The Custodian (1993)

Directed by

John Dingwall

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

M

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates a group of corrupt cops that includes his own partner. He navigates a system full of betrayal and danger as he tries to expose the truth.

tensegrimsuspensefulcorruptgrittymethodicalparanoid

What happens

The Custodian is a 1993 Australian mystery thriller film written and directed by John Dingwall in his last directorial effort. The film stars Anthony LaPaglia, Hugo Weaving, Barry Otto, and Dingwall's real life son Kelly Dingwall in his last feature film before he retired from acting in 1997. LaPaglia plays Det. Sgt. James Quinlan, a police officer who attempts to bring to justice a cabal of corrupt cops, which includes his partner, Det. Frank Church, played by Weaving. John Dingwall claims that he wrote around 16 drafts of the script. It received three Australian Film Institute nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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