THE OFFENCE

TALKING PICTURES FILM

Sean Connery plays against type in a little-known British film noir, a classic study in evil from 1973, directed by Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon and Network). Filmed on a small budget of £385,000, the movie has Connery delivering a powerful performance as a tortured cop sickened by the things he has seen, to the point where he himself commits an act of brutal violence. From Saturday