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Lorcan Cranitch - filmography

Best - His Mother's Son on DVD (2009)
Starring: Michelle Fairley, Tom Payne, Bronagh Taggart
Director: Colin Barr
Certificate:
Factual drama about how the glamour-studded career of Britain's most famous footballer destroyed the life not only of George Best himself, but also of the close-knit family that he had left behind in Belfast. At the same time as high living began to take its toll on George's own career, his ..read more »

66% from 38 members

Hornblower - Loyalty on DVD (2003)
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann
Director: Andrew Grieve
Certificate:
The famed Horatio Hornblower series, which follows a man of humble beginnings who rises to maritime leadership and glory during the 18th century Anglo-French wars, now shows a slice of life during a quiet moment in an onging war with the unpredictable Napoleon. Our man Horatio takes advantage of ..read more »

75% from 2,116 members

Shackleton on DVD (2002)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Lorcan Cranitch, Paul McGann
Director: Charles Sturridge
Certificate:
One of the most amazing and compelling adventure stories of all time, Ernest Shackleton's 1915 expedition to the previously unexplored, forbidding land of Antarctica has been a subject of great public fascination for decades. With 27 crew members, the intrepid man became trapped in the icey land ..read more »

73% from 2,230 members

Dancing At Lughnasa on DVD (1998)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke
Director: Pat O'Connor
Certificate:
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men - the boy's long-lost father, who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco, and an elderly uncle who has "..read more »

63% from 1,455 member

Night Train on DVD (1998)
Starring: John Hurt, Brenda Blethyn, Pauline Flanagan
Director: John Lynch
Certificate:
A former con-man who looked after the books for a bunch of gangsters is fresh out of prison. He hides out in a boarding house to escape their clutches...

52% from 156 members

Deacon Brodie (1997)
Starring: Billy Connolly, Simon Donald, Al Anderson
Director: Philip Saville
Certificate:
A romantic period drama based on the true story of one of Scotland's most notorious characters.

60% from 5 members
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Cracker - White Ghost on DVD (1996)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Ricky Tomlinson, Michael Pennington
Director: Richard Standeven
Certificate:
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Fitz is called in to investigate Hong Kong's first serial murders.

69% from 1,612 member

Cracker - Best Boys on DVD (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Clive Russell
Director: Charles McDougall
Certificate:
Sex and love and eternity are things we all want and need, but when they lead to murder it can only bring tragedy to Stuart Grady and Bill Nash. Fitz is soon pitched against two people who superficially survive as father and son, when all the time, they need more that ever to admit they love each ..read more »

73% from 1,747 member

Cracker - S03 E03 - Brotherly Love, Part 3 (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Robert Cavanah, Barbara Flynn
Director: Roy Battersby
Certificate:
After having sex with a prostitute, David Harvey kills her when he finds he is unable to pay and she threatens to tell his wife. The case becomes complicated however when a second prostitute is killed and the forensic evidence indicates that it was the same killer. Only problem is that Harvey was ..read more »

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Cracker - True Romance on DVD (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Clive Russell
Director: Tim Fywell
Certificate:
Fitz has to increase his lectures at several universities as he is broke. The attentions of one of his pupils leave him unaffected until he realises that she may be involved in murder and harming his family.

73% from 1,838 member

Cracker - S03 E07 - True Romance, Part 2 (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Robert Cavanah, Barbara Flynn
Director: Tim Fywell
Certificate:
Janice is a lab technician working in the Psychology Department at a local university. She also hates men, or a least those whom she feels don't pay proper attention to her. Unfortunately for Fitz, she has taken quite a shine to him and is now writing him anonymous love letters and killing men to ..read more »

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Cracker - Brotherly Love on DVD (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Clive Russell
Director: Roy Battersby
Certificate:
After a prostitute is murdered the police arrest the culprit, but after a second murder they question their own evidence.

75% from 1,762 member

Cracker - S03 E05 - Best Boys, Part 2 (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Robert Cavanah, Barbara Flynn
Director: Charles McDougall
Certificate:
Bill Preece is a runaway from a childcare facility who finds work in a local factory. He has no place to stay so the foreman, Stuart Grady, offers him his sofa for a night. A dispute with the landlady leads to her being killed and Bill soon drags his new friend into a spiral of crime. He especially ..read more »

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Cracker - S03 E01 - Brotherly Love, Part 1 (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Roy Battersby
Certificate:
After having sex with a prostitute, David Harvey kills her when he finds he is unable to pay and she threatens to tell his wife. The case becomes complicated however when a second prostitute is killed and the forensic evidence indicates that it was the same killer. Only problem is that Harvey was ..read more »

