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Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect

1991
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Mini-Series
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.

Directed by:

Christopher Menaul
Christopher-Menaul
19 total credits
Credits include: Prime Suspect, Fatherland, The Forsyte Saga, Summer in February and Secret Smile

Writer:

Lynda La Plante
Lynda-La-Plante
19 total credits
Credits include: Widows, Prime Suspect, Prime Suspect 2, Prime Suspect 3 and Killer Net

Starring:

Ralph Fiennes
Ralph-Fiennes
77 total credits
Ralph Fiennes (born 1962) is an acclaimed English actor and filmmaker known for his versatility and commanding screen presence. He gained fame for his roles in Schindler’s List (1993) and The English Patient (1996). Fiennes also portrayed Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series and M in the James Bond films. A skilled stage actor, he has received multiple awards for his work in film and theater.
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Tom Wilkinson
Tom-Wilkinson
88 total credits
Credits include: Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rush Hour and The Patriot
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Helen Mirren
Helen-Mirren
129 total credits
Dame Helen Mirren was born to an English mother and an exiled Russian aristocrat in Chiswick, London. She has made her name on both stage and screen, and is the only person to portray both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (a 2006 role for which she is an Oscar front-runner).
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Tom Bell
Tom-Bell
39 total credits
Credits include: Prospero's Books, The Krays, Prime Suspect, Wish You Were Here and Let Him Have It
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Bryan Pringle
Bryan-Pringle
13 total credits
Credits include: Drowning by Numbers, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Haunted Honeymoon, Prime Suspect and The Boyfriend
,
Andrew Tiernan
Andrew-Tiernan
32 total credits
Credits include: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Playing God, Edward II and The Bunker
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Zoë Wanamaker
Zo-Wanamaker
30 total credits
Credits include: My Week with Marilyn, Wilde, Prime Suspect, Edge of Darkness and David Copperfield
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Craig Fairbrass
Craig-Fairbrass
36 total credits
Craig Fairbrass is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Dan Sullivan in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Pat Tate in the Rise of the Footsoldier film series. Fairbrass had other notable roles in the films Cliffhanger, White Noise: The Light, The Bank Job, Devil's Playground, St George's Day, The Outsider, Breakdown, and London Heist.
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John Benfield
John-Benfield
22 total credits
Credits include: Cassandra's Dream, Hidden Agenda, Tales from the Crypt, Prime Suspect and Prime Suspect 2
,
John Bowe
John-Bowe
9 total credits
Credits include: Tipping the Velvet, Prime Suspect, Cleopatra, Secret Smile and Poldark

Franchise:

Prime Suspect

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Prime Suspect

1991
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Mini-Series
Your probable score

Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 79.03%
17 Oct 2011
80
86th
Mirren is terrific in the lead. The 3½ hours rarely drag and are definitely worth spending. It's often as gripping as the best big screen thrillers. Grisly serial murders, suspect interrogations, a persuit, police corruption... all these genre elements are grounded in reality, and we get just about the right amount of police station intrigue and scenes with Tennison and her husband (Wilkinson) inbetween.
30 Jul 2021
83
83rd
Of the dozens of British detective shows I've watched, this is up there with the best. This first installment is a tight two-parter that is as much about sexism as it is about murder investigation. Also worth watching for the first screen performance of Ralph Fiennes.
25 Apr 2020
60
70th
Not bad, even nearly 30 years later.
15 May 2014
92
93rd
Chauvinism was poured on a bit thick, but other than that a superb two-parter.
12 Jun 2013
70
76th
This may be more than 20 years old, but you can show this on TV any time now.
31 Aug 2012
65
26th
Prime Suspect tackles some interesting issues, particularly a woman's role in a male-dominated profession, the balance between work and relationships, and the corruption within institutions, but does so without subtlety. Mirren is mostly great, let down only by the script on occasions, and the rest of the acting is decent. The final confrontation is ridiculous and anticlimatic.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Christopher Menaul
Christopher-Menaul
19 total credits
Credits include: Prime Suspect, Fatherland, The Forsyte Saga, Summer in February and Secret Smile

Writer:

Lynda La Plante
Lynda-La-Plante
19 total credits
Credits include: Widows, Prime Suspect, Prime Suspect 2, Prime Suspect 3 and Killer Net

Starring:

Ralph Fiennes
Ralph-Fiennes
77 total credits
Ralph Fiennes (born 1962) is an acclaimed English actor and filmmaker known for his versatility and commanding screen presence. He gained fame for his roles in Schindler’s List (1993) and The English Patient (1996). Fiennes also portrayed Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series and M in the James Bond films. A skilled stage actor, he has received multiple awards for his work in film and theater.
,
Tom Wilkinson
Tom-Wilkinson
88 total credits
Credits include: Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rush Hour and The Patriot
,
Helen Mirren
Helen-Mirren
129 total credits
Dame Helen Mirren was born to an English mother and an exiled Russian aristocrat in Chiswick, London. She has made her name on both stage and screen, and is the only person to portray both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (a 2006 role for which she is an Oscar front-runner).
,
Tom Bell
Tom-Bell
39 total credits
Credits include: Prospero's Books, The Krays, Prime Suspect, Wish You Were Here and Let Him Have It
,
Bryan Pringle
Bryan-Pringle
13 total credits
Credits include: Drowning by Numbers, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Haunted Honeymoon, Prime Suspect and The Boyfriend
,
Andrew Tiernan
Andrew-Tiernan
32 total credits
Credits include: 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Playing God, Edward II and The Bunker
,
Zoë Wanamaker
Zo-Wanamaker
30 total credits
Credits include: My Week with Marilyn, Wilde, Prime Suspect, Edge of Darkness and David Copperfield
,
Craig Fairbrass
Craig-Fairbrass
36 total credits
Craig Fairbrass is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Dan Sullivan in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Pat Tate in the Rise of the Footsoldier film series. Fairbrass had other notable roles in the films Cliffhanger, White Noise: The Light, The Bank Job, Devil's Playground, St George's Day, The Outsider, Breakdown, and London Heist.
,
John Benfield
John-Benfield
22 total credits
Credits include: Cassandra's Dream, Hidden Agenda, Tales from the Crypt, Prime Suspect and Prime Suspect 2
,
John Bowe
John-Bowe
9 total credits
Credits include: Tipping the Velvet, Prime Suspect, Cleopatra, Secret Smile and Poldark

Franchise:

Prime Suspect

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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