Prime Suspect (1991)★ 8.3/10
- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
- Thriller
Directed by: Christopher Menaul
Written by: Lynda La Plante
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
- Original title
- Prime Suspect
- Storyline
- Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) has been passed over time and again to lead a murder investigation, so when one of her fellow DCIs has a heart attack just before he's ready to charge their prime suspect, Jane sees her chance to lead a murder investigation. But the murder squad she takes over is hostile to her, the men upstairs are eager to pull the plug on her investigation, her personal relationships suffer from her obsession with work, and the prime suspect remains elusive. Jane has her work cut out for her as she and her team work their way through computer data trails, legwork, intuitive leaps, chases, arrests, and confessions to find the killer.
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 10,961
- Companies
- Granada Television, Granada International, ITV - Independent Television, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Castle Vision, 2 Entertain, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Memphis Belle, ITV DVD, Elephant Films, Happinet Pictures, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), NHK Sôgô, Reel Corporation, Reel DVD, Video Treasures, WGBH
- Release dates
- GB April 7, 1991
- IT June 1, 1991
- US January 23, 1992
- CA June 1, 1992
- DE July 4, 1992
- JP August 13, 1992
- BE November 9, 1992
- FI January 1, 1993
- NL June 6, 1993
- ES June 12, 1993
- EE December 8, 1995
- FR July 4, 1997
- RU January 1, 2008
- AU August 14, 2013