Movie Review – The Offence

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Spoiler alerts A 1972 feature film that was Sean Connery’s most un-James Bond-like role of all. He plays a police detective who murders a suspected child molester, played by Ian Bannen, during a gruelling interrogation at the police station. The story is told in flashbacks, as the police investigating Connery’s offence, try to ascertain what happened. Initially, it seems fairly obvious. A good cop and father becomes totally disgusted by the child sex attacker sitting before and him loses self-control, and becomes violent. Ah, but it runs rather deeper than that. Bannen manages to demonstrate to Connery's character that he has it in himself to be a pedophile too, and it is this shock to his mind that leads Connery to a terrible act of career and freedom wrecking retribution. The acting is fantastic, with an understated supporting role provided by Trevor Howard. An unforgettable, if harrowing movie. Arthur Chappell