Harpur and Iles: Protection
1997, English. Directed by Jim Hill.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Jim HillDirector
- Hywel BennettACC Desmond Iles
- Aneirin HughesDet. Supt. Colin Harpur
- Jim CarterTenderness Mellick
- Dafydd HywelDet. Supt. Hubert Scott
- Patrick RobinsonDCI Francis Garland
- Di BotcherJane Mellick
- Brian HibbardAncient Dave
- Ian Puleston-DaviesRick the Intelligent
- Peter-Hugo DalyMilton Bain
- Louise Breckon-RichardsWDC Wendy James
- Liam JamesGraham Mellick
- Ken DruryACC Adrian Bundy
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1997
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Dom Shaw
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Harpur and Iles: Protection runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Harpur and Iles: Protection isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1997. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Harpur and Iles: Protection?
Harpur and Iles: Protection (1997) was directed by Jim Hill and stars Hywel Bennett, Aneirin Hughes, Jim Carter.