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  • Dracula
  • Dracula review by from Leeds
    Rated - 2 stars Dull and uninspired 17 February 2005
    ...n time, with the rest of the film taken up by Peter Cushing looking serious and Michael Gough (best known as Alfred in the Batman films) scowling. As well as not being pa...  
  • Horror Of Dracula
  • Horror Of Dracula review by Halliwelll from Harlow, Nr Madness
    Rated - 5 stars First full colour reworking of Bram Stoker's novel - legendary among horror fans 17 July 2007
    ... of Voldemort in the first Harry Potter film. With an interesting cameo from Michael Gough (Alfred in the Batman films playing Holmwood), lavish cinematography and James ...  

Michael Gough - filmography


  • Sleepy Hollow on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christina Ricci,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Tim Burton's stylish, creepy retelling of the classic Washington Irving story, SLEEPY HOLLOW, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is a squeamish, bookish 18th century New York City investigator sent to a small town in lower Westchester county to look into three mysterious decapitations. When the always ..read more »
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  • Batman And Robin on DVD (1997)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Uma Thurman
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Caped Crusader returns to battle the abominable Mr. Freeze and green-thumbed Poison Ivy. To save his ailing wife, Dr. Victor Fries turns to a life of crime after a hideous accident makes him unable to tolerate even moderate temperatures, while Dr. Pamela Isley falls victim to mutated plant DNA ..read more »
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  • Batman Forever on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Tommy Lee Jones,  Jim Carrey
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As two new forces of evil--Two-Face, formerly known as District Attorney Harvey Dent until a courtroom accident left him disfigured by chance and fueled by vengeance, and the Riddler, who was previously Edward Nygma, an overlooked employee of Wayne Enterprises before his transformation into the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 12,042 members
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  • A Joanna Trollope - Village Affair (1995)
    Starring: Sophie Ward,  Kerry Fox,  Nathanial Parker
    Director: Moira Armstrong
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alice Jordan's life is perfect with a handsome husband, three lovely children and a house set in the heart of an English village - perfect, that is, except for one thing. She lacks a perfect love to make her feel alive, but when she finds it, it is not in the arms of another man... Based on the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 724 members
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  • Hour of the Pig (1993)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ian Holm,  Donald Peasence
    Director: Leslie Megahey
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 65% from 50 members
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  • Batman Returns (1992)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Danny De Vito,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 17,713 members
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  • Let Him Have It on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Paul Reynolds,  Tom Bell
    Director: Peter Medak
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One, epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,179 member
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  • The Shell Seekers on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Angela Lansbury,  Sam Wanamaker,  Christopher Bowen
    Director: Waris Hussein
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A mother of three reflects on each of her offspring and their self-made unhappiness as she recovers from a mild heart attack. Their true characters, however, don't really surface until the real value of a family painting comes to their attention. Based on Rosamunde Pilcher's first novel.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 251 members
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  • Batman on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Jack Nicholson,  Kim Basinger
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tim Burton's BATMAN, inspired by Frank Miller's graphic novel THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, is a Gothic, Wagnerian treatment of the Batman mythos that explains the origins of Batman (Michael Keaton) and his nemesis, the maniacal Joker (a ripe Jack Nicholson).Gotham City is a sunless, ominous haven for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 10,541 members
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  • The Fourth Protocol on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Pierce Brosnan,  Joanna Cassidy
    Director: John Mackenzie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the acclaimed British director of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and THE HONORARY CONSUL in which Caine also starred. In THE FOURTH PROTOCOL an undercover plot to destroy NATO, the KGB plans to annihilate a peaceful English residential area and a U.S. Air Force base. Michael Caine plays John Preston, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,772 member
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  • Caravaggio on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Nigel Terry,  Noam Almaz,  Dawn Arhibald
    Director: Derek Jarman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art, 'Caravaggio' brings together Derek Jarman's twin worlds of film and painting.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,172 member
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  • Oxford Blues on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Ally Sheedy,  Amanda Pays
    Director: Robert Boris
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Las Vegas wise-guy Nick D'Angelo (Rob Lowe - The West Wing) plans to move to England and pursue the woman of his dreams, Lady Victoria - the 'IT' girl royal who is the darling of the British press and public alike. When the dice role his way and he comes into some money, he pays a hacker to change ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 137 members
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  • Top Secret on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Lucy Gutteridge,  Michael Gough
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,564 members
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  • The Dresser on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Tom Courtenay,  Edward Fox
