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One of Connery's Top 5 acting performances!! Criminally underrated at the time, because the studio was hardly even promoting it, only pushing their latest Bond production! Thank God, Connery was one of the few actors who are determined enough to escape their claws, go their own way and push beyond typecasting until he eventually got his overdue recognition as a truly gifted, versatile actor.

One of my alltime faves. Incredible performances by Sean Connery,Ian Bannen, Vivien Merchant and Trevor Howard.

Philippines is not yet ready at that time for 'beatles'. Sorry

Ian Bannen was the foil for Connery in this scene. The production where Bannen shone was Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Specifically the scene where Jim Prideaux is ambushed and hunted down by Spetznatz, & the scene where Prideaux executes Bill Haydon.

Brilliant film, I've heard people speculate their theories on the answers to the many loose ends left by this film. One of them being that Johnson assaulted the girl and has repressed the recollection of it and now vents his self hate onto Baxter. I dispute this theory for two practical reasons at least 1) the man the girl wanders off with is wearing different clothes to Johnson and 2) that scene cuts to Johnson in the pub with a colleague wearing the same clothes he's worn from the start and suggesting he's been there for a while which would mean his whereabouts were accounted for. Does Johnson possess the impulse to offend in that manner? Yes, the conclusion of the film tells us this; also his unhappy marriage and the fact he has no children. Couple this with his sexual frustration and aggressive behaviour and morbid obsession toward death and violence he comes across as someone repressing himself but drawn to his desires through his chosen profession. The tete a tete between him and Baxter is what films are all about, the talent of actors as artists, with the aid of a few props. Be it two chairs, a table and a great script to bring a story to life and enthrall the viewer. Imagine this in today's conveyor belt of CGI, identity politics, PC, trans agenda garbage. The libtard populous of today wouldn't be able to comprehend the fact that every angle of the story isn't answered definitively and resolved in a way that helps us say to ourselves "it's ok, those type of people always get caught and dealt with". Did Baxter do it? Johnson pulls him in for decent enough circumstantial evidence e.g he's covered in mud and what appears to be blood, the girl was found by a river bank and trees. He can't account for his whereabouts at the time and is evasive of Johnson's often perfectly relevant questions "you've got a family haven't you, won't they be worried where you are?" He's not very sympathetic to what's happened to the victim, in fact he's quite dismissive. There seems to be two main things he responds to in this film, the most obvious one being the threat of violence from Johnson; but also the vulnerability displayed by Johnson. He taunts and provokes and belittles him. This is what leads to Johnson killing him, the doctor/patient role is reversed and Johnson has to reestablish dominance; but also I think he feels betrayed, because he confides in Baxter unwittingly, feeling that he'll be understood whereas Baxter merely scorns him for being the messed up person he is. To conclude, I personally think Baxter done it, his wife knows something's not right about him at least but doesn't ask. He sees the vulnerability in Johnson and exploits it, feeling he can outsmart him and talk his way out of it. Both force an unwilling accountability for the same crime.

Ian Bannen 🎉Excellent Actor🎉 GRH👍Both From Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

bet folk didnt leave the cinema smiling after it

What a deep movie

Ian Bannen….great actor.

Ian Bannen….great actor.

So Sgt Johnson was the nonce all along, not his finest role for Mr Connery.

Don't make them like this anymore.

No movie captured rage like this did, an unknown masterpiece.

The best acting performance of his career. RIP Sir Sean.

Justified ? Probably .

The Hill and The Offence were both directed by Sidney Lumet and they feature the greatest performances of Sean Connery's career.

There are things you do not want to say to an angry Sean

That's a real kick !