
Open Fire
- Released on
- Runtime
- 105 mins
Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again during a burglary, he shoots one of the police officers, leading to a nation wide manhunt. Innocent filmmaker Steven Waldorf is subsequently shot as a suspect by Finch, provoking a national scandal that rocks the police force.
Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again during a burglary, he shoots one of the police officers, leading to a nation wide manhunt. Innocent filmmaker Steven Waldorf is subsequently shot as a suspect by Finch, provoking a national scandal that rocks the police force.
Cast
- Rupert Graves
- Kate Hardie
- Douglas Hodge
- Jim Carter
- Colin McCormack
- Suzy Eddie Izzard
- Gwyneth Powell
- Trevor Byfield
- Samuel West
- Susan Tordoff
- Joe Tucker
- David O'Hara
- Keith Bartlett
- Aran Bell
- Sam Halpenny
- Martin Herdman
- David Peart
- Paul McNeilly
- James Puddephatt
- Gooey Law
- James Bowers
- Stephen Webber
- Chris Lawson
- Steve Knowles
- Daniel Scott-Gooding
Director
- Paul Greengrass
Producers
- Jeff Pope