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Insomnia

Psychological thriller starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams. A veteran LA detective investigates a murder in a small Alaskan town during the perpetual daylight of summer.

Psychological thriller. Detective Will Dormer, a veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, temporarily escapes an internal affairs investigation that may ruin his career by travelling to Nightmute, Alaska, to investigate the murder of a 17-year-old girl.

Evidence mounts up against a reclusive novelist, but the perpetual daylight of the summer months within the Arctic Circle wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on the detective's body clock and threatens his judgement.

1 hour, 50 minutes

Last on

Sat 20 May 201723:40
BBC One

Music Played

  • David Julyan

    Opening Titles / Blood Drips

  • David Julyan

    The Glacier

  • David Julyan

    Kay's Funeral

  • David Julyan

    Kay's Bag

  • David Julyan

    Fog

  • David Julyan

    Call To Hap's Widow

  • David Julyan

    Will Hides The Gun

  • David Julyan

    Crimescene

  • David Julyan

    The Dead Dog

  • David Julyan

    Walter's Phone Call

  • David Julyan

    Walter's Apartment

  • David Julyan

    Will Confronts Walter

  • David Julyan

    Will's Confession

  • David Julyan

    Walter's Lake House

  • David Julyan

    Let Me Sleep

  • David Julyan

    Let Me Sleep

  • David Julyan

    Closing Titles

Credits

Will DormerAl Pacino
Walter FinchRobin Williams
Hap EckhartMartin Donovan
Ellie BurrHilary Swank
Chief NybackPaul Dooley
Fred DuggarNicky Katt
FarrellLarry Holden
FrancisJay Brazeau
RichLorne Cardinal
Officer 1James Hutson
Officer 2Andrew Campbell
CoronerPaula Shaw
DirectorChristopher Nolan
ProducerBroderick Johnson
ProducerPaul Junger Witt
Executive ProducerGeorge Clooney
Executive ProducerSteven Soderbergh
WriterNikolaj Frobenius
WriterErik Skjoldbjaerg
WriterHillary Seitz

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  • Sat 21 Jul 200722:45
    BBC One
  • Wed 10 Jun 200922:45
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  • Sat 31 Jul 201022:40
    BBC One
  • Wed 3 Apr 201323:05
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  • Wed 3 Apr 201323:35
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  • Tue 7 Jan 201423:15
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  • Wed 8 Jan 201400:15
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  • Sat 23 Aug 201423:00
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  • Wed 22 Apr 201523:10
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  • Wed 22 Apr 201523:15
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  • Wed 22 Apr 201523:45
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  • Sun 4 Sep 201623:10
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  • Mon 5 Sep 201600:10
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  • Sat 20 May 201723:40
    BBC One

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