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Frank Finlay
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Frank Finlay - what members say
review by from Crystal Palace, London
They don't make 'em like this anymore! 20 August 2004
review by GraftheGreatest from London, England
Not Polanski's best but still Oscars galore 21 June 2004
review by A customer from UK
Excellent, well worth watching. 4 October 2005
Frank Finlay - filmography
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The Waiting Room
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Anne-Marie Duff, Ralf Little, Rupert Graves
Director: Roger Goldby
Certificate: 
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Two complete strangers, Anna and Stephen, are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a station platform. Their fateful meeting acts as a catalyst for them to examine and challenge what's going on in their different relationships, and make hard but positive decisions ..read more »
 
63%
from 3,301 members
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Johnny And The Bomb
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Zoe Wanamaker, Felicity Montagu, Roy Brandon
Director: Dermot Boyd
Certificate: 
Adventure based on the book by Terry Pratchett. Johnny Maxwell (George MacKay) stumbles upon a time machine when he helps an old woman, but little does he know that his journeys back to 1941 cause a chain of events which alter history. Johnny and his friends must go back in time to reverse the ..read more »
75%
from 535 members
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Life Begins - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Alexander Armstrong, Frank Finlay, Anne Reid
Director: Mike Bullen
Certificate:
The complete first series of the popular drama series starring Caroline Quentin. Maggie Mee (Quentin) is a woman who thinks she has life sorted. But when her husband Phil (Alexander Armstrong) leaves her and their two children, Maggie is back to square one with no husband, no job and no money.
73%
from 474 members
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Lighthouse Hill
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Samatha Janus, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman
Director: David Fairman
Certificate: 
Romantic comedy about a successful young man who has everything but peace of mind, finding his heaven in the unlikeliest of places. Charlie Davidson (Jason Flemyng) is a thirty-something, single, rich, successful young London man who, on the surface of it, is fairly happy with his lot. However the ..read more »
48%
from 46 members
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Eroica
(2003)
Starring: Revolutionnaire Et Romantique Orch, Anton Lesser, Jack Davenport
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Certificate: 
By the time the first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ('Eroica') took place in Vienna in 1805, a privileged few had already heard the work at a private play-through at the Lobkowitz Palace in June 1804. This release brings to life the momentous day that prompted Haydn to remark '..read more »
64%
from 119 members
Not available for rental
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The Pianist - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Jessica Kate M, Emilia Fox, Frank Finlay
Director: Roman Polanski
Certificate:
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Award-winning drama telling the true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a ..read more »
82%
from 1,628 member
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The Pianist
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jessica Kate M, Emilia Fox, Frank Finlay
Director: Roman Polanski
Certificate:
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Award-winning drama telling the true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a cafe; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a ..read more »
77%
from 50,818 members
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Station Jim
(2001)
Starring: George Cole, Charlie Creed-Miles, Frank Finlay
Director: John Roberts
Certificate: 
It is the 1890s. Bob Gregson is a young lad who works as a porter at a rural railway station. He is keen to impress the stationmaster who is looking for a successor because he is about to retire. Having fallen in love with a teacher called Harriet Collins, Bob wants to raise money to save the local ..read more »
39%
from 10 members
Currently unavailable
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The Martins
(2001)
Starring: Lee Evans, Frank Finlay, Terri Dumont
Director: Tony Grounds
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Unemployed Robert lives with his long-suffering wife, pregnant daughter and accident-prone son. After failing to win a holiday in a competition, Robert embarks on a crime spree in an effort to please his family - but the results are not what he imagined.
