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The Parole Officer

Synopsis

The Parole Officer is a comedy starring Steve Coogan as an honest but inept probation officer who moves from a small northern town to a big city where he witnesses a serious crime and is framed for murder. The only way he can prove his innocence is to break into a bank vault where the crucial piece of evidence is stored. He goes back to his home town to persuade three of his former clients to return to lives of crime and help him rob the bank.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 – 110 mins
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
John Duican
Producer
Duncan Kenworthy, Andrew MacDonald, Callum McDougall
Editor
David Freeman
Screenwriter
Steve Coogan, Henry Normal
Director of Photography
John Daly
Sound
John Midgley (Production), Glenn Freemantle (Sound Editing)
Principal cast
Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Stephen Dillane, Om Puri, Steve Waddington, Ben Miller, Emma Williams

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Parole Productions Ltd.

Contact: Callum McDougall
75/77 Margaret Street
London W1W 8BH
UK

Sales Company

DNA Films (Financier)

Contact: Jenny Jones
75/77 Margaret Street
London W1W 8BH
UK

T 020 7291 8010

jenny.jones@dnafilms.com

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