A father loses everything, then takes what isn't his—morality gets messy in 31 minutes.
A man abducts a boy after his son is taken from him by social services.
Acting
David Burke's trembling rage—every micro-expression earns the runtime
Direction
Davies packs a feature's worth of dread into thirty-one minutes
Director
Gareth Davies
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for ITV's 'Sunday Night Theatre,' this was prestige television tackling working-class trauma before Ken Loach made it fashionable—Gareth Davies was quietly pioneering.
Peter Jeffrey plays Russell, the social worker antagonist—ironic casting given his own leftist politics; he reportedly fought Davies on making Russell more sympathetic, lost.
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