In The Offence, Sean Connery plays Johnson, a normally unflappable
British police inspector who is emotionally shaken by a case of child
molestation. For reasons he cannot explain, he is driven to kill the
suspect while interrogating him and is suspended from the force. The
incident leads to a nervous breakdown -- and the implication that
Johnson had beaten the molester to death to purge himself of his own
hidden pederastic tendencies. Based on John Hopkins' stage play This
Story of Yours, The
Offence made little
headway at the box office, but United Artists was compelled to release
the film to assure Connery's participation in UA's next James Bond
movie.
