Vivien Merchant

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The Homecoming review by from London

you'll drown in your own blood 5 January 2006
...Servant, but still well worth watching. Full marks to Paul Rodgers, Ian Hom and Vivien Merchant. ... Read customer review

The Man In The Iron Mask (1976)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Jenny Agutter
Director: Mike Newell
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A fine made-for-television production of Alexander Dumas' tale of an evil nobleman who imprisons his brother, and locks his head in an iron mask so that no one can discover his true identity.

61% from 444 members
Not available for rental

The Maids on DVD (1974)
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant
Director: Christopher Miles
Certificate:
This adaptation of Jean Genet's THE MAIDS was part of the American Film Theatre series. The film stars Glenda Jackson and Susannah York as two sisters named Solange and Claire who work as maids for their strict Madame. However, when Madame leaves the house, the two sisters dress up as their masters ..read more »

46% from 143 members

The Homecoming (1973)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston
Director: Peter Hall
Certificate:
Possibly the best of the universally excellent films produced by the American Film Theatre, producer Ely Landau's programme that allowed moviegoers to subscribe to film versions of classic plays, Peter Hall's THE HOMECOMING is a magnificent adaptation of Harold Pinter's play. In it, a successful ..read more »

63% from 276 members
Currently unavailable

Pinter's Progress And The Homecoming (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
Starring: Steven Berkoff, Michael Caine, James Fox
Director: Peter Hall
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This collection brings together two plays capturing the inspiring life and work from acclaimed British playwright Harold PINTER, PINTERS PROGRESS and THE HOMECOMING.

73% from 21 members

Offence on DVD (1972)
Starring: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Detective Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery, in a career-defining role) has been on the Force for twenty years. He has seen too much dying, too much lying and too much maiming. When confronted with a suspect in a child-molesting case, he can no longer contain his fury.

64% from 687 members

Frenzy on DVD (1972)
Starring: Vivien Merchant, Jon Finch, Alec McCowen
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
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 »

67% from 2,786 members

Accident (1967)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard
Director: Joseph Losey
Certificate:
In 'Accident' (1967) Two Oxford students, William (Michael York) and Anna (Jacqueline Sassard), crash their car outside their professor Stephen's (Bogarde) house. The lecturer finds William dead and Anna in shock, and the horrifying spectacle in front of him triggers memories of their previous ..read more »

64% from 556 members
Not currently released

Alfie on DVD (1965)
Starring: Michael Caine, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Certificate:
In ALFIE, Michael Caine stars as the title character, a guiltless London lothario whose only pleasure in life seems to be a good time--he has a date with a different woman for each day of the week. After accidentally impregnating his live-in girlfriend, Gilda (Julia Foster), Alfie takes a vacation ..read more »

64% from 8,322 members

Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection (7 discs)
Starring: Harold Pinter, Michael York, Jack Warner
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
A box set of features starring the inimitable Dirk Bogarde. Films Comprise: 1. Accident (Dir. Joseph Losey, 1967) 2. The Servant (Dir. Joseph Losey, 1963) 3. The Blue Lamp (Dir. Basil Dearden, 1950) 4. Victim (Dir. Basil Dearden, 1961) 5. Hunted (Dir. Charles Crichton, 1952) 6. The Spanish ..read more »

66% from 2,024 members
Not currently released

The Man In The Iron Mask - 3.0 stars
The Maids - 2.5 stars
The Homecoming - 3.0 stars
Pinter's Progress And The Homecoming - 3.5 stars
Offence - 3.0 stars

Frenzy - 3.5 stars
Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection - 3.5 stars
Offence - 3.0 stars
Accident - 3.0 stars
Alfie - 3.0 stars

Pinter's Progress And The Homecoming - 3.5 stars
The Maids - 2.5 stars
The Man In The Iron Mask - 3.0 stars
The Homecoming - 3.0 stars
Alfie - 3.0 stars

Terence Rigby - 5 times - show films
Ian Holm - 5 times - show films
Michael Jayston - 4 times - show films
James Fox - 4 times - show films
Cyril Cusack - 4 times - show films

Peter Hall - 4 times - show films
Joseph Losey - 2 times - show films
Alfred Hitchcock - 1 times - show films
Sidney Lumet - 1 times - show films
Mike Newell - 1 times - show films