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Phil Davis - what members say


  • Trance
  • Trance review by from Hants
    Rated - 4 stars Compelling drama 9 June 2005
    ...ghter. Neil Pearson does a fair job - Ms Harker is as watchable as ever - but Phil Davis has the best bit, a neatly underplayed role. A good movie - and a recommend. ...  
  • Vera Drake
  • Vera Drake review by from Northern Ireland
    Rated - 5 stars Compelling drama 6 December 2005
    ...as well as her family. But she has a secret not even her husband (the brilliant Phil Davis) knows. She carries out abortions on young women. Set in the 1950's when the pr...  

Phil Davis - filmography


  • Collision (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Zoe Telford,  Dean Lennox Kelly,  Paul McGann
    Director: Marc Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Collision tells the story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives. Amid the tangle of twisted metal and emotional turmoil wrought by the tragedy of a crash of this scale, are the stories of the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 77 members
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  • Whitechapel on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Rupert Penry Jones,  Phil Davis,  Phil Davis
    Director: S.J. Clarkson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The streets of London's East End are awash with blood. A murderer stalks the night, picking off vulnerable women and leaving them brutally butchered. But this is not the 19th Century and this is not Jack the Ripper - this is a copycat killer and once again the police remain clueless... For fast-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,275 members
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  • Casanova on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Sienna Miller,  Jeremy Irons
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova is about to meet his match when the alluring Francesca does the one thing the notorious lover of women never thought possible - refuse him. Through disguises, subterfuges and wit, Casanova manages to get closer and closer to Francesca... but ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 22,919 members
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  • Vera Drake on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Imelda Staunton,  Estelle Harris,  Phil Davis
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mike Leigh produces another devastating masterpiece with the heartbreaking VERA DRAKE. Imelda Staunton is the title character, beloved wife of Stan (Phil Davis) and mother of Sid (Daniel Mays) and Ethel (Alex Kelly). Vera spends her days cleaning houses for money and looking in on elderly and sick ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 48,476 members
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  • Trance on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Neil Pearson,  Susannah Harker,  John Light
    Director: Joe Ahearne
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A gang of thieves led by Brendan (Neil Pearson) snatch a piece of art from a auction house, with the help of Tony, an employee. It's an inside job that shouldn't fail, but in the middle of the heist, Tony takes a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia. Only Tony knows where the painting was ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 277 members
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  • Hold Back The Night on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Christine Tremarco,  Stuart Sinclair Blyth,  Sheila Hancock
    Director: Phil Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    HOLD BACK THE NIGHT, directed by Phil Davis and produced by long-time Ken Loach collaborator Sally Hibbin, is the story of two Scottish youngsters, Charleen (Christine Tremarco) and Declan (Stuart Sinclair Blyth), on the run from the past, their families, and the police. Both are damaged, complex, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 114 members
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  • I.D. on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Warren Clarke,  Reece Dinsdale,  Sean Pertwee
    Director: Phil Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Reece Dinsdale stars as John, an undercover cop who finds himself immersed in the world of football hooliganism in this football film that deals entirely with what happens when the players and fans are off the field. Focusing on the fictional East London Shadwell FC club, the film follows as John ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,495 members
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  • The Firm on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Lesley Manville,  Phil Davis
    Director: Alan Clarke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From the director of SCUM, THE FIRM stars Gary Oldman as the leader of a gang of football hooligans called the Inter-City Crew. A brutal look at football violence and urban frustration, Alan Clarke's controversial film features unflinching social commentary.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,399 members
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  • High Hopes on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Phil Davis,  Ruth Sheen,  Edna Dore
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 604 members
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  • Comrades on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  David Atkins,  Stephen Bateman
    Director: Bill Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Bill Douglas’ beautiful film Comrades tells the epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s for forming a trade union. Unfolding in the pastoral haze of Dorset and the blinding light of Australia, Douglas has created a film rich with carefully ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 183 members
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  • The Bounty on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Anthony Hopkins,  Edward Fox
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The familiar story of Captain Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Captain Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,248 members
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  • Grown - Ups (1980)
    Starring: Brenda Blethyn,  Phil Davis,  Lindsay Duncan
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Interesting comedy-drama in which Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and are besieged by some familiar faces.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 32 members
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Phil Davis - watch online


  • Rose and Maloney - Series 2, Episode 02 to Watch Now (2005)
    Starring: Sarah Lancashire,  Phil Davis
    Director: Metin Hüseyin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 55 minutes
    Investigators for the Criminal Justice Review Agency, the duo strive to put right the injustices of the past as, regardless of risk, they try to get to the truth despite the frustrations of separating reality from misleading memories. Rose is as impetuous, uncompromising and tactless as ever, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
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  • Rose and Maloney - Series 2, Episode 04 to Watch Now (2004)
    Starring: Sarah Lancashire,  Phil Davis,  Phil Davis
    Director: Roger Gartland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 55 minutes
    Investigators for the Criminal Justice Review Agency, the duo strive to put right the injustices of the past as, regardless of risk, they try to get to the truth despite the frustrations of separating reality from misleading memories.? Rose (Sarah Lancashire) is as impetuous, uncompromising and ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 4 members
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  • Rose and Maloney - Series 1, Episode 01 to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Phil Davis,  Sarah Lancashire
    Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 55 minutes
    Rose Linden works at a Government Agency that reviews and investigates possible miscarriages of justice. Rose is not a popular employee - she's headstrong, difficult and thoroughly chaotic. Indeed were it not for her unerring ability to seek out the truth and get results, she would have been fired ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 4 members
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Phil Davis facts

5 most recent films

Dead Man Running - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Collision - 3.0 stars
Cassandra's Dream - 2.5 stars
Whitechapel - 3.5 stars
Casanova - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Prime Suspect 5 - Errors Of Judgement - 4.0 stars
Mike Leigh At The BBC - 3.5 stars
Wall Of Silence - 3.5 stars
Whitechapel - 3.5 stars
High Hopes - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dead Man Running - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Comrades - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Grown - Ups - 3.0 stars
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky - HD DVD Version - 3.0 stars
The Legends Of Comedy - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Phil Davis - 10 times - show films
Brenda Blethyn - 5 times - show films
Joanna David - 5 times - show films
Keith Allen - 5 times - show films
Lynette Curran - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mike Leigh - 6 times - show films
Bill Douglas - 5 times - show films
Simon Curtis - 3 times - show films
Marc Evans - 3 times - show films
Ian Sharp - 2 times - show films