The films of Christopher Nolan are more than just visual spectacles. The Oscar-winning director behind The Dark Knight Trilogy , Memento , and Oppenheimer often casts the most talented actors in the world to play complex, challenging characters. Though he never had the opportunity of working with the legendary Sean Connery , Nolan’s appreciation for the star can be narrowed down to arguably the darkest performance of his career: A PTSD-ridden Scotland Yard cop in The Offence .

The 1973 crime drama based on the 1968 John Hopkins play This Story of Yours was directed by frequent Connery collaborator Sidney Lumet ( The Anderson Tapes , Murder on the Orient Express ). It was greenlit by United Artists as part of the star’s lucrative contract

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