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- Region Code: 2
- Running Time: 150 minutes approx.
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Tom Bell stars as bank robber Frank Ross in this BAFTA award-winning six-part thriller from Thames Television. Eight years in prison has left his marriage and home in ruins. Now he is "out" Frank is obsessed with revenge and will find out who betrayed him. Never could he have guessed where the trail of hate and corruption would end …
Episodes:
- 1. It Must Be the Suit
- 2. Not Just Pennies
- 3. Maybe He’ll Bring Back a Geisha
- 4. A Little Heart to Heart With Miss Bangor
- 5. The Moment He Opened His Envelope
- 6. I Wouldn’t Take Your Hand if I Was Drowning
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Frank Ross has just got out of nick after doing an eight stretch: although he was caught bang to rights pulling a bullion job, he is set on finding out the filthy grass what shopped him. Over six episodes Ross tracks down his former members of his old firm, while causing plenty of aggravation to the two slags now running his South London manor, and the bent filth who put him away. He also has to deal with a wife and son sent dysfunctional by his prolonged absence at Her Majesty's pleasure...
Possibly Trevor Preston's - and Euston Films' - finest hour outside of 'The Sweeney', the screenplay and acting are taught and assured, and every performance crackles with cred. Watching this for the first time in 30 years, I found I could recall stretches of dialogue as though I'd heard them only last week. My only reservations are 1) having spent the first 29 years living in and around Frank Ross's locale, I'd say much of the slang is more East- than South London; b) the casting of John Junkin as Ross's buddy/heavy - he just doesn't look tasty enough to put down geezers half his age; c) the final episode is a bit compressed, as Preston pulls all the plotlines together, and the action hurtles toward a slightly uneven denoument.
As with a lot of telly of that era, characters carelessly booze and smoke their way through scenes. The 1978 16mm print could have done with a bit of superficial restoration, but generally it holds up well. Superb theme and incidental music by George Fenton at a fairly early stage in his esteemed career.
So if you like brown lambskin car coats, green Ford Granadas, wide-lapelled suits with flaired trouser legs, talk of slags, aggravation, faces round the manor, then forget 'Life On Mars' et al - this is the real deal.
Possibly Trevor Preston's - and Euston Films' - finest hour outside of 'The Sweeney', the screenplay and acting are taught and assured, and every performance crackles with cred. Watching this for the first time in 30 years, I found I could recall stretches of dialogue as though I'd heard them only last week. My only reservations are 1) having spent the first 29 years living in and around Frank Ross's locale, I'd say much of the slang is more East- than South London; b) the casting of John Junkin as Ross's buddy/heavy - he just doesn't look tasty enough to put down geezers half his age; c) the final episode is a bit compressed, as Preston pulls all the plotlines together, and the action hurtles toward a slightly uneven denoument.
As with a lot of telly of that era, characters carelessly booze and smoke their way through scenes. The 1978 16mm print could have done with a bit of superficial restoration, but generally it holds up well. Superb theme and incidental music by George Fenton at a fairly early stage in his esteemed career.
So if you like brown lambskin car coats, green Ford Granadas, wide-lapelled suits with flaired trouser legs, talk of slags, aggravation, faces round the manor, then forget 'Life On Mars' et al - this is the real deal.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I remember 'Out' when it was first broadcast; it was fabulous then and it's still fabulous now. The acting is uniformly superb and the dialogue is wonderful. There are so many great one-liners and they spat and spewed out with great conviction by the cast. Above all though, this serial has one of the greatest ever TV characters in Frank Ross (as played by the late and greatly lamented Tom Bell). Frank is seething with his desire for revenge on those who put him away for 'seven years of life' and Tom Bell invests him with a pent-up, twitching, barely suppressed rage that is amazing to see. For goodness sake do yourself a favour and buy this DVD!
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Great piece of 1970's TV. Stands up well against today's drama if you accept that people really did dress like that in 1978! Tom Bell is superb, and the supporting cast is full of faces that you recognise but can't quite put a name to! Look out for a VERY young Linda Robson (Birds of a Feather). Five hours of bliss!!
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Out-standing
Yes, this series could be seen as dated and yes we've become acclimatized to a faster visual pace in story telling. Read more
Published 6 months ago by P. Watkins
Great series
I remembered this series first time round and could not wait to watch it again. I wasn't disappointed and Tom Bell is superb as the criminal just out of jail who is determined to... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. D. J. Linnell
`OUT`, CLASSIC SERIES
I saw this for sale at £7.99 and I immediately remembered it from when it was originally aired. A very good series with Tom Bell in electrifying form as `Frank Ross`, a London... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sean
out with tom bell
a one. old cars remeber them and the actors .look at bill to see a copper in the show bells son 5star all round enjoy brings back old memories
Published 21 months ago by ken pritchard
Tom Bell
Tom Bell is powerful in this piece. The camera loves him.
My partner loved it for the period feel of the clothes etc.
I was disappointed with the weak ending
My partner loved it for the period feel of the clothes etc.
I was disappointed with the weak ending
Published on 30 April 2010 by Mr. William Healey
Good solid drama
I like to pick these old TV dramas up if they are less than a tenner. Good value and well acted.
Published on 26 April 2010 by G. SMITH
Out - The Complete Series - starring Tom Bell - Special Edition [1978]...
I loved this series the first time around, way back in '78. I was pleased to see it's long awaited release on DVD. Read more
Published on 20 April 2009 by Steve
Shows how British TV crime drama should be done
Frank Ross wants to know who and why he was grassed up; a simple and well worn premise which obscures the depth and quality of Euston Films' first post Sweeney crime drama. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2008 by I. Young
When I want **** from you, I'll squeeze your head
Previously available on budget dvd & like Preston's follow up series "Fox", Network have released this memorable serial (not a series) with 2 commentaries by Preston, director Jim... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2007 by George W. Iscariot
Where oh where has this been hiding?
Shame on you Euson Films for having this complete treat and keeping it to yourselves! This is a work of art! BAFTA winner in 197? and worth every penny. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2007 by Mr. C. J. Iredale
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