Absolute Conviction

Absolute Conviction is the name of an Inspector Morse mystery dramatized on ITV in the United Kingdom. It was first broadcast in 1992. Lawrence Cryer, convicted of real estate fraud, is found dead in a cell at the minimum security prison, Farnleigh. Morse, his Sergeant Lewis and D.S. Cheetham, played by Steven Mackintosh, question various inmates, including Cryer's former partners, Bailey and Thornton, who are also incarcerated at Farnleigh and v... more

Absolute Conviction is the name of an Inspector Morse mystery dramatized on ITV in the United Kingdom. It was first broadcast in 1992. Lawrence Cryer, convicted of real estate fraud, is found dead in a cell at the minimum security prison, Farnleigh. Morse, his Sergeant Lewis and D.S. Cheetham, played by Steven Mackintosh, question various inmates, including Cryer's former partners, Bailey and Thornton, who are also incarcerated at Farnleigh and various victims of the fraud. The Farnleigh governor, Hillary Stevens, played by Diana Quick, is also questioned. An inmate, Charlie Bennett, (played by Jim Broadbent), incarcerated for murdering his wife, is discovered to be the perpetrator. less