62%
from 2,643 members
Currently unavailable
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The Sins
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Geraldine James, Caroline Hayes
Director: Sallie Aprahamian, Simon Curtis
Certificate:
Bank robber Len Green (Pete Postlethwaite) has just finished a four-and-a-half year stretch in prison and he's now determined to go straight. However, with a wife (Geraldine James) and four grown daughters to take care of, it's not going to be easy. Uncle Irwin (Frank Finlay) helps out by offering ..read more »
63%
from 66 members
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The Return of the Musketeers
(1989)
Starring: Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay
Director: Richard Lester
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It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbot, and Athos, a brawler raising ..read more »
66%
from 13 members
Currently unavailable
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Lifeforce
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
Director: Tobe Hooper
Certificate: 
A joint Anglo-American mission headed by Commander Tom Carlsen (Steve Railsback) explores an alien spacehip discovered inside Haley's Comet and finds a trio of naked slumbering humanoid aliens. When they wake up, the aliens make quick work of Carlsen's team, sucking the lifeforce from their ..read more »
58%
from 2,025 members
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The Key- Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Stefania Sandrelli, Franco Branciaroli, Barbara Cupisti
Director: Tinto Brass
Certificate:
In 1940, a couple celebrate the 20th anniversary of their wedding, but neither of them is fully satisfied with the sexual side of their relationship. Nino (Frank Finlay) and Teresa Rolfe (Stefania Sandrelli) both keep secret diaries in which they reveal their wildest fantasies - Nino wants his far ..read more »
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The Key
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Barbara Cupisti, Frank Finlay, Stefania Sandrelli
Director: Tinto Brass
Certificate:
In 1940, a couple celebrate the 20th anniversary of their wedding, but neither of them is fully satisfied with the sexual side of their relationship. Nino (Frank Finlay) and Teresa Rolfe (Stefania Sandrelli) both keep secret diaries in which they reveal their wildest fantasies - Nino wants his far ..read more »
42%
from 1,256 member
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Lifeforce - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
Director: Tobe Hooper
Certificate:
A joint Anglo-American mission headed by Commander Tom Carlsen (Steve Railsback) explores an alien spacehip discovered inside Haley's Comet and finds a trio of naked slumbering humanoid aliens. When they wake up, the aliens make quick work of Carlsen's team, sucking the lifeforce from their ..read more »
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A Christmas Carol
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Lucy Gutteridge, Joanne Whalley, Michael Carter
Director: Clive Donner
Certificate: 
George C. Scott plays the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in this version of the Dickens Christmas classic. Scrooge is a misanthrope unimpressed by the fuss everyone makes during the festive season. That is, until his sleep is disturbed one Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future,..read more »
69%
from 1,159 member
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A Christmas Carol - Blu-ray
(1984)
Starring: Lucy Gutteridge, Michael Carter, Mark Strickson
Director: Clive Donner
Certificate:
George C. Scott plays the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in this version of the Dickens Christmas classic. Scrooge is a misanthrope unimpressed by the fuss everyone makes during the festive season. That is, until his sleep is disturbed one Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future,..read more »
60%
from 27 members
Not available for rental
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The Wild Geese - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Hardy Kruger
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The Wild Geese are a fifty-man military unit for hire, comprised of mercenaries and led by Colonel Faulkner (Richard Burton), Lieutenant Shawn Fynn (Roger Moore), Rafer Janders (Richard Harris) and Pieter Coetzee (Hardy Kruger). When they are hired by sinister businessman Sir Edward Matheson (..read more »
73%
from 82 members
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The Wild Geese
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Hardy Kruger
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The Wild Geese are a fifty-man military unit for hire, comprised of mercenaries and led by Colonel Faulkner (Richard Burton), Lieutenant Shawn Fynn (Roger Moore), Rafer Janders (Richard Harris) and Pieter Coetzee (Hardy Kruger). When they are hired by sinister businessman Sir Edward Matheson (..read more »
70%
from 2,378 members
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Count Dracula
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Jack Shepherd
Director: Philip Saville
Certificate:
Widely acclaimed re-telling of the classic story from the 1970s. Generally regarded as being one of the better adaptations of Bram Stoker's classic tale, this version features a standout performance by Louis Jourdan as the Count, and benefits by remaining faithful to the original storyline. ..read more »
65%
from 385 members
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The Four Musketeers
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Charlton Hes, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
The follow-up to the successful, light-hearted 'The Three Musketeers' of the previous year. Milady (Faye Dunaway) is determined to wreak revenge on the Three Musketeers for foiling her plot to discredit the Queen of France. She enrols two accomplices, Cardinal Richelieu and the Count of Rochefort, ..read more »
69%
from 1,373 member
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The Four Musketeers - Blu-ray
(1975)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
With D’Artagnan now officially enrolled in the king’s service, his army besieges
the rebels at La Rochelle and Richelieu is determined to prevent any meddling
by the English before the city falls. He dispatches Milady de Winter to London
with orders to assassinate Buckingham if necessary. But she ..read more »
67%
from 102 members
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Shaft In Africa
(1973)
Starring: Jacques Marin, Spiros Focas, Vonetta McGee
Director: John Guillermin
