Shoot to Kill
Release Date:
Jun 03, 1990
Runtime:
4h 0m
Description
Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), allegedly without warning (the so-called shoot-to-kill policy); the organised fabrication of false accounts of the events; and the difficulties created for the inquiry team in their investigation.
Director:
Peter Kosminsky
Writer:
Michael Eaton
Stars:
Jack Shepherd, David Calder, Patrick Drury
Production:
Yorkshire Television, Zenith Entertainment
