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The Offence is a 1973 British neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet starring Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, and Ian Bannen.[2] Connery plays a veteran police detective who suffers a psychological breakdown and kills a suspect during an interrogation. The screenplay was written by John Hopkins, who adapted his 1968 stage play This Story of Yours.[1]

Released by United Artists on January 11, 1973, the film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Connery and Bannen's performances. Bannen was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role.

The Offence was the third of five collaborations between Lumet and Connery,[3] and one of five films Lumet produced in the United Kingdom during the 1960s and '70s.
Plot

Detective Sergeant Johnson has been a police officer for twenty years and is deeply affected by the murders, rapes and other violent crimes he has investigated. He is plagued by images of violence, and he appears to be losing his mind under the strain. His anger surfaces while interrogating Kenneth Baxter, who is suspected of raping a young girl. By the end of the interrogation, Johnson has severely beaten Baxter, who is taken to hospital and later dies.

Johnson is suspended for the beating and returns home for the night, getting into a violent argument with his wife Maureen. Two of Johnson's colleagues come to inform him of Baxter's death and take him to the police station for questioning. The following day, Johnson is interviewed by Detective Superintendent Cartwright. During their long confrontation, flashbacks show the events of the previous night, when Johnson beat Baxter.

The flashbacks portray Baxter – whose guilt or innocence is left ambiguous – taunting Johnson, insinuating that Johnson secretly wants to commit the sort of sex crimes that he investigates. Johnson at first flies into a rage and strikes Baxter, but he eventually admits that he does indeed harbour obsessive fantasies of murder and rape. He then tearfully begs Baxter to help him. When Baxter recoils from him in disgust, Johnson brutally beats him while Baxter continues to taunt and laugh at him.

The film ends with another flashback, this time of Johnson attacking the police officers who pulled him off Baxter, and muttering "God...my God..." as he realises what he has done.
Cast

Sean Connery as Detective-Sergeant Johnson
Trevor Howard as Detective-Superintendent Cartwright
Vivien Merchant as Maureen Johnson
Ian Bannen as Kenneth Baxter
Peter Bowles as Cameron
Derek Newark as Jessard
Ronald Radd as Lawson
John Hallam as Panton
Richard Moore as Garrett
Anthony Sagar as Hill
Maxine Gordon as Janie
Howard Goorney as Lambert
Hilda Fenemore as woman on common