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Final instalment in the 'Shaft' trilogy. When he is asked to investigate slave trading in Africa, New York detective John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is less than keen. Coercion, threats and intimidation fail to sway him, but a hefty fee and a gorgeous assistant finally do the trick, and Shaft goes ..read more »
56%
from 252 members
Currently unavailable
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The Three Musketeers
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Oliver Reed, Michael York
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate:
A star-studded adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel. The Three Musketeers (Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay and Richard Chamberlain) are in the service of the King of Paris when D'Artagnan (Michael York) arrives on the scene, creating a stir by single-handedly defeating two soldiers in a ..read more »
70%
from 1,724 member
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Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Susan Hampshire, Frank Finlay
Director: Fred Burnley
Certificate:
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British horror. Susan Hampshire stars as Anna, a woman escaping her marital troubles by taking a holiday in Jersey. While walking on the beach one day, she meets lighthouse-keeper Hugh (Michael Petrovitch) and, as he shows her round the island, they begin to fall in love. When Hugh's brother George ..read more »
53%
from 91 members
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Casanova
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Frank Finlay, Christine Noonan, Norman Rossington
Director: John Glenister, Mark Cullingham
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Dennis Potter's version of the famous story of the 18th-century Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova (played by Frank Finlay). The six-part TV series, first screened in 1971, focuses on Casanova's imprisonment in Venice in 1755, with flashbacks to his many colourful affairs and ..read more »
53%
from 318 members
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Assault
(1971)
Starring: Allan Cuthbertson, Kit Taylor, James Cosmo
Director: Sidney Hayers
Certificate:
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British chiller from 1971 about a fiend preying on young girls attending a posh school. Tessa Hurst (Lesley-Anne Down) is abducted and raped in the grounds of her private school. The youngster is struck dumb by her traumatic experience, leaving detectives very little to go on. Shortly thereafter ..read more »
53%
from 86 members
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Gumshoe
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Fulton MacKay, Frank Finlay, Billie Whitelaw
Director: Stephen Frears
Certificate:
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Private eye Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) thinks he's Bogart -- if Bogie was a compere at a Merseyside bingo -- but his latest case may have bamboozled even Raymond Chandler himself. Accompanied by a mesmerising Andrew Lloyd Webber score, Frears' post-modern dismantling of the American detective ..read more »
64%
from 274 members
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Cromwell
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Patrick Magee, Timothy D, Stratford Johns
Director: Ken Hughes
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A period drama taking place during the English Civil War of the 17th century, seen through the eyes of Roundhead leader Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris). Cromwell had planned to take his family to the New World (North America), when a succession of religious and political problems draw him into the ..read more »
67%
from 1,471 member
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The Molly Maguires
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Anthony Zerbe, Sean Connery, Frank Finlay
Director: Martin Ritt, Martin Ritt
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This grim historical drama from director Martin Ritt was loosely based on real-life events. Richard Harris stars as James McParlan, an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1876. The Pinkertons have been hired by a major coal company to infiltrate and expose an underground terrorist ..read more »
61%
from 336 members
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Inspector Clouseau
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Patrick Cargill
Director: Bud Yorkin
Certificate:
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Alan Arkin takes over Peter Sellers' role as the bumbling French detective. Here he is called to London to investigate strange goings on in the wake of the Great Train Robbery.
51%
from 166 members
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Robbery
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth
Director: Peter Yates
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Inspired by true events (the great train robbery of 1963) Robbery is an uncompromising portrayal of swinging London's criminal underworld. Paul Clifton has assembled a team of highly skilled thieves and plans a daring heist with intricate precision. Although a preliminary robbery to raise funds ..read more »
69%
from 409 members
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The Informers
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Frank Finlay, Margaret Whiting, Derren Nesbit
Director: Ken Annakin
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1960s British crime drama starring Nigel Patrick and Margaret Whiting. Scotland Yard's Inspector Johnnoe (Patrick) has built up his reputation using a network of contacts, but is ordered to sever his links with informers in the wake of new police methods. However, when Johnnoe's best informant, Jim ..read more »
69%
from 42 members
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Armchair Theatre - Vol.4
Starring: Susannah York, Frank Finlay, Ian Holm
Director: Ted Kotcheff, John Moxey, Alan Cooke
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Pioneering, immensely influential and often challenging, Armchair Theatre was ITV's flagship drama anthology series. Bringing high-quality drama to the viewing public, the series easily demonstrated the network's potential to rival the BBC's drama output, with diverse and powerful plays showcasing ..read more »
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Frank Finlay facts
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... friendship, honour and betrayal. With a cast like Ollie Reed, Charlton Heston, Frank Finlay and Raquel Welch you can't go wrong. BTW, the remakes are uniformly AWFUL....
