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Maurice Denham
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Maurice Denham - what members say
review by HD from WEST BROMWICH
13 August 2004
review by A customer from Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
A fatal interaction between eating and metabolic disorders 21 January 2007
review by Essoldo from Bodmin
Lovely stuff... 26 October 2010
Maurice Denham - filmography
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84 Charing Cross Road
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Eleanor David
Director: David Jones
Certificate: 
Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 ..read more »
 
71%
from 2,698 members
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Monsignor Quixote
(1985)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Ian Richardson
Director: Rodney Bennett
Certificate: 
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 »
67%
from 354 members
Not currently released
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The Chain
(1985)
Starring: Warren Mitchell, Nigel Hawthorne, Denis Lawson
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate:
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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.
67%
from 65 members
Not available for rental
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Shout At The Devil
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Certificate: 
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.
58%
from 366 members
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Nicholas And Alexandra
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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The story of the final years of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and the revolution which turned their lives upside down, and changed the world. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design.
65%
from 547 members
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Night Caller - Colour Version
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines
Director: John Gilling
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The inhabitants Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth. After receiving an unusually high number of reports of missing women, policeman Detective Hartley (Alfred Burke) begins to ..read more »
54%
from 11 members
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Paranoiac
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Liliane Brousse, John Bonney, Janette Scott
Director: Freddie Francis
Certificate: 
A woman must contend with her family's madness as she finds her own sanity in doubt in this thriller from British horror masters Hammer Films. After the death of her parents, Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) would seem a safe bet to inherit their estate, but at the funeral, she's convinced that she ..read more »
64%
from 86 members
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Paranoiac - Blu-ray
(1963)
Starring: Liliane Brousse, John Bonney, Janette Scott
Director: Freddie Francis
Certificate:
A woman must contend with her family's madness as she finds her own sanity in doubt in this thriller from British horror masters Hammer Films. After the death of her parents, Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) would seem a safe bet to inherit their estate, but at the funeral, she's convinced that she ..read more »
68%
from 100 members
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H.M.S. Defiant
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Certificate:
Alec Guinness must battle a mutinous crew and Napoleon's fleet in the rousing, historical adventure H.M.S Defiant. As commander of the British warship H.M.S. Defiant, the humane Crawford (Guinness) strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate ..read more »
65%
from 578 members
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Two Way Stretch
(1960)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde White, Lionel Jeffries
Director: Robert Day
Certificate:
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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.
72%
from 1,171 member
Currently unavailable
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The Captain's Table
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Gregson, Peggy Cummins, Donald Sinden
Director: Jack Lee
Certificate:
Adapted from the novel by Richard Gordon, this amusing British sea comedy tells of a nervous captain who gets himself into some sticky situations when he finds himself in command of a cruise liner full of beautiful women.
59%
from 26 members
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Barnacle Bill
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Percy Herbert
Director: Charles Frend
Certificate:
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 a ..read more »
74%
from 305 members
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The Purple Plain
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Maurice Denham, Bernard Lee
Director: Robert Parrish
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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 »
62%
from 54 members
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Diana Dors - Icon Collection - Lady Godi...
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Pauline Stroud, Diana Dors, Michael Craig
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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.
59%
from 89 members
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Landfall
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Ken Annakin
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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 »
67%
from 67 members
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My Brother's Keeper
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Jack Warner, Jane Hylton, David Tomlinson
Director: Alfred Roome
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George Martin (Jack Warner) and Willie Stannard (George Cole) are handcuffed together and on their way to a West Country jail when they escape and go on the run. Martin is a hardened, dangerous criminal, but Stannard is a simple-minded youth who claims he is innocent of the crime for which he is ..read more »
61%
from 25 members
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Diana Dors - Icon Collection
(7 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Diana Dors, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell
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Features the Diana Dors films YIELD TO THE NIGHT, LADY GODIVA RIDES AGAIN, DIAMOND CITY, A BOY, A GIRL AND A BIKE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE HAPPY, and A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS. Also includes the documentary THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL.
74%
from 97 members
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Simon And Laura
Starring: Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow
Director: Muriel Box
Certificate:
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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...
72%
from 26 members
Not available for rental
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Maurice Denham facts
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...tic line never lets up until the heroic conclusion. Nigel Stock, Peter Gill and Maurice Denham turned in other notable performances. ...
