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Cast
Hywel Bennett
as ACC Desmond Iles
Aneirin Hughes
as Det. Supt. Colin Harpur
Jim Carter
as Tenderness Mellick
Dafydd Hywel
as Det. Supt. Hubert Scott
Patrick Robinson
as DCI Francis Garland
Di Botcher
as Jane Mellick
Brian Hibbard
as Ancient Dave
Ian Puleston-Davies
as Rick the Intelligent
Peter-Hugo Daly
as Milton Bain
Louise Breckon-Richards
as WDC Wendy James
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1997
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
Genres—
Votes2
DirectorJim Hill
WritersDom Shaw
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsHarpur and Iles: Protection
About Harpur and Iles: Protection
Underworld boss Bernie 'Tenderness' Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright in a firebombing. For Wright's men have now kidnapped his eleven-year-old son Graham. Senior Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles must rescue the boy from the kidnappers before Tenderness takes his revenge in this adaptation of Bill James' novel Protection.
Directed by Jim Hill, Harpur and Iles: Protection leans on a strong ensemble — Hywel Bennett, Aneirin Hughes, Jim Carter — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1997.
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