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  • Orde Wingate
  • Orde Wingate review by srb from Richmond, Surrey
    Rated - 3.0 stars Interesting biopic filmed in a studio 17 January 2006
    ..., so the biopic blends archive footage with studio scenes representing Wingate (Barry Foster) in Palestine, India and Burma as well as back home in Britain. After a while I...   Read customer review
  • Fall Of Eagles - Complete Series
  • Fall Of Eagles - Complete Series review by from Worthing, UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Wonderful drama 15 December 2006
    ...rles Kay portrays the last Tsar with great sensitivity while Van Der Valk actor Barry Foster has great fun as the ostentatious Kaiser. The scripts are littered with little ...   Read customer review

Barry Foster - filmography


  • Maurice on DVD (1987)
    Starring: James Wilby,  Patrick Godfrey,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    At Cambridge, Clive Durham [Grant] is immediately attracted to a fellow student, Maurice Hall [James Wilby]. The love between them is platonic but intense and, in a society that both persecutes and prosecutes homosexuals, guilt and fear lead to Clive's breakdown and a bitter rift between the two ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,879 members
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  • Smiley's People (2 discs) on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Mario Adorf,  Eileen Atkins
    Director: Simon Langton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Le Carre's follow up to the highly acclaimed TINKER, TAILER, SOLDIER, SPY sees shy espionage expert George Smiley coming out of retirement yet again to investigate enemy filtration in his old department. Alec Guinness reprises his superb, definitive nuanced role as Smiley in this masterful ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 3,589 members
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  • Heat And Dust on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Julie Christie,  Shashi Kapoor,  Christopher Cazenove
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two women, related but separated by one generation and 60 years, have parallel experiences in the evocative mystical environment of India in this period drama from producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory. Although a little slow-paced for some, and slightly confusing because the stories of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 677 members
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  • Van Der Valk - Series 1 - Part 4 Of 4 (1973)
    Starring: Barry Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This collection presents the final four episodes in the first series, featuring Barry Foster as Piet Van Der Valk, the hardened Commissaris of the Amsterdam police, investigating yet more murders in "A Dangerous Point of View;'' "Season for Love;'' "Rich Man, Poor Man;" and "The Rainbow Ends Here."
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 105 members
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  • Van Der Valk - Series 1 - Part 2 Of 4 (1973)
    Starring: Barry Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This collection features Van der Valk (Barry Foster), the hardened Commissaris of the Amsterdam police, in three more episodes: "Elected Silence,'' "Thicker than Water," and "The Adventurer."
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 96 members
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  • Van Der Valk - Series 1 - Part 3 Of 4 (1973)
    Starring: Barry Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Barry Foster stars again as Piet Van Der Valk, the tough Commissaris of the Amsterdam police, investigating murders in the episodes "A Death by the Sea,'' "A Man of No Importance," and "A Rose from Mr Reinhart."
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 104 members
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  • Van Der Valk - Series 1 - Part 1 Of 4 (1972)
    Starring: Barry Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This collection presents the first three episodes of the classic 1970s series featuring Barry Foster as Piet Van Der Valk, the Commissaris of the Amsterdam police. This disc features the episodes "One Herring's Not Enough," "Destroying Angel," and "Blue Notes."
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 183 members
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  • Frenzy on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Vivien Merchant,  Jon Finch,  Alec McCowen
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Alfred Hitchcock entered the 1970s with his commercial reputation virtually in tatters, a far cry from his stature at the start of the 1960s. Then, he'd been in the middle of the massively successful trio of movies, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds, and was a ubiquitous presence on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,786 members
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  • Inspector Clouseau on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Alan Arkin,  Frank Finlay,  Patrick Cargill
    Director: Bud Yorkin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Part of the Pink Panther collection in which Alan Arkin plays the part of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau who is sent to London to try to investigate the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 153 members
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  • The Family Way on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Hywel Bennett,  John Mills
    Director: Roy Boulting
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Family Way Jenny (Hayley Mills)and Arthur Fitton (Hywel Bennett) are two sensitive youngsters who fail to consummate their recent marriage, following the vulgar ribaldry of their typically working class wedding. The situation is compunded by the couple having to live in the same house as his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 908 members
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  • Robbery on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Stanley Baker,  Joanna Pettet,  James Booth
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 384 members
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  • King And Country on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Dirk Bogarde,  Tom Courtenay,  Leo McKern
    Director: Joseph Losey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The intensely dramatic story of a young soldier who faces a court-martial for desertion at the battle of Passchendaelle in 1917. Dirk Bogarde stars as the officer tasked with the job of saving him from the firing squad.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 278 members
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  • Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Vol.1
    Starring: Hazel Court,  Michael Gough,  Alfred Burke
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This release is the first volume of 7 which will showcase all 47 of Edgar Wallace's thrillers that have been widely adapted for film and television. This series includes top-notch performances from Michael Caine, Alfred Burke, Barry Foster, Hazel Court, Patrick Magee, Bernard Archard, Michael Gough,..read more »
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  • Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Vol. 2
    Starring: Bernard Archard,  Michael Caine,  Hazel Court
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This release is the second volume of 7 which will showcase all 47 of Edgar Wallace's thrillers that have been widely adapted for film and television. This series includes top-notch performances from Michael Caine, Alfred Burke, Barry Foster, Hazel Court, Patrick Magee, Bernard Archard, Michael ..read more »
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Barry Foster facts

5 most recent films

Maurice - 3.5 stars
Smiley's People - 4.0 stars
Heat And Dust - 3.0 stars
The Sweeney Double Feature - Sweeney 1 / Sweeney 2 - 3.5 stars
Sweeney! - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Smiley's People - 4.0 stars
The Sweeney Double Feature - Sweeney 1 / Sweeney 2 - 3.5 stars
Sweeney! - 3.5 stars
Ryan's Daughter - 3.5 stars
The Family Way - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Vol. 2 - 3 stars
Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Vol.3 - 3 stars
Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Vol.1 - 3 stars
Van Der Valk - Series 1-5 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Inspector Clouseau - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Denholm Elliott - 4 times - show films
Michael Caine - 3 times - show films
Michael Gough - 3 times - show films
Frank Finlay - 3 times - show films
Billie Whitelaw - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 9 times - show films
Simon Langton - 3 times - show films
James Ivory - 3 times - show films
Roy Boulting - 2 times - show films
David Wickes - 2 times - show films