Knockback: 1 [919471] Released: 1985-01-27 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 90 mins Popularity: 1.0403 Vote Average: 7.5 Vote Count: 1 Overview: In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross. Cast [57] Pauline CollinsSylvia Derrick O'ConnorAlan Yee San FooAlan's Wife Peggy AitchisonAlan's Mother Dominic TangAlan's Son Geoffrey EdwardsJudge David WebbDefence Counsel Eric MasonWandsworth Prison Of Roy PattisonWandsworth Prison Of Howard Lew LewisWandsworth Prison Of Terry GurryWandsworth Prison Of Ray JeffriesWandsworth Prison Of Martin OldfieldWandsworth Prison Of Laurence HarringtonClarke Hugh EvansLawyer T.R. BowenSylvia's Lover Kathleen MichaelSylvia's Mother Natasha KingRuthie Ryan FreedmanAdam Peter JohnPhil Strode Sally LaheeMary Wood Graham LinesJonathan Lee Diana RayworthJenny John FowlerGeorge Burns Martin HellerSSB Officer John Michael McCarthySSB Officer Bill RourkeSSB Officer David VossSSB Officer Stanley McGeaghSSB Officer Paddy JoyceDobbs Hilary SestaDobbs's Wife Leslie GranthamPeter Steven WhinneryPrisoner Brian CoburnPrisoner David ShawyerPrisoner Roger HeathcottSenior MO Michael WorsleyMO Sid ThomasArthur Bill ArmourIan McKinley Iain McCollGartree Prisoner Roy BoutcherParkhurst Governor Phil RowlandsOfficer Derek WareOfficer Martin PhillipsPrisoner Maurice BushPrisoner Tony RohrPrisoner John RoweGartree Governor Richard AveryOfficer David LandbergOfficer Mike SavageOfficer Kevin WhiteOfficer Arnold PetersOfficer Kay GallieRadio Interviewer Michelle MulvanyRuthie Timothy JesselAdam Victoria WilliamsWoman in Minibus Clare RuaneWoman in Minibus Trailers