{"product_id":"the-offence-1972-masters-of-cinema-dual-format-blu-ray-dvd","title":"The Offence (1972) [Masters of Cinema] Dual Format (Blu-ray \u0026 DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e After 20 years, what Detective-Sergeant Johnson has seen and\r\ndone is destroying him. \u003c\/i\u003e In their third screen collaboration, the\r\niconic \u003cb\u003eSean Connery\u003c\/b\u003e and director \u003cb\u003eSidney Lumet\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSerpico,\r\nDog Day Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e) plumb the depths of what is perhaps their most\r\npsychologically complex creation: a member of the British Police Force\r\nwho has perhaps witnessed one horror too many.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTwo decades into a career marked by fraught investigations into\r\nmurders and sex crimes, Detective-Sergeant Johnson (Connery) loses all\r\ncomposure whilst conducting an interrogation with a suspected rapist,\r\nassaulting him and, subsequently, beating him to death. The lead-up to\r\nthis moment is charted across the course of the film in a careful\r\nflashback structure... and the lines between guilt and innocence,\r\nprotector and sadist, become ineradicably blurred.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReleased only one year before the director's \u003ci\u003eSerpico\u003c\/i\u003e and\r\nalmost a decade before Prince of the City, \u003ci\u003eThe Offence\u003c\/i\u003e offers\r\nan early Lumetian investigation into the psyche of a policeman under\r\nduress, and the potential for corruption within a high-stakes\r\nprofession. The \u003cb\u003eMasters of Cinema\u003c\/b\u003e Series is proud to present \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\r\nOffence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK in a special \u003cb\u003eDual\r\nFormat edition\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Eureka Entertainment Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54151020544385,"sku":"EKA70151","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9050\/5986\/files\/2853794.jpg?v=1742492454","url":"https:\/\/hit.co.uk\/products\/the-offence-1972-masters-of-cinema-dual-format-blu-ray-dvd","provider":"Hit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}