Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play After 20 years what Detective-Sergeant Johnson has seen & done is destroying him In their third screen collaboration the iconic Sean Connery & director Sidney Lumet (Serpico Dog Day Afternoon) plumb the depths of what is perhaps their most psychologically complex creation a member of the British Police Force who has perhaps witnessed one horror too many Two decades into a career marked by fraught investigations into murders & sex crimes Detective-Sergeant Johnson (Connery) loses all composure whilst conducting an interrogation with a suspected rapist assaulting him & subsequently beating him to death The lead-up to this moment is charted across the course of the film in a careful flashback structure & the lines between guilt & innocence protector & sadist become ineradicably blurred Released only one year before the director&s Serpico & almost a decade before Prince of the City The Offence offers an early Lumetian investigation into the psyche of a policeman under duress & the potential for corruption within a high-stakes profession The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Offence for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK in a special Dual Format edition SPECIAL DUAL FORMAT (BLU-RAY DVD) EDITION featuring New 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray Optional English SDH for the deaf & hard-of-hearing Optional isolated music & effects track Video interview with stage director Christopher Morahan Video interview with assistant art director Chris Burke Video interview with costume designer Evangeline Harrison Video interview with composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle Original theatrical trailer 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay on the film by critic Mike Sutton a vintage interview about the film with Sidney Lumet & rare archival imagery