| Description |
2 videodiscs (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby surround sound. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, John Bowe, Zoe Wanamaker, Bryan Pringle, Tom Wilkinson, John Forgeham. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ken Morgan ; art director, Tom Brown ; editor, Edward Mansell ; original music, Stephen Warbeck ; costume designer, Sheelagh Killeen ; production designer, Roy Stonehouse. |
| Note |
Title from opening menu screen. |
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Videodisc release of the 1991 British television production, which was originally broadcast in the United States as an episode of the PBS television series, Mobil masterpiece theatre. |
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Based on the novel "Prime suspect" by Lynda La Plante. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
When a young woman is found brutally murdered, and the DCI in charge is unable to take up the case, the role is passed on to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the first female DCI to handle such a responsibility. Between a slippery suspect and resistence from her team of detectives, Tennison has her hands full. |
| Subject |
Tennison, Jane (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Police -- England -- London -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Women detectives -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Serial murderers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television programs, British.
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| Added Author |
Mirren, Helen.
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Leaver, Don.
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Menaul, Christopher.
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Bell, Tom, 1933-2006.
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Benfield, John.
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Bowe, John, 1950-
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Wanamaker, Zoë, 1949-
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Pringle, Bryan, 1935-2002.
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Wilkinson, Tom, 1948-
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Forgeham, John, 1941-
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La Plante, Lynda.
Prime suspect.
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Granada Television.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on discs and container: Prime suspect 1 |
| Added Title |
Prime suspect (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0783123574 |
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9780783123578 |
| Standard No. |
026359202025 |
| Music No. |
92020 HBO Video |
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