Hugely successful when first broadcast, this Thames TV series now is a time capsule of late 70s South London; Jim Goddard captures the desperation and danger in dark streets and smokey pubs.
OUT provided a magnificent showcase for the late Tom Bell, the great 'outsider' of 60s British actors. His Frank Ross has a terse, coiled tension as he seeks revenge on whoever stole him from his now insane wife and tearaway son. He is simply stunning.
Trevor Preston's flinty non-PC revenge drama is Euston Films at it's most hard-edged and pure London.
...and what a cast! Brian Croucher, Norman Rodway, Lynn Farleigh, Oscar James, Maurice O'Connell, Brian Hall, Peter Childs, John Junkin, Andrew Paul, Peter Blake, Bryan Marshall, Brian Cox, Norman Eshley, Lynda La Plante and Derrick O'Connor deliver memorable performances.
Shelf or charity shop? Frank Ross is out... and living on my shelf...
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