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Prime Suspect 1 (1991)

1991-04-07 · 3h 27m · EN
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Jane Tennison is a detective chief inspector assigned to Southampton Row Police Station in Central London. She is repeatedly passed over for major cases but, following the death of a senior investigating officer, she is grudgingly given the opportunity to take over his latest homicide investigation. The crime involves the brutal murder of a young woman whose body has been badly mutilated.

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Lynda La PlanteWriterChristopher MenaulDirector

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Helen MirrenHelen MirrenDCI Jane TennisonJohn BenfieldJohn BenfieldDCS KernanTom BellTom BellDS Bill OtleyZoë WanamakerZoë WanamakerMoyra HensonJohn BoweJohn BoweGeorge MarloweAndrew TiernanAndrew TiernanDC RosperCraig FairbrassCraig FairbrassDI Frank BurkinTom WilkinsonTom WilkinsonPeter RawlinsMark SpaldingMark SpaldingDC OakhillPhilip WrightPhilip WrightDC LillieJack EllisJack EllisDI Tony MuddymanMossie SmithMossie SmithWPC Maureen Havers

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What is Prime Suspect 1 about?

Jane Tennison is a detective chief inspector assigned to Southampton Row Police Station in Central London. She is repeatedly passed over for major cases but, following the death of a senior investigating officer, she is grudgingly given the opportunity to take over his latest homicide investigation. The crime involves the brutal murder of a young woman whose body has been badly mutilated.

How long is Prime Suspect 1?

Prime Suspect 1 has a runtime of 207 minutes.