Bellman and True is a 1987 film written and directed by Richard Loncraine

Richard Loncraine

Richard Loncraine is a British film and television director.Loncraine received early training in the features department of the BBC, including a season directing items for Tomorrow's World...

, starring Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill is a British actor of film, stage and television. In a career spanning thirty years, he is best known for playing Yosser Hughes, the troubled 'hard man' whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's groundbreaking 1980s TV drama, Boys from the Blackstuff...

, Derek Newark

Derek Newark

Derek Newark was an English actor.He appeared in a large number of film and television roles, including The Baron , The Avengers , Z Cars , Barlow at Large in the recurring role of Det. Insp...

, and Richard Hope

Richard Hope

Richard Paul Hope is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He played for Darlington, Northampton Town, York City, Chester City and Shrewsbury Town, Wrexham and Grimsby Town, making over 350 appearances in the Football League.-Blackburn Rovers:Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Hope began...

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Plot

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by a group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.

The 'film' Bellman and True was originally a 3 part TV series, with a runtime of 150 mins (approx) a cut down version of the series was released as a 112 minute feature film.