Rat in the Skull (1987)

January. 01,1987

5.5

| Drama TV Movie

In a cell in a London police station, a suspected I.R.A. bomber, Roche, has been detained for questioning. To help them in the interrogation, the London coppers have summoned Nelson, a detective from Northern Ireland's predominantly Protestant police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

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Cast

Brian Cox as Detective Inspector Nelson

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Philip Jackson as Detective Superintendent Derek Harris

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Gary Oldman as Police Constable Eric Naylor

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Reviews

TrueJoshNight

1987/01/01

Truly Dreadful Film

TaryBiggBall

1987/01/02

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Gutsycurene

1987/01/03

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Ella-May O'Brien

1987/01/04

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.