Open Fire (1994)
1h 45m
Running Time
November 12, 1994Release Date
Open Fire (1994)
1h 45m
Running Time
November 12, 1994Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again during a burglary, he shoots one of the police officers, leading to a nation wide manhunt. Innocent filmmaker Steven Waldorf is subsequently shot as a suspect by Finch, provoking a national scandal that rocks the police force.
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Cast & Crew.
Rupert Graves
David Martin
Kate Hardie
Sue Stephens
Douglas Hodge
Det Con Peter Finch
Eddie Izzard
Rich
Jim Carter
Det Chief Supt Young
Gwyneth Powell
Gloria Martin
Paul Greengrass
Director
Samuel West
Steven Waldorf
Jeff Pope
Producer
Seamus Beaghen
Composer
Trevor Byfield
Mr Martin
Susan Tordoff
Susan Finch
Joe Tucker
DS Johnson
David O'Hara
Armed Robber
Keith Bartlett
CIB Man
Aran Bell
PC Nicholas Carr
Details.
Wiki.
Open Fire is single British television crime drama film, made for ITV, which first broadcast on 12 November 1994. The film was written and directed by Paul Greengrass, and concerns the police manhunt for David Martin, who escaped from custody following his arrest for shooting a police officer, leading up to the shooting in error of another man, Stephen Waldorf. The film starred Rupert Graves as Martin, as well as Samuel West as Waldorf, Douglas Hodge as investigating officer DC Peter Finch, and Kate Hardie as Sue Stephens. Open Fire was filmed in Belsize Park and in around Hampstead, London. The film has never been released commercially.