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  • A Canterbury Tale
  • A Canterbury Tale review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Utterly enchanting 28 October 2006
    ...a good man if ever this reviewer has met one. Powell was so right to cast him. Eric Portman, a difficult, sensitive man to play enigmatic, passionate Culpepper. Glueman? ...   Read customer review
  • 49th Parallel
  • 49th Parallel review by WBarklam from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Guest Star Propaganda 5 March 2005
    ...which, however, hardly interact with each other! The constant star of the show, Eric Portman, plays a determined but naive Nazi intent on carrying Hitler's message across t...   Read customer review

Eric Portman - filmography


  • Deadfall
  • Deadfall on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Giovanna Ralli,  Eric Portman
    Director: Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Michael Caine stars as a cat burglar in this 1960s suspense thriller directed by Bryan Forbes. When jewel thieves Richard and Fe Moreau (Eric Portman and Giovanna Ralli) invite former alcoholic cat burglar Henry Clarke (Caine) to join their ranks for a daring robbery, things quickly become ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 63 members
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  • The Spy with a Cold Nose
  • The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Daliah Lavi,  Lionel Jeffries
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A veterinarian is hired by the British government to implant a recording device into a bulldog, which will then be given to the Russians as a gift. When the dog gets sick, the vet must fly to Russia to treat it before the Russians find out the animal is "bugged."
    1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 10 members
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  • The Bedford Incident
  • The Bedford Incident on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Eric Portman,  Wally Cox,  Martin Balsam
    Director: James B. Harris
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The captain of a US naval destroyer (Richard Widmark) pursues a Russian submarine through the Arctic, ready to give the command for an atomic attack. Sidney Poitier plays the journalist along for the ride. Director James Harris, a former producer of Stanley Kubrick, presents similar themes to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 652 members
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  • The Naked Edge
  • The Naked Edge on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Peter Cushing,  Hermione Gingold,  Eric Portman
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Murder mystery thriller starring Gary Cooper (in his last ever film role) and Deborah Kerr. Years ago, businessman George Radcliffe (Cooper) was accused - but acquitted - of murder. When his wife Martha (Kerr) opens a letter containing blackmail threats to her husband, she begins to suspect that he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 59 members
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  • The Colditz Story
  • The Colditz Story on DVD (1954)
    Starring: John Mills,  Eric Portman,  Lionel Jeffries
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Wartime docu-drama starring John Mills, Eric Portman and Lionel Jeffries, re-telling the experiences of Allied prisoners-of-war who were held in Colditz Castle. These POWs were strictly monitored as they were a high risk category and had constantly tried to escape whichever prison they where ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,978 member
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  • The Colditz Story - Blu-ray
  • The Colditz Story - Blu-ray (1954)
    Starring: John Mills,  Eric Portman,  Lionel Jeffries
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Wartime docu-drama starring John Mills, Eric Portman and Lionel Jeffries, re-telling the experiences of Allied prisoners-of-war who were held in Colditz Castle. These POWs were strictly monitored as they were a high risk category and had constantly tried to escape whichever prison they where ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 20 members
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  • Cairo Road
  • Cairo Road (1950)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Eric Portman,  Maria Mauban
    Director: David MacDonald
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A police chief (Eric Portman) stationed in Egypt sets out to crack down on drug traffickers along the frontiers. With his assistant (Laurence Harvey), he attempts to block the smugglers' passage along the notorious Cairo Road route into the country.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 6 members
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  • Morning Departure
  • Morning Departure on DVD (1950)
    Starring: John Mills,  Eric Portman,  Peter Hammond
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    World War Two thriller starring John Mills. While out on routine patrol, the Royal Navy submarine Trojan accidentally strikes an electronically-operated drifting mine, and plunges immediately to the sea bed. As time - and air - start to run out, the Captain, Lt Cmdr Armstrong (Mills) gathers the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 167 members
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  • 49th Parallel
  • 49th Parallel (1941)
    Starring: Eric Portman,  Raymond Massey,  Anton Walbrook
    Director: Michael Powell,  Emeric Pressbu
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Laurence Olivier and Leslie Howard are among the stars who try to prevent Nazi sailors, from a sunken U-Boat, reaching neutral USA through Canada in this classic war film, which was intended to persuade America to join World War II. Emeric Pressburger won an Academy Award for the story and the film ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 838 members
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Eric Portman facts

5 most recent films

Deadfall - 2.5 stars
The Spy with a Cold Nose - 1.5 stars
The Bedford Incident - 2.5 stars
The Naked Edge - 3.0 stars
The Colditz Story - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Morning Departure - 3.5 stars
The Colditz Story - 3.5 stars
A Canterbury Tale - 3.5 stars
The Prince And The Pauper - 3.5 stars
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Spy with a Cold Nose - 1.5 stars
Cairo Road - 2.0 stars
The Colditz Story - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Maria Marten - Murder At The Red Barn - 2.5 stars
Deadfall - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Mills - 4 times - show films
Lionel Jeffries - 3 times - show films
Laurence Harvey - 2 times - show films
Charles Hawtrey - 2 times - show films
Esmond Knight - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Powell - 4 times - show films
Emeric Pressburger - 4 times - show films
Guy Hamilton - 2 times - show films
James B. Harris - 1 times - show films
David MacDonald - 1 times - show films

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