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Cracker - S03 E04 - Best Boys, Part 1 (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Robert Cavanah, Barbara Flynn
Director: Charles McDougall
Certificate:
Bill Preece is a runaway from a childcare facility who finds work in a local factory. He has no place to stay so the foreman, Stuart Grady, offers him his sofa for a night. A dispute with the landlady leads to her being killed and Bill soon drags his new friend into a spiral of crime. He especially ..read more »

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Cracker - S03 E02 - Brotherly Love, Part 2 (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Roy Battersby
Certificate:
After having sex with a prostitute, David Harvey kills her when he finds he is unable to pay and she threatens to tell his wife. The case becomes complicated however when a second prostitute is killed and the forensic evidence indicates that it was the same killer. Only problem is that Harvey was ..read more »

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Cracker - S03 E06 - True Romance, Part 1 (1995)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Robert Cavanah, Barbara Flynn
Director: Tim Fywell
Certificate:
Janice is a lab technician working in the Psychology Department at a local university. She also hates men, or a least those whom she feels don't pay proper attention to her. Unfortunately for Fitz, she has taken quite a shine to him and is now writing him anonymous love letters and killing men to ..read more »

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Cracker - Men Should Weep on DVD (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Geraldine Somerville
Director: Jean Stewart
Certificate:
Fitz has to apply his most objective abilities in a case of rape under stressful personal circumstances following the return of his wife.

75% from 1,960 member

Cracker - S02 E09 - Men Should Weep, Part 3 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Jean Stewart
Certificate:
Part three of three. Fitz is powerless to intervene as two of Floyd's victims exact an appropriate revenge, helping to bring an end to his reign of terror.

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Cracker - S02 E05 - The Big Crunch, Part 2 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Julian Jarrold
Certificate:
Part two of three. Schoolmaster Kenneth Trant and his family become increasingly desperate to save themselves as their perfect crime starts to unravel. Meanwhile, Fitz's fears for teenager Joanne prove justified.

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Cracker - S02 E03 - To Be a Somebody, Part 3 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Tim Fywell
Certificate:
Part three of three. Following DCI Bilborough's murder, the team hunt for Albie, while newly installed DCI Wise brings in Fitz to defuse a potentially tragic situation.

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Cracker - S02 E08 - Men Should Weep, Part 2 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Jean Stewart
Certificate:
Floyd calls Fitz on a radio talk show and recieves a "suggestion" that he kill his future rape victims. D.C.I. Wise visits Sgt. Penhaligon and is told that she was raped. Floyd is arrested twice more in this episode, though not for the rape; he threatens D.C. Harriman (?)'s wife and later does, ..read more »

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Cracker - S02 E02 - To Be a Somebody, Part 2 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Tim Fywell
Certificate:
Part two of three. Time is running out and Fitz is convinced the legend of Albie Kinsella is set to come true, but the police are unhappy about gambling their resources on a manhunt.

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Cracker - S02 E01 - To Be a Somebody, Part 1 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Tim Fywell
Certificate:
Albie Kinsella is angry at the world. He has just buried his father who died from a prolonged bout with cancer. Albie was a good son who took care of his father all of that time. His wife left him several years before, but he was always a good father to his daughter and always made sure his wife ..read more »

70% from 2 members

Cracker - The Big Crunch on DVD (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Geraldine Somerville
Director: Julian Jarrold
Certificate:
A tale of adultery, religion and perversity as Fitz attempts to unravel a strange murder case. Meanwhile, his wife, Judith, is about to split the family assets down-the-line, leaving Fitz and his son Mark to fend for themselves.

73% from 1,943 member

Cracker - S02 E06 - The Big Crunch, Part 3 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Julian Jarrold
Certificate:
Part three of three. Fitz vows to nail Kenneth Trant and family no matter what it takes, but finds himself unable to pierce the wall of silence they have thrown up around themselves - until information from one of murdered schoolgirl Joanne's friends provides him with the break he needs.

