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Orpheus In The Underworld review by A customer from High Wycombe, Bucks., England

Great fun with the Gods! 1 June 2005
..., and attack it intelligently, very much with tongue in cheek! The late great Dennis Quilley and the lovely Honor Blackman in dual roles show tremendous adaptability, and i... Read customer review

Dennis Quilley - filmography

Rich Tea And Sympathy - The Complete Series (1991)
Starring: Patricia Hodge, Jean Alexander, Lionel Jeffries
Director: David Reyne
Certificate:
All six episodes of the 1991 sitcom set in Yorkshire. Despite coming from different ends of the political and social spectrum, Julia Merrygrove (Patricia Hodge) - an attractive, labour-voting divorcee with a position on the local council - develops an unlikely relationship with local biscuit ..read more »

18% from 6 members
Not available for rental

The Shell Seekers (1990)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Michael Gough, Patricia Hodge
Director: Waris Hussein
Certificate:
An elderly woman suffers a minor heart attack which inspires her to reflect on her life and mend the troubled relationships she has with her three children. The children discover that a family portrait their mother owns is a valuable commodity, and this revelation begins to change their attitudes ..read more »

60% from 331 members
Currently unavailable

Mister Johnson on DVD (1990)
Starring: Maynard Eziashi, Edward Woodward, Dennis Quilley
Director: Bruce Beresford
Certificate:
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A period film studying the effects of colonialism in West Africa during the 1920s. The story concerns an obsessed British official (Pierce Brosnan), attempting to build a road linking North and South Nigeria, and his ambitious anglophile African clerk, Mr Johnson (Maynard Eziashi).

53% from 54 members

Privates On Parade (1983)
Starring: Michael Elphick, John Cleese, Nicola Pagett
Director: Michael Blakemore
Certificate:
Army comedy set in 1948. John Cleese stars as the eccentric bible-bashing Major Giles Flack, who along with his Acting Captain, Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley), an ageing theatrical drag queen, is in charge of preparing the Song And Dance Unit, South-East Asia (SADUSEA) for a musical tour designed to ..read more »

55% from 294 members
Currently unavailable

Evil Under The Sun on DVD (1981)
Starring: Jane Birkin, Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely
Director: Guy Hamilton
Certificate:
Agatha Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot returns in this murder mystery set in the Balearic islands. When beautiful socialite Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) is found strangled on a Mediterranean island, there is no shortage of suspects for Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to eliminate from his ..read more »

70% from 645 members

Clayhanger - The Complete Series (1976)
Starring: Janet Suzman, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews
Director: David Reid, John Davies
Certificate:
All 26 episodes of the 1970s ITV costume drama series based on the novels by Arnold Bennett. Set in the Staffordshire Potteries in the late 19th century, the series stars Peter McEnery as Edwin Clayhanger, who leaves school dreaming of becoming an architect. But expectation weighs heavily upon him, ..read more »

68% from 10 members
Not available for rental

Timeslip - Series 1 To 4 (4 discs) (1975)
Starring: Cheryl Burfield, Dennis Quilley, Spencer Banks
Director: John Cooper, Ron Francis, Peter Jeffries
Certificate:
All 26 episodes from the 1970 children's series originally dreamed up by Ruth Boswell ('Tomorrow People'), in which two fifteen-year-olds, Liz (Cheryl Burfield) and Simon (Spencer Banks), travel through time. In 'The Wrong End of Time' (6 episodes), Liz and Simon travel back through time to a World ..read more »

60% from 708 members
Currently unavailable

Long Day's Journey into Night (1973)
Starring: Maureen Lipman, Laurence Olivier, Constance Cummings
Director: Peter Wood
Certificate:
Laurence Olivier stars in this National Theatre Company production of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Part of the ITV 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand, the play covers one day in 1912, graphically portraying the playwright's volatile home life, complete with a drug-addicted mother, an ex-..read more »

66% from 16 members
Not available for rental

Orpheus In The Underworld on DVD
Starring: BBC Concert Orchestra, Honor Blackman, Christopher Gable
Director: Jacques Offenbach
Certificate:
Jacques Offenbach's colourful operetta is brought to life by an all-star cast including Dennis Quilley, Christopher Gable and Honor Blackman in this vibrant BBC production. Married to Orpheus - mortal son of Apollo - Eurydice is embroiled in an affair with Aristaeus, really the God Pluto in ..read more »

48% from 217 members

Dennis Quilley facts

5 most recent films

Rich Tea And Sympathy - The Complete Series - 1.0 stars
The Shell Seekers - 3.0 stars
Mister Johnson - 2.5 stars
Privates On Parade - 3.0 stars
Evil Under The Sun - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Evil Under The Sun - 3.5 stars
Timeslip - Series 1 To 4 - 3.0 stars
The Shell Seekers - 3.0 stars
Privates On Parade - 3.0 stars
Mister Johnson - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Rich Tea And Sympathy - The Complete Series - 1.0 stars
Long Day's Journey into Night - 3.5 stars
Clayhanger - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars
Orpheus In The Underworld - 2.5 stars
Mister Johnson - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Patricia Hodge - 2 times - show films
Beatie Edney - 2 times - show films
Edward Woodward - 2 times - show films
Maynard Eziashi - 2 times - show films
Pierce Brosnan - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Bruce Beresford - 2 times - show films
Guy Hamilton - 1 times - show films
Michael Blakemore - 1 times - show films
David Reid - 1 times - show films
Jacques Offenbach - 1 times - show films

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