A Very Open Prison
1995, English. Directed by Guy Jenkin.
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
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- 0h 55m
- Post-credits
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- English
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Cast & crew
- Guy JenkinDirector
- Tom WilkinsonDavid Hanratty
- Ronald PickupBrian Silcott
- Stephen TompkinsonJeremy Craig
- Emily MortimerAmanda Ellis
- Peter WingfieldDominic Casement
- Michael HordernLord Langland
- Geoffrey WhiteheadChief Constable Christie
- John FortunePrime Minister
- Celia ImrieVictoria Bridgewater
- Julian FellowesSir Mortimer Fawkes
- Michael Fenton StevensJohn Bentley
- William HoylandArthur Hare
Details
- Released
- 9 December 1995
- Written by
- Guy Jenkin
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A Very Open Prison isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 December 1995. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Very Open Prison?
A Very Open Prison (1995) was directed by Guy Jenkin and stars Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Tompkinson.