An Inspector Calls

In 1912 England, the affluent Birling family is celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft when a police inspector named Goole arrives at their home. He tells them that a young woman has died by suicide and that he intends to question everyone present. As the evening unfolds, it becomes clear that each member of the household had some connection to the dead woman, and the comfortable assumptions of the family give way to a reckoning with their own conduct.

This television adaptation of J.B. Priestley's play was directed by Aisling Walsh, who made it between Sinners and Maudie. Helen Edmundson wrote the screenplay, and Howard Ella produced it for the BBC and Drama Republic. David Thewlis plays Inspector Goole, with Ken Stott as Arthur Birling, Miranda Richardson as Sybil Birling, Chloe Pirrie as Sheila, Finn Cole as Eric and Sophie Rundle as Eva Smith.

The film runs eighty-eight minutes. On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.6 from around seventeen thousand votes, while on TMDB it sits at 7.4 from roughly two hundred and seventy votes, indicating a solid reception from a relatively modest audience.