He is therefore transferred toManchester .In Manchester, when looking into the case of a "client", Kirsty, a juvenile delinquent who had had
Class A drugs planted on her, Simon witnesses the murder of anaccountant by corrupt police officerDetective Inspector Burton. He is discovered, chased from the building by two bouncers and after being cornered, ends up falling into acanal . However, he has inadvertently left his wallet containing identification at the crime scene and is duly framed for the accountant's murder by D.I.Burton. Simon goes to the police with the story, but ends up being interviewed by Burton, who is leading the investigation. He releases Simon, but threatens him with prison unless he keeps quiet about his drugs scam and the murder.Simon first decides to leave Manchester for good, but then remembers that a CCTV camera had filmed the whole event. He realises that this security tape will clear his name and show that Burton was the real murderer. Unfortunately, it is sealed in a safety deposit box in a bank. Thus, he enlists the help of his successful ex-clients and between them they devise a cunning plan to retrieve the tape from the bank.
Cast
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Steve Coogan - Simon Garden
*Om Puri - George
*Steven Waddington - Jeff
*Ben Miller - Colin
*Emma Williams - Kirsty
*Stephen Dillane - Inspector Burton
*Lena Headey - Emma
*Justin Burrows - Mills
*John Henshaw - Cochran
*Omar Sharif - Victor
*Jenny Agutter - Sarah, Victor's wife
*Richard Sinnott - Bank ManagerExternal links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283534/ The Parole Officer] entry at the
IMDb .
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