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    THE DRESSER is Peter Yates' intriguing look behind the scenes of a touring stage company in war-torn England, based on Ronald Harwood's play. Albert Finney stars as Sir, the ageing manager and lead actor of the troupe who begins to come undone from the pressure of touring in bombed-ravaged England. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 780 members
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  • Women In Love on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Glenda Jackson,  Oliver Reed
    Director: Ken Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    D.H. Lawrence's 1920 novel revolving around the torrid relationships between two sisters and the men in their lives is here well-adapted for the big screen by Ken Russell. Starring Jennie Linden as Ursula and Glenda Jackson in a galvanizing, Academy Award-winning performance as Gudrun. This is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,586 member
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  • The Mummy (1959)
    Starring: Peter Cushing,  Peter Cushing,  Christopher Lee
    Director: Terence Fisher
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in this stylish Hammer Horror directed by Terence Fisher. Egypt, 1895: An archaeological expedition led by Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer) and his son John (Peter Cushing) discover the 4000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka. Ignoring warnings from a mysterious ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,062 member
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  • Dracula (1958)
    Starring: Peter Cushing,  Peter Cushing,  Christopher Lee
    Director: Terence Fisher
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Dracula (1958) is the first of the studio's many vampire movies, a stylish and exciting adaptation of Bram Stoker's original with Lee and Cushing as The Count and Van Helsing respectively.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 555 members
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  • Anna Karenina on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Vivien Leigh,  Ralph Richardson,  Kieron Moore
    Director: Julien Duvivier
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Vivien Leigh stars as Anna Karenina, Tolstoy's enduring tragic heroine. Anna leaves her socialite husband behind for a more exciting military officer. In search of a meaningful relationship as well as an exciting and more adventurous life, Anna goes through a string of emotions when she becomes the ..read more »
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  • Curse Of The Crimson Altar on DVD
    Starring: Christopher Lee,  Boris Karloff,  Mark Eden
    Director: Vernon Sewell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A man searching for his missing brother is led to a mysterious mansion. When there, he discovers that the spirit of a witch is lurking, vying for revenge on those who killed her. Disturbingly, the man discovers that it was his ancestors who were responsible...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 199 members
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  • The Curse Of Frankenstein
    Starring: Peter Cushing,  Peter Cushing,  Christopher Lee
    Director: Terence Fisher
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Baron Frankenstein lets his zeal get the better of him when he kills a scientist in order to obtain a brain for the macabre experimental creature he is stitching together. But when the creature comes to life it embarks on a rampage of terror for which Frankenstein is blamed and condemned to the ..read more »
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  • Wittgenstein to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: Tilda Swinton,  Karl Johnson,  Clancy Chassay
    Director: Derek Jarman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 75 minutes
    Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once stated that philosophy ought to be written as if it were poetry, and a poetic intensity typified his life and his work. No wonder, then, that a creative talent such as Derek Jarman should respond with such characteristic energy to a commission from Channel 4 for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14 members
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  • Caravaggio to Watch Now (1986)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Nigel Terry,  Robbie Coltrane
    Director: Derek Jarman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 90 minutes
    One of Jarman's most accessible works, Caravaggio is a ravishingly shot depicition of the painter's life as he reminisces in jail cell. The look of Caravaggio's work is beautifully captured, whilst the acting and direction are nothing short of superb.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 7 members
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  • Top Secret to Watch Now (1984)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Lucy Gutteridge,  Michael Gough
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 86 minutes
    Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 32 members
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  • Curse Of The Crimson Altar to Watch Now
    Starring: Christopher Lee,  Boris Karloff,  Mark Eden
    Director: Vernon Sewell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 83 minutes
    A man searching for his missing brother is led to a mysterious mansion. When there, he discovers that the spirit of a witch is lurking, vying for revenge on those who killed her. Disturbingly, the man discovers that it was his ancestors who were responsible...
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 2 members
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Michael Gough facts

5 most recent films

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - 3.0 stars
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Sleepy Hollow - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Sleepy Hollow - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Batman - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Inspector Morse - The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn - 3.5 stars
Sleepy Hollow - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Dracula - 3.5 stars
Batman - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

They Came From Beyond Space - 2.0 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Blanche Fury - 3.5 stars
The Small Back Room - 4.0 stars
Batman And Robin - BLU-RAY Version - 2.0 stars
Batman And Robin - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Laurence Olivier - 13 times - show films
Claire Bloom - 12 times - show films
Anthony Andrews - 11 times - show films
Diana Quick - 11 times - show films
Sir John Gielgud - 11 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Lindsay-Hogg - 11 times - show films
Charles Sturridge - 11 times - show films
Tim Burton - 11 times - show films
Joel Schumacher - 5 times - show films
Terence Fisher - 4 times - show films