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All Coppers Are...
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Wikipedia article
'All Coppers Are...' (also released as 'All Cops Are...') is a 1972 British drama film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Martin Potter, Julia Foster and Nicky Henson.
The film was shot largely on location in Battersea, around Nine Elms and Clapham Junction, Southwest London, and at Pinewood Studios.All coppers are Dixons
Hutchinson, Tom. The Guardian 12 June 1971: 8.
Premise
A young London policeman and a small-time crook find themselves rivals in love.
Joe, the policeman, is married with a young child, but when he meets Barry's live-in partner Sue, there is an instant mutual attraction.
Joe forms part of a police line protecting an embassy from protesters and things get violent.
Mounted police arrive and push the crowd back.
Barry and a gang rob a warehouse and he is driving off with a lorry of stolen goods when Joe stops him Barry shoots Joe with a shotgun and runs off.
Production
The film's name is in reference to the slogan "all cops are bastards".
Cast
*Martin Potter as Joe
*Julia Foster as Sue
*Nicky Henson as Barry
*Wendy Allnutt as Peg
*Ian Hendry as Sonny Wade
*Sandra Dorne as Sue's mother
*Glynn Edwards as Jock
*Queenie Watts as Mrs. Malloy
*Carmel McSharry as Mrs. Briggs
*David Baxter as Fancy Boy
*Eddie Byrne as Malloy
*Norman Jones as Sgt. Wallis
*David Essex as Ronnie Briggs
*Robin Askwith as Simmy
*Tony Wright as Police Inspector
*Ellis Dale as Doctor
*Marianne Stone as Woman in Pub
References
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