Trust (1999 film)

{{Short description|British television crime drama}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

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| genre = Crime drama

| creator =

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| writer = Richard McBrien

| director = David Drury

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| presenter =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Mark Strong
• Caroline Goodall
• Nathaniel Parker
• John McGlynn
• Caroline Strong
• Roger Griffiths
• Joseph Kpobie
• John Grillo
• Aneirin Hughes

}}

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| composer = Robert Lockhart

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 2

| executive_producer = Jill Green

| producer = Julia Stannard

| editor = Ian Farr

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| cinematography = Peter Middleton

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| runtime = 90 minutes

| company = {{Plainlist|

• Greenlit Productions
• Red Rooster Film & Television Entertainment

}}

| channel = ITV

| first_aired = {{Start date|1999|05|04|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1999|05|05|df=y}}

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Trust is a British television crime drama, written by Richard McBrien and directed by David Drury, that was first broadcast on ITV on 4 May 1999.{{cite web |url=https://www.nathanielparker.com/cms/index.php/all-projects-mainmenu-134/movies/167-trust|title=Trust|work=Nathaniel Parker Official Homepage|accessdate=24 January 2019}} Originally broadcast in two parts,{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82abbb5f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124203816/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82abbb5f|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2019|title=Trust Part 1 (1999) - BFI|work=BFI|accessdate=24 January 2019}} and also re-cut into three episodes for international broadcast,{{cite web |url=https://www.all3mediainternational.com/Brand/95/trust|title=Trust - Greenlit Productions Limited|work=All 3 Media|accessdate=24 January 2019}} Trust stars Mark Strong as psychiatrist Michael Mitcham, who is accused of the murder of one of former patients, with whom he fathered a child. Meanwhile, his wife, Anne (Caroline Goodall), a successful solicitor, begins an affair with Michael's best friend, Andrew (Nathaniel Parker), who brings Michael's credibility into question during the trial for the crimes he is accused of.

The film was broadcast on BBC America on 1 January 2007 as the first in a series of five British thrillers previously unbroadcast in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/REVIEW-Brainy-thrillers-courtesy-of-the-BBC-2660208.php|title=REVIEW / Brainy thrillers, courtesy of the BBC, of course|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=1 January 2007|accessdate=24 January 2019}} The film was also released on DVD in Germany in 2004, but this remains the only home video release to date. Notably, the DVD features audio dubbing in German, rather than subtitles.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caroline-Goodall-Strong-Armstrong-Burgess/dp/B000VH3GBC/|title=Trust [DVD]: Caroline Goodall, Mark Strong|work=Amazon|accessdate=24 January 2019}}