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  • Foyle's War - The German Woman, White Feather
  • Rated - 5.0 stars Excellent detective series in a fascinating setting 9 July 2004
    ...Michael Kitchen plays Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the south-coast town of Hastings in May 1940. Foyle is stuck investigating murders when he would rath...   Read customer review
  • Foyle's War - Series 2 - Fifty Ships, Among The Few
  • Foyle's War - Series 2 - Fifty Ships, Among The Few review by A customer from Hertfordshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars Always worth watching again ... and again ... 13 April 2005
    ...ing again to see the strands of the plot neatly tying themselves together, with Michael Kitchen's splendidly understated acting conveying everything he needs to with a look. ...   Read customer review

Michael Kitchen - filmography


  • White Heat on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Sam Claflin,  Claire Foy,  MyAnna Buring
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    White Heat is a new drama series about the interwoven lives, loves and betrayals of seven characters whose relationships are forged in the white heat of the Sixties through to the present day.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 47 members
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  • Hacks on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Claire Foy,  Michael Kitchen,  Alexander Armstrong
    Director: Guy Jenkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Channel 4's satirical comedy HACKS comes from the acclaimed writers of DROP THE DEAD DONKEY and OUTNUMBERED, and offers a hilarious fictional spin on the real life events surrounding the news industry phone-hacking scandal.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 67 members
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  • Mobile (2 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Neil Fitzmaurice,  Jamie Draven,  Michael Kitchen
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An interconnecting story is told from three different viewpoints concerning a spate of attacks on mobile phone companies and users. The characters are Eddie Doig (Neil Fizmaurice, PHOENIX NIGHTS), a mobile phone engineer who has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, former soldier Maurice ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 211 members
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  • Foyle's War - Series 5 (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Michael Kitchen,  Anthony Howell
    Director: Gavin Millar,  Tristram Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The complete fifth series of this terrific, atmospheric British TV series stars Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle, a detective in a small town in World War II-era England who finds himself dealing with murder, spies, and treason on the home front.
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 634 members
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  • Foyle's War Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Michael Kitchen,  Anthony Howell
    Director: Gavin Millar,  Jeremy Silberston
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The complete fourth series of this terrific, atmospheric British TV series stars Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle, a detective in a small town in World War II-era England who finds himself dealing with murder, spies, and treason on the home front. Includes the episodes 'Invasion', and 'Bad Blood'.
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 730 members
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  • Reckless (2 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Robson Green,  Michael Kitchen,  Daniela Nardini
    Director: Sarah Harding,  David Richards
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    'RECKLESS' is the emotional story of a dangerous and illicit love affair between young surgeon Owen Springer (Robson Green) and Anna Fairley (Francesca Annis), the beautiful wife of Owen's boss. It is a gripping, yet humourous and moving drama, which seized the imagination of viewers across the UK
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 246 members
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  • Mrs Dalloway (1997)
    Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,  Natascha McElhone,  Rupert Graves
    Director: Marleen Gorris
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Critically-acclaimed adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name. It's a lovely summer day and Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for an elaborate party. During the day of her party, she remembers another summer in the past, when she was a beautiful, vivacious and much-courted young woman. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,298 member
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  • GoldenEye on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Sean Bean,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Pierce Brosnan made his first appearance as James Bond in this action thriller, the 17th in the series (excluding the 1967 Casino Royale and the 1983 Never Say Never Again) featuring the suave British super-agent. As the story begins, Agent 007 and his partner, Agent 006 (Sean Bean), pull a daring ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 26,241 members
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  • Dandelion Dead (2 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Michael Kitchen,  Sarah Miles,  Sarah Miles
    Director: Mike Hodges
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    "Dandelion Dead" is the a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Armstrong, a solicitor equally proud of his work in the justice system as he was of his beloved garden. Life seemed good for Herbert, a respected solicitor with a country estate, the love of his three children and a devout ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 232 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Samantha Bond,  Adrian Dunbar
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,132 member
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  • Inspector Morse - Dead on Time on DVD (1992)
    Starring: David Haig,  Richard Pasco,  John Thaw
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found by his son-in-law Peter Rhodes, a local antiques dealer ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 992 members
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  • Hostage on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  James Fox,  Talisa Soto
    Director: Robert Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    John Rennie, a special forces agent is sent to recover an abducted defence analyst from Argentina. Arranging the kidnapping of the chief suspect's children and executing the terrorists should have seen the job finished. But instead John has questions he would like the answers to and strangely his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 317 members
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  • The Trial on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Anthony Hopkins,  Juliet Stevenson
    Director: David Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Franz Kafka's posthumously published novel, adapted by Harold Pinter for the screen, is the story of a future authoritarian state where an innocent bank clerk is arrested for no other reason but to assert the state's authority.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 316 members
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  • The Russia House on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Sean Connery and Michelle Pfieffer ignite the screen in this enchanting adaptation of John Le Carre's suspenseful espionage drama. Connery portrays Barley Blair -- a lonely, middle aged, hard-drinking, London publisher -- who has a love for all things Russian. While in Russia, Barley captures the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 997 members
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  • Out Of Africa on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Robert Redford,  Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,194 members
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  • The Comedy Of Errors on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Roger Daltrey,  Michael Kitchen,  Cyril Cusack
    Director: James Cellan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The arrival ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 137 members
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  • Caught On A Train on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Peggy Ashcroft,  Michael Kitchen,  Wendy Raebeck
    Director: Stephen Poliakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An English businessman is on the Ostend-Vienna Express making his way to a important meeting. Two women enter his compartment; one is a beautiful young American woman, the other a frosty elderly Austrian woman played by Oscar-winner Dame Peggy Ashcroft. What follows on the overnight journey has a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,687 member
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  • Brimstone And Treacle on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Denholm Elliott,  Michael Kitchen,  Patricia Lawrence
    Director: Barry Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After teenager Pattie Bates is knocked-down by a hit-and-run driver, she returns from hospital unable speak or look after herself, completely dependent on her parents Tom and Amy. Michael Kitchen plays Martin, an odd young man who says he's an old friend of Pattie's and would like to look after her...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 35 members
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  • Falling on DVD
    Starring: Michael Kitchen,  Penelope Wilton,  Sylvestra Le Touzel
    Director: Tristram Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Five women in their early 30s meet for the first time in 14 years when they return to their small hometown to attend the funeral of their favorite teacher.The reunion unexpectedly continues through the night and the following day, taking them on a journey to the past, present and future, in which ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 138 members
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Michael Kitchen facts

5 most recent films

White Heat - 3.0 stars
Hacks - 3.0 stars
Foyle's War - Series 6 - 4.0 stars
Mobile - 3.5 stars
Foyle's War - Series 5 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Foyle's War - Series 5 - 4.5 stars
Foyle's War - Series 4 - 4.5 stars
Foyle's War Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Foyle's War - Series 6 - 4.0 stars
Foyle's War - Series 1 - A Lesson In Murder / Eagle Day - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Freud - A portrayal of the great psychoanalyst - 3.0 stars
White Heat - 3.0 stars
Tales Of The Unexpected - Complete Fourth Series - 3.5 stars
Brimstone And Treacle - 3.5 stars
Out Of Africa - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Samantha Bond - 31 times - show films
Sean Bean - 27 times - show films
Anthony Howell - 26 times - show films
Rupert Graves - 25 times - show films
Alun Armstrong - 24 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gavin Millar - 20 times - show films
Jeremy Silberston - 18 times - show films
Tristram Powell - 13 times - show films
Stuart Orme - 7 times - show films
Giles Foster - 6 times - show films