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Cracker - S02 E04 - The Big Crunch, Part 1 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Julian Jarrold
Certificate:
Kenneth Trant is from all appearances a well-respected member of the community. He is the Headmaster of a local school and is leader of his own church, The Fellowship of Souls. That is until his sister-in-law sees him making love to a 17-year old member of the congregation. She tells his wife what ..read more »

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Cracker - S02 E07 - Men Should Weep, Part 1 (1994)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Jean Stewart
Certificate:
Fitz is assisting the police in identifying a serial rapist. Floyd Malcolm was scarred as a child, both physically and mentally. He now preys on women, often the wives of people he knows. His pattern is always the same: he wears a mask and after raping his victims he chats with them, as if he wants ..read more »

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Cracker - S01 E04 - To Say I Love You, P... (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Andy Wilson
Certificate:
Fitz takes DS Penhaligon to a restaurant, knowing that Judith will be there on a date, then turns a Gamblers Anonymous meeting into a card game. Meanwhile, Sean and Tina murder DS Giggs, then record a video diary for the police, claiming self-defence. Fitz appears on TV, profiling the killers, who ..read more »

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Cracker - To Say I Love You on DVD (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Barbara Flynn, Beryl Reid
Director: Andy Wilson
Certificate:
A young man is released from the police station against Fritz's advice and he and his partner subsequently commit murder. Fritz makes details of the couple freely available causing them to panic and there follows a further increase in the violence.

74% from 2,047 members

Cracker - S01 E06 - One Day a Lemming Wi... (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Certificate:
The police investigate the murder of a thirteen-year old boy who is found hanging in a tree in a nearby wood. The pathologist quickly determines that the boy was actually strangled and the hanging then staged. The murder causes an uproar in the community. The boy was gay and was the subject of much ..read more »

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Cracker - S01 E02 - The Mad Woman in the... (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
Fitz's first case comes to a nail-biting conclusion, played out on a speeding train, as pressure mounts and the psychologist unravels the roots of the murder suspect's amnesia - linking it to one bizarre yet crucial call.

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Cracker - S01 E07 - One Day a Lemming Wi... (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Certificate:
Part two of two. Fitz secures a confession of guilt from Cassidy, but later realises the declaration is false - throwing the investigation into turmoil and forcing him to confront his own tortured personal life.

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Cracker - S01 E03 - To Say I Love You, P... (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Andy Wilson
Certificate:
Part one of three. Fitz is arrested for causing a breach of the peace while trying to speak to Judith, and ends up helping the police track down a couple on a murderous rampage.

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Cracker - S01 E05 - To Say I Love You, P... (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Andy Wilson
Certificate:
Judith tells Fitz that she wants to come home, but that she has slept with her new boyfriend. Fitz interrogates Tina, who reveals that her sister will be Sean's next victim. The police race to catch him, but Fitz has to intervene to prevent Sean from carring out his plan.

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Cracker - The Mad Woman In The Attic on DVD (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
Michael Winterbottom directs the premiere episode of the highly regarded CRACKER series, starring Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald, a highly intelligent and volatile forensic psychologist with a penchant for alcohol and gambling. While Fitz's bad habits may interfere with his private ..read more »

76% from 2,326 members

Cracker - S01 E01 - The Mad Woman in the... (1993)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Dunbar, Barbara Flynn
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Certificate:
The police have a serial killer on their hands. Two women have been killed in virtually identical circumstances, with their throats slit by what they believe is a straight razor. When they find a man unconscious on the side of railway tracks covered in blood, some of which belonged to the second ..read more »

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You Me And Marley on DVD (1992)
Starring: Marc O'Shea, Bronagh Gallagher, Michael Liebman
Director: Richard Spence
Certificate:
This darkly humorous drama set in Northern Ireland centre s around the Troubles, taking as its focus five Catholic youths whose lives are shaped by the violence that surrounds them. Wart, his girlfriend Frances and their friend Marley are joy riders. The nights are filled with car thefts, insane ..read more »

61% from 34 members

Lorcan Cranitch facts

5 most recent films

Best - His Mother's Son - 3.5 stars
Hornblower - Loyalty - 4.0 stars
Shackleton - 3.5 stars
Dancing At Lughnasa - 3.0 stars
Night Train - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Cracker - Men Should Weep - 4.0 stars
Cracker - The Mad Woman In The Attic - 4.0 stars
Cracker - Brotherly Love - 4.0 stars
Hornblower - Loyalty - 4.0 stars
Cracker - To Say I Love You - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Deacon Brodie - 3.0 stars
You Me And Marley - 3.0 stars
Best - His Mother's Son - 3.5 stars
Night Train - 2.5 stars
Dancing At Lughnasa - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Geraldine Somerville - 55 times - show films
Barbara Flynn - 55 times - show films
Robbie Coltrane - 55 times - show films
Ricky Tomlinson - 47 times - show films
Beryl Reid - 37 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tim Fywell - 11 times - show films
Jean Stewart - 7 times - show films
Roy Battersby - 7 times - show films
Andy Wilson - 7 times - show films
Julian Jarrold - 7 times - show films

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