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Michael Brandon - what members say


  • Four Flies On Grey Velvet
  • Four Flies On Grey Velvet review by JoeScaramanga from
    Rated - 3.0 stars Argento's 'lost' film 14 February 2012
    ...r in comparison to BIRD WITH CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and, his next giallo, DEEP RED. Michael Brandon is a drummer in an awful jazz/funk band (who's sound is so 'out there' no one's...   Read customer review
  • Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 1
  • Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 1 review by A customer from Kent
    Rated - 5.0 stars Dempsey & Makepeace are the coolest 26 March 2006
    ...orth watching then and its worth watching now. The on-screen chemistry between Michael Brandon (Dempsey) and Glynis Barber (Makepeace) is fab and the fact that they married a...   Read customer review

Michael Brandon - filmography


  • Are You Ready For Love? on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ed Byrne,  Lucy Punch,  Andy Nyman
    Director: Helen Grace
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A pair of Californian dating gurus come to London to launch their book on how to find love in three days. As a publicity stunt for the book, they try to find soul mates for three lonely Londoners, but things don't go according to plan in this hilarious romantic comedy.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 376 members
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  • Hawking (2004)
    Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch,  Lisa Dillon,  Michael Brandon
    Director: Philip Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Fictionalised biography of Professor Stephen Hawking starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the young Stephen Hawking who, as a bright and ambitious 21 year-old PhD student at Cambridge University, is diagnosed with the debilitating motor neurone disease and given two years to live. The drama tells how, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 209 members
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  • Dinotopia - The Series (4 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Eric Von Detten,  Michael Brandon,  Shiloh Strong
    Director: David Winning
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The complete TV mini-series based on the children's books by James Gurney. Washed ashore on an unknown island, Karl and David Scott begin looking for their missing father and instead find a civilization known as Dinotopia in which human beings co-exist alongside dinosaurs. As they explore this ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 505 members
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  • Gone In The Night on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Robert Desiderio,  John Finn,  Michael Brandon
    Director: Bill L. Norton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Cyndi and David Dowaliby's daughter Jaclyn is abducted, they find themselves blamed by the story-hungry media. Only a commited journalist, a university professor, a lawyer and a seasoned detective see through the hysteria and attempt to help the parents get to the bottom of this terrible crime.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 303 members
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  • Shattering The Silence on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Shelley Hack,  Joanna Kerns,  Richard Gilliland
    Director: Linda Otto
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gift for her new-born baby makes Veronica Ritchie start to remember events from her own traumatic childhood. Her marriage collapses under the weight of these memories, as she begins to believe that her father, whom she loves and respects, could be guilty of having abused her as a child.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 141 members
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  • Contagion (1987)
    Starring: Natascha McElhone,  Peter Weller,  Geraldine McEwan
    Director: Anthony Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An explosion at a chemical plant has exposed someone to a secret bio-weapon and anyone who comes into contact with this person will be dead in one hour. Hazardous materials expert David Whitman (William Hurt) is called to investigate and thus stop the virus from spreading. But he must first find ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 225 members
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  • Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 2 (3 discs) (1985)
    Starring: Glynis Barber,  Ray Smith,  Tony Osba
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All ten episodes from the second series of the action-packed 1980s police drama. Tough New York cop James Dempsey (Michael Brandon), having caused upset in his own department during a corruption enquiry, is sent to London to be drafted into Scotland Yard's undercover SI-10 unit. Partnered with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 252 members
    Not available for rental
  • Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 1 (3 discs) (1985)
    Starring: Glynis Barber,  Ray Smith,  Tony Osba
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All ten episodes from the first series of the action-packed 1980s police drama. Tough New York cop James Dempsey (Michael Brandon), having caused upset in his own department during a corruption enquiry, is sent to London to be drafted into Scotland Yard's undercover SI-10 unit. Partnered with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 534 members
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  • A Change of Seasons on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Shirley MacLaine,  Anthony Hopkins,  Bo Derek
    Director: Richard Lang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A self-centred university lecturer thinks it quite all right that he has taken one of his students as a lover, but is deeply hurt when his wife retaliates by taking a similar approach with a visiting carpenter. His announcement that he is off to the family holiday home for some skiing with his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 42 members
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  • James Dean (1976)
    Starring: Julian Burton,  Stephen McHattie,  Amy Irving
    Director: Robert Butler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1970s made-for-TV biopic of the legendary actor James Dean. Written by William Bast, Dean's roommate in the early 1950s when the men were both aspiring actors, the film follows the differing fortunes of the two as they seek their big break. While Dean (Stephen McHattie) begins his inexorable rise ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 4 members
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  • The Strangers In 7A (1972)
    Starring: Andy Griffith,  Tim McIntire,  James A. Watson Jr.
    Director: Paul Wendkos
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    1970s made-for-TV thriller adapted from Fielden Farrington's novel about a couple who get caught up in a robbery plot. While his wife, Iris (Ida Lupino), is away visiting her sister, apartment building manager Artie Sawyer (Andy Griffith) heads to his local bar where he meets Claudine (Susanne ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 15% from 2 members
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  • Dempsey and Makepeace - Series 3 (3 discs)
    Starring: Glynis Barber,  Michael Brandon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All ten episodes from the third series of the 1980s police action drama in which tough New York cop James Dempsey (Michael Brandon) is partnered with glamorous officer Harriet Makepeace (Glynis Barber). Episodes are: 'The Burning: Part 1', 'The Burning: Part 2', 'Jericho Scam', 'The Prizefighter', '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 89 members
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Michael Brandon facts

5 most recent films

Are You Ready For Love? - 2.0 stars
Hawking - 3.5 stars
Dinotopia - The Series - 3.0 stars
Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Truck Loads Of Fun - 3.5 stars
Gone In The Night - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Trial And Retribution - The Third Collection - 4.0 stars
Dempsey and Makepeace - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Hawking - 3.5 stars
Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Seasonal Scrapes - 3.5 stars
Four Flies On Grey Velvet - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Strangers In 7A - 1.0 stars
James Dean - 3.0 stars
A Change of Seasons - 3.0 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Series 8 - Complete - 3.0 stars
Are You Ready For Love? - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Glynis Barber - 13 times - show films
Ray Smith - 8 times - show films
Tony Osba - 8 times - show films
Alec Baldwin - 2 times - show films
Calisto Calisti - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 12 times - show films
David Winning - 5 times - show films
Andy Hay - 4 times - show films
Tristram Powell - 4 times - show films
Edward Hall - 4 times - show films