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Shoot to Kill
Film / 1990

Shoot to Kill

Directed by Peter Kosminsky

Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), allegedly without warning (the so-called shoot-to-kill policy); the organised fabrication of false accounts of the events; and the difficulties created for the inquiry team in their investigation.

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Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), allegedly without warning (the so-called shoot-to-kill policy); the organised fabrication of false accounts of the events; and the difficulties created for the inquiry team in their investigation.

Cast

Jack ShepherdDCC John Stalker David CalderDCS John Thorburn Patrick DruryDetective Inspector Daragh O'MalleyConstable 'Y' George ShaneDCI Samuel George Flanagan Richard HawleyConstable John Robinson T. P. McKennaChief Constable Sir John Harmon Philip BrethertonDI Gaffrey Barry BirchMichael Tighe Vass AndersonMagistrate Emer McCourtE4A Officer Jane CunliffeDS Eileen Scarrett
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Niall CusackPat Finucane Fraser DownieDCI Jim Smellie Christopher DunneE4A Officer Peter CellierMI5 Senior Officer Colin CarnegieExpert Paul BrennanSoldier Denys HawthorneProfessor James GreeneDPP Gerard HoranE4A Information Handler Mark JordonDS Keith Farrington B.J. HoggE4A Officer Des McAleerCID Supt. Jimmy Richards Mark MoraghanSB Constable Michael O'HaganSpecial Branch Superintendent Tip TippingJervais McKerr Nick StringerKavin Taylor Kevin StoneyJudge Kelly Michael SimkinsDI Brian Jackson David J. NichollsTraining Assistant Steve MoneySpecial Branch Officer Ian McElhinneyACC Trevor Forbes James DugganChief Information Officer George MooneyACC Peter VollebregtHarmon's Secretary Hugo ConlonSergeant Gary WhelanConstable David Brannigan Ray AshcroftConstable Frederick Robinsin Aaron HarrisSergeant 'X' Dick HollandConstable 'Z' Terry GilliganSSU Officer Steve HalliwellSgt Quinn Derek YoungConstable McCoy Des NealonRUC Sgt. Breffni McKennaMartin McCauley Barbara MartenSheila Stalker Richard ButlerChief Constable Colin Sampson John KeyesMr Lavery

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