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The Parole Officer is a 2001 film, directed by John Duigan and starring Steve Coogan. The main character, Simon Garden, played by Coogan is a well-meaning but ineffectual probation officer. At the beginning of the film, he is facing a tribunal after his entire department submit complaints against him, Garden having only had three successes in his career. He is therefore transferred to Manchester. In Manchester, when looking into the case of a "client", Kirsty, a juvenile delinquent who had had Class A drugs planted on her, Simon witnesses the murder of an accountant by corrupt police officer Detective Inspector Burton. He is discovered, chased from the building by two bouncers and after being cornered, ends up falling into a canal. However, he has inadvertently left his wallet containing identification at the crime scene and is duly framed for the accountant's murder by D.I.Burton. Simon goes to the police with the story, but ends up being interviewed by Burton, who is leading the... full article at wikipedia
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  • Aug 10, 2001
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  • 93.0min
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  • 60022962
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Last edited by mw_wikipedia_imdb Feb 23, 2008
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