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Autism Major 
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Innocent, The (1994) (TV Film) |
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NOTES |
During a
store robbery involving at least a couple of murders |
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one of the
robbers takes off his mask and this is witnessed by a young boy.
The robber conveniently has a facial scar. |
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The boy was
with his case worker (Polly Draper) because he |
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has autism.
The main cop walks around like Rambo but the |
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case worker
gives no hope the boy will be able to describe the robber's
face. The kid has a habit of quoting Emerson, Frost and
Wordsworth. |
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The cop goes
to a school for disabled children where he (and |
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us) gets a
lecture on autism. The kid's picture gets in the |
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local paper
and of course this sets the robbers hunting for the |
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only
witness. The cop drives off with the kid (no seatbelt, kid
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hanging out
of window) to a beautiful rural retreat. Where the |
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cop bonds
with the kid. This leaves only for the cop to bond |
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with the
social worker which has been on the cards since |
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their first
meeting. She turns up at the rural idyll, the only |
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catch being
the killers are on their tail. |
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However
after the fashion of so many Kojak episodes on TV |
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the killers
are found not after 60 minutes of detective work |
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a.k.a
lollipop sucking but by the further actions of the killers.
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Here the
attempts of the killers to silence the witness exposes them to
everyone else. Both are shot by the police and 'happily'
there's no need for a trial. |
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At the end
of the film as the tall corn waves wildly in the wind |
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the cop
wants to adopt the kid. |
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Look out
during the title for the appearance of "aperance". |
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Notes
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