LONGFORD

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: This HBO Films drama tells the true story of the British Lord Frank Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, and his controversial, colorful, headline-making friendship with one of Britain's most notorious criminals, child murderess Myra Hindley. A devout Catholic, Longford often visited prisoners because of his passionate belief in forgiveness and society's need for prisoner rehabilitation. He meets with Hindley - a young woman serving a life sentence for child murders committed with her lover, Ian Brady - shortly after her imprisonment and the visits incite widespread public outrage. Their unlikely friendship ultimately undermined his career and, possibly, her 36-year attempt to win freedom.
• Cast: Lee Boardman, Tam Dean Burn, Lindsay Duncan, Kate Miles, Sarah Crowden, Robert Pugh, Caroline Clegg, Samantha Morton, Alex Blake, Roy Barber, Ian Connaughton, Charlotte West-Oram, Roy Carruthers, Andy Serkis, Karen Bayley, Karen Spragg, Kika Markham, John-Paul Hurley, Richard Sinnott, David MacCreedy, Daniel Shaw, Ross Tomlinson, Gordon Langford Rowe, Ron Meadows, Tina Malone, Anton Rodgers, Martina McClements, C.P. Hallam, Pamela Cheshire, David Frost, Quintin Hogg, Cliff Michelmore, John Mortimer, Michael Nicholson, Stephen Samson, Liam Thomas, Tom Hooper
• Director: Tom Hooper
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: HBO, HBO Films, HBO Video
• Media Format: Movie