Between the Anvil and the Hammer

Between the Anvil and the Hammer

We have to recruit from the human race, and until we can find a better method of recruitment, we're going to have problems.

1973 · 27 min · Documentary, Crime

A 1973 documentary film from the Central Office of Information about the Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary.

Directed by Richard Marquand

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