All Coppers Are... [Blu-ray]

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German punk band Slime released the song A.C.A.B. on their influential 1979 album Slime I; it, along with the band's other anti-police songs "are still anthems of the leftist movement" to this day. [28]

It has an interesting cast, and lots of good period location filming around Battersea - but in some ways this is the most interesting part of the film. It starts off brightly enough as we get to know the characters, and the story involving a young copper and a petty criminal both vying for the charms of the same girl (played by Julia Foster) sounds promising. The problem seems to lie with the enforced 'grittiness' - it never really feels authentic, and is more like a parody of working class London at that time. It comes across as a little stilted, and doesn't have the same beating heart at its centre as similar 'kitchen sink' films from previous years (such as 'Alfie'). The story ultimately doesn't seem to reach a satisfying conclusion, send out any particular moral message, or leave any lasting impression.

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American band The Casualties in their song "1312", the lead single from their 2018 album Written in Blood. [33] Airport (1970) For a generation that grew up on Airplane! (1980), the definitive disaster spoof, it may be impossible to take the overblown… During the 1980s, ACAB became a symbol of anti-Establishment, especially within the punk and skinhead subcultures. [2] [3] [6] It was popularized in particular by the 1982 song "A.C.A.B." by Oi! band The 4-Skins. [2] [3] In later years, ACAB turned into a popular slogan among European football hooligans and ultras, [7] [2] and among anarchist and anti-authoritarian movements across the world. [3] In certain contexts, the Anti-Defamation League categorizes the phrase as a hate symbol and describes it as "a slogan of long standing in the skinhead culture", while noting the phrase is used both by racist and anti-racist skinheads. [6] [8] a b c d e f Aitken-Smith, Trent; Tyson, Ashley (2016). The Tattoo Dictionary. Octopus. p.13. ISBN 978-1-78472-254-8. Four Dimensions of Greta (1972) Britain's very first 3-D feature film finds young German journalist Hans Weimar (Tristan Rogers) searching for his missing female compatriot,…

All Coppers Are isn't exactly a classic - but it's definitely a product of its time. Produced by 'Carry on' Peter Rogers (with a music score from Gerald Thomas), it's another attempt by them to branch out into something grittier and more realistic - hot on the heels of the movies 'Assault'&'Revenge' over the previous couple of years.The majority of coppers are still working class lads," said Prior. "In this film we try to show that they are not of the class to have affairs but they might have a bit on the side." [7]

The pithy phrase "all coppers are bastards" is a systemic critique of the role of the police. The French equivalent of "all coppers are bastards" is "Tout le monde déteste la police", which translates to "Everybody hates the police". Writing about "ACAB" in the Independent, Victoria Gagliardo-Silver explains that it expresses the idea that "The issue isn't 'a few bad apples'; it's a tree that is rotting from the inside out, spreading its poison." Pollard, John (2016). "Skinhead culture: the ideologies, mythologies, religions and conspiracy theories of racist skinheads". Patterns of Prejudice. 50 (4–5): 398–419. doi: 10.1080/0031322X.2016.1243349. ISSN 0031-322X. S2CID 151502563. What I mean when I say I want to abolish the police". The Independent. 1 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020 . Retrieved 17 December 2021. You might’ve noticed four cryptic letters spray-painted in your local streets amid the uprisings against police violence: A.C.A.B. The acronym, short for “All Cops are Bastards,” is part of a global movement against the policing system. Here’s what you need to know about it.

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Produced by Carry On stalwart Peter Rogers for Pinewood Studios (with a musical score from Gerald Thomas), the film features lots of location shooting around Battersea in South London, highlighting how much the area has changed since the early 1970s. All Coppers Are... comes across as a slice of life kitchen sink drama of the 1960s. Only it was made in the early 1970s after the worldwide student protest movement of the late 60s. It’s a pity that All Coppers Are…didn’t really analyse the non-bastard nature of a policeman placed in the fraught role of being a member of the community yet an official outsider: his pressing need for acceptance, by his community, that he’s really an ordinary guy.