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Maurice Denham


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  • H.M.S. Defiant
  • H.M.S. Defiant review by from WEST BROMWICH
    Rated - 5 stars 13 August 2004
    ...tic line never lets up until the heroic conclusion. Nigel Stock, Peter Gill and Maurice Denham turned in other notable performances. ...  
  • Inspector Morse - Fat Chance
  • Inspector Morse - Fat Chance review by A customer from Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
    Rated - 4 stars A fatal interaction between eating and metabolic disorders 21 January 2007
    ...ther radical for 1990) are strongly opposed by the head cleric at St Saviour's (Maurice Denham). Pax's leader (Zoe Wanamaker) becomes a love interest for Morse and it turns o...  
  • The Chain
  • The Chain review by from Brighton, England
    Rated - 4 stars The Chain 4 October 2006
    ...horne and Anna Massey as he returns to his house for a packet of rubber bands. Maurice Denham is a little cliched in mac,'tache and cap but nonetheless brilliant waiting for...  

Maurice Denham - filmography


  • Inspector Morse - Fat Chance on DVD (1991)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Maurice Denham
    Director: Colin Gregg,  Roy Battersby
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Victoria Hazlett is a brilliant student who aspired to the priesthood in the Anglican Church. When she collapses and dies during an exam, the post-mortem reveals that she was likely poisoned, but the pathologist can't quite identify one of the substances found in her system. Victoria was a member ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 830 members
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  • Monsignor Quixote on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Leo McKern,  Ian Richardson
    Director: Rodney Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Alec Guinness portrays the title character in this made-for-television adaptation of Graham Greene's novel--itself a meditation on Cervantes' "Don Quixote." A provincial Spanish clergyman embarks on a trip to Madrid with a rigid Communist his only company. The unlikely pair converse to pass the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 289 members
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  • The Chain (1985)
    Starring: Warren Mitchell,  Nigel Hawthorne,  Denis Lawson
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Comical British comedy which takes a sideways look at the potential minefield of moving house, a minefield made even more explosive by the inclusion of such virulent vices as sloth, envy, greed, avarice and pride.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 38 members
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  • Shout At The Devil on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Lee Marvin,  Roger Moore,  Barbara Parkins
    Director: Peter R. Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two self-styled African empire builders (Lee Marvin and Roger Moore) set out to annex a large part of the German territory in WWI Africa. After one of them (Moore) falls in love with the other's daughter (Barbara Parkins), all three set out on a dangerous quest for glory and revenge.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 311 members
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  • Two Way Stretch on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  Wilfrid Hyde White,  Lionel Jeffries
    Director: Robert Day
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Even though the prison conditions in which Sellers and his pals live are more similar to those of a luxury hotel than a jail, they find that they must leave a day before their scheduled parole in order to pull off a jewel heist.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,028 member
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  • Night Of The Demon (1957)
    Starring: Peggy Cummins,  Reginald Beckwith,  Richard Leech
    Director: Jacques Tourneur
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dr. Holden (Dana Andrew), a psychologist knowledgeable about the occult, is dismayed by a friend's strange death, leading him to investigate a demon-worshipping cult in England. But the leader of that sect, Prof. Karswell (Niall MacGuinness), resists Holden's inquiries by calling up an actual demon ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 249 members
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  • Barnacle Bill on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Irene Browne,  Percy Herbert
    Director: Charles Frend
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Captain Ambrose (Alec Guinness) is the last in a long line of distinguished seafarers. Forced to retire due to chronic seasickness, he takes charge of a dilapidated pier in a seaside resort. After he finds out the town�s Mayor wants to demolish his beloved pier, Ambrose registers the pier as ..read more »
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  • The Purple Plain on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Gregory Peck,  Maurice Denham,  Bernard Lee
    Director: Robert Parrish
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An H.E. Bates novel was the source for this psychological wartime drama set in Burma. Canadian pilot Gregory Peck and two comrades-in-arms crash in the Burmese wilds. The three men are forced to hack and crawl their way to safety, surrounded on all sides by the Japanese. Peck's subordinates don't ..read more »
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  • Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Lady Godi... on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Pauline Stroud,  Diana Dors,  Michael Craig
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
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  • Landfall (1949)
    Starring: Michael Denison,  Patricia Plunkett,  Kathleen Harrison
    Director: Ken Annakin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Landfall takes place during the early portions of WWII. RAF pilot Rick (Michael Denison) is transferred to another squadron after sinking a British sub during a bombing raid. Disgraced, Rick has no one to turn to, save for sympathetic barmaid Mona (Patricia Plunkett). With her help, the pilot is ..read more »
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  • Simon And Laura
    Starring: Peter Finch,  Kay Kendall,  Muriel Pavlow
    Director: Muriel Box
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A television producer decides to base a drama series on a happily married couple of actors. However, their marriage isn't as happy as it seems...
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  • The Chain to Watch Now (1984)
    Starring: Denis Lawson,  Rita Wolf,  Phyllis Logan
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 93 minutes
    The Chain is linked by a series of moves. As one couple moves out of their current residence to live in posher quarters, another moves in, and so it goes all the way up to the lavish mansion owned by self-made millionaire Leo McKern. The cycle starts all over again when McKern, wishing to be closer ..read more »
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 15% from 2 members
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  • Simon and Laura to Watch Now (1955)
    Starring: Peter Finch,  Kay Kendall,  Muriel Pavlow
    Director: Muriel Box
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 88 minutes
    In the 1950's days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real-life happily married actor couple. Unfortunately he chooses the Fosters, who need the money and so do the show. Actors they may be, but happily married they most surely ..read more »
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Maurice Denham facts

5 most recent films

Inspector Morse - Fat Chance - 3.5 stars
Miss Marple - 4.50 from Paddington - 4.0 stars
84 Charing Cross Road - 3.5 stars
Monsignor Quixote - 3.5 stars
The Chain - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Night Of The Demon - 4.0 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Yield to the Night - 4.0 stars
Miss Marple - 4.50 from Paddington - 4.0 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - 4.0 stars
Inspector Morse - Fat Chance - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Landfall - 3 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Lady Godiva Rides Again - 3.0 stars
Simon And Laura - 3.0 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - As Long As They're Happy - 3.0 stars
Diana Dors - Icon Collection - A Boy, A Girl And A Bike - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Honor Blackman - 9 times - show films
Sid James - 8 times - show films
Michael Craig - 8 times - show films
Stanley Holloway - 8 times - show films
David Farrar - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 8 times - show films
Waris Hussein - 3 times - show films
Peter Sasdy - 2 times - show films
Jack Gold - 2 times - show films
Muriel Box - 2 times - show films