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  • Eric Sykes - The Best Of Eric Sykes
  • Eric Sykes - The Best Of Eric Sykes review by A customer from North of Watford
    Rated - 4.0 stars The Best Of Eric Sykes 2 October 2010
    ...p, therefore he needs good supporting players. Hattie Jacques plays his sister, Hugh Burden crops up as Head of BBC and there are guest appearances from Hugh Burden, Les D...   Read customer review
  • The Ghost Ship
  • The Ghost Ship review by Silverknight from Norwich
    Rated - 4.0 stars A charming if odd film 12 January 2008
    ...e you have never heard of with the exception of a very young Ian Carmichael and Hugh Burden. But the story is charming - with a weak ending. BUT it is quintessentially Eng...   Read customer review

Hugh Burden - filmography


  • The Statue on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Tim Brooke-Taylor,  Ann Bell,  John Cleese
    Director: Rodney Amateau
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    British comedy farce starring David Niven. After spending most of his career developing what he hopes will become a universal language, linguist Alex Bolt (Niven) is rewarded with a Nobel prize. When his sculptress Italian wife Rhonda (Virna Lisa) is asked to design a statue to commemorate her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 35 members
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  • Blood From The Mummy's Tomb on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Andrew Keir,  Hugh Burden,  James Villiers
    Director: Seth Holt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Classic from the Hammer House of Horror; An Egyptian princess' tomb is disturbed by a group of archeologists in Egypt and her spirit escapes. The archeologists, led by Professor Julian Fuchs (Andrew Keir), begin to die one by one as Fuchs' own daughter (Valerie Leon) becomes possessed by the mummy'..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 453 members
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  • Funeral In Berlin on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Guy Doleman,  Oscar Homolka,  Eva Renzi
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Michael Caine's second outing as the bespectacled secret agent Harry Palmer - created by Len Deighton - sees him journey to Cold War Berlin where he has been asked to assist with the defection of a Russian security chief (Oscar Homolka). Palmer arranges an escape based around a fake funeral, but ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,840 member
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  • No Love For Johnnie on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Paul Rogers,  Peter Barkworth,  Billie Whitelaw
    Director: Ralph Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    1960s drama starring Peter Finch as a parliamentary MP whose thirst for greater power leads him into political intrigue. Johnnie Byrne (Finch) is a Labour MP who aspires to the big-time. His hopes are raised when his party triumphs in a general election, but Johnnie is overlooked for a role on the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 53 members
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  • The Malta Story on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Jack Hawkins,  Flora Robson,  Ralph
    Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Wartime drama starring Alec Guiness as Peter Ross, an RAF reconnaisance photographer assigned to trace and destroy an Italian convoy threatening to invade Malta. As the Luftwaffe threatens, Ross's romance with a local girl hangs in the balance.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 921 members
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  • The Ghost Ship on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Hazel Court,  Dermot Walsh,  Hugh Burden
    Director: Vernon Sewell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Hazel Court (Masque of the Red Death, The Raven) and Dermot Walsh (Make Mine a Million, The Straw Man) star as a young couple who decide to buy a luxury steamboat for a romantic getaway. They think that they've found the perfect boat, and scoff at warnings that it's haunted. Despite their initial ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 97 members
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  • Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
    Starring: Jean Kent,  Albert Lieven,  Derrick De Marney
    Director: John Paddy Carstairs
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    On board the Orient Express as it pulls out of the Gare De Lyon is a man named Poole, who has stolen an important political diary and is being pursued by two people who want it back. Valya wants the diary to avenge her father's political assassination, while Zurta is the thief who acquired it for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 12th August 2013
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  • The Way Ahead on DVD (1944)
    Starring: Peter Ustinov,  William Hartnell,  Stanley Holloway
    Director: Carol Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Carol Reed directs a host of British stars in this documentary-style WW2 adventure. Following the Dunkirk retreat, Lt. Jim Perry (David Niven) is assigned a bunch of raw recruits and sets about transforming them from bickering civilians into a proficient battle-ready fighting force. When training ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 807 members
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  • Ships with Wings on DVD (1942)
    Starring: John Clements,  Leslie Banks,  Jane Baxter
    Director: Sergei Nolbandov
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Morale-rousing World War 2 drama starring John Clements as Lieutenant Dick Stacey, a pilot who is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm after his reckless actions cause the death of a fellow airman. He then rediscovers his patriotic inclinations and joins the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal ('The Ship ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 72 members
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Hugh Burden facts

5 most recent films

You're Human Like the Rest of Them - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
You're Human Like the Rest of Them - 3.0 stars
The Statue - 2.5 stars
Blood From The Mummy's Tomb - 3.0 stars
Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space - Blu-ray - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Doctor Who - Mannequin Mania - 4.0 stars
Funeral In Berlin - 3.5 stars
The Way Ahead - 3.5 stars
No Love For Johnnie - 3.5 stars
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Sleeping Car to Trieste - 3 stars
The Mind Of Mr JG Reeder - The Complete Series - 2.5 stars
The Statue - 2.5 stars
You're Human Like the Rest of Them - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Woodnutt - 4 times - show films
Jon Pertwee - 4 times - show films
Derek Smee - 4 times - show films
Caroline John - 4 times - show films
Nicholas Courtney - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Derek Martinus - 4 times - show films
Barry Letts - 3 times - show films
Carol Reed - 2 times - show films
Michael Bakewell - 2 times - show films
Mike Newell - 2 times - show films