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Denholm Elliott
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Denholm Elliott - filmography
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A Murder Of Quality
(1991)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson
Director: Gavin Millar
Certificate: 
The British class system is under fire in this adaptation of John Le Carre's novel. One-time spy master George Smiley (Denholm Elliott) is called in to investigate the murder of Stella Strode, a schoolteacher's wife at a public school. She had predicted her own death in a letter to a friend. ..read more »
 
58%
from 566 members
Currently unavailable
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Scorchers
(1991)
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, James Earl Jones
Director: David Beaird
Certificate: 
Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid (Emily Lloyd) and Dolan (James Wilder). The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence.
35%
from 9 members
Currently unavailable
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Bangkok Hilton
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving
Director: Ken Cameron
Certificate: 
A young woman goes in search of the father she has never known. Her trip takes her from Australia, to England and then on to Bangkok. There she meets up with a charming young man who plants drugs in her luggage and leaves her to her fate when the authorities find them during a routine search at the ..read more »
67%
from 3,378 members
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Killing Dad
(1989)
Starring: Julie Walters, Denholm Elliott, Richard E. Grant
Director: Michael Austin
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Elliott (Richard E. Grant) sets out to protect his beloved mother after she receives a letter from her estranged husband and Elliott's dad, begging for forgiveness. Elliott makes his way down to the Essex Coast in the hope of bumping his dad off, but finds him living an altogether different life ..read more »
44%
from 174 members
Not currently released
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Return From The River Kwai
(1988)
Starring: Edward Fox, Denholm Elliott, Tatsuya Nakadai
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Certificate: 
True story of British and Australian POW's held by the Japanese in Thailand. Near the end of the war the fittest of the POW's were moved by rail and ship to Japan, and during the sea journey the convoy comes under attack from an American submarine at the same time as the Allied POW's were making a ..read more »
56%
from 411 members
Currently unavailable
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The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle
Director: Roger Young
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In this television adaptation of Robert Ludlum's thriller, a man (Richard Chamberlain) found at sea with amnesia does not know whether he's an American spy or a terrorist. Enlisting the help of a beautiful kidnap victim (Jaclyn Smith), he sets out to discover the truth about his identity--and the ..read more »
70%
from 3,585 members
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Scoop
(1987)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Herbert Lom
Director: Gavin Millar
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A young man who writes a weekly newspaper column about British rural life from his family estate, is mistaken for a war correspondent by confused subeditor and is sent to the suspected action site of Ishmaelia. On his journey he meets an elusive man of mystery (Herbert Lom), a stunning German ..read more »
56%
from 13 members
Not available for rental
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Maurice
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: James Wilby, Patrick Godfrey, Ben Kingsley
Director: James Ivory
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At Cambridge, Clive Durham [Grant] is immediately attracted to a fellow student, Maurice Hall [James Wilby]. The love between them is platonic but intense and, in a society that both persecutes and prosecutes homosexuals, guilt and fear lead to Clive's breakdown and a bitter rift between the two ..read more »
69%
from 2,879 members
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September
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Mia Farrow, Denholm Elliott, Sam Waterston
Director: Woody Allen
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In a serene Vermont country house, six people share their dreams, their fears, and their desires, as secrets are revealed and trusts broken. The cast is led by Mia Farrow, who plays Lane, a woman who has never fully dealt with a long-ago shooting. Elaine Stritch plays Diane, Lane's mother, who ..read more »
56%
from 955 members
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Hotel Du Lac
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Anna Massey, Denholm Elliott, Patricia Hodge
Director: Giles Foster
Certificate:
BBC TV adaptation of the award-winning novel by Anita Brookner, which vividly brings to life the characters and atmosphere of the elegant Hotel Du Lac. It is a production of wit, charm, and beautifully observed detail filmed amid the mountains and lakes of Switzerland.
63%
from 564 members
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A Room With A View
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Maggie Smith, ,
Director: James Ivory
Certificate:
E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James Ivory in this beautifully lighthearted tale of Edwardian manners. Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), ..read more »
70%
from 8,595 members
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Defence Of The Realm
(1985)
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott
Director: David Drury
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This fast-paced thriller examines the amorality of a nation's secret services and the responsibility of journalistic investigations in an era of nuclear tensions and bureaucratic deceit. The film examines an unspooling series of events occurring after a near crash of a nuclear bomber at an American ..read more »
60%
from 354 members
Not available for rental
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Bleak House
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Diana Rigg, Philip Franks
Director: Ross Devenish
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This BBC production of a Dickens' 1852 classic brings to life a host of famous characters. It is at the Court of Chancery, London, where the Jarndyce versus Jarndyce case has dragged on for many years. As new evidence is brought out in court, a long line of innocent victims are ground down by this suit.
69%
from 178 members
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A Room With A View - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Maggie Smith, ,
Director: James Ivory
Certificate:
E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James Ivory in this beautifully lighthearted tale of Edwardian manners. Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), ..read more »
64%
from 17 members
Due for release on 28th May 2012
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A Private Function
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
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A British couple's attempts to circumvent local food-rationing regulations trigger a chaotic series of events in this satirical comedy set in post-World War II England. The couple's scheme centers on a massive hog which has been illegally raised by a local farmer. Seeing a chance to capitalize on ..read more »
69%
from 1,533 member
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The Razor's Edge
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Bill Murray, James Keach, Peter Vaughan
Director: John Byrum
Certificate: 
Based on William Somerset Maugham's novel, THE RAZOR'S EDGE follows a young man's search for identity. After experiencing WWI, veteran Larry Darrell (Bill Murray) seeks spiritual peace and recovery. After leaving his fiancee (Catherine Hicks), he travels to war-torn Europe and finally to the mystic ..read more »
60%
from 233 members
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Trading Places - HD
(1983)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche
Director: John Landis
Certificate:
As the result of a bet between two wealthy commodities traders, the lifestyles of a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and a successful stockbroker (Dan Akroyd) are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. Once they ..read more »
80%
from 117 members
Currently unavailable
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The Missionary
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard
Director: Richard Loncraine
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In this low-key comedy, a missionary (Michael Palin) who is trying to save the souls of prostitutes admits an ever increasing number of them into his "private fold." Soon the priest's "mission" looks more like a brothel. The cast includes Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, and many other ..read more »
61%
from 693 members
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Trading Places
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis
Director: John Landis
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As the result of a bet between two wealthy commodities traders, the lifestyles of a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and a blue-nosed employee (Dan Akroyd) of the brokerage are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. ..read more »
72%
from 21,423 members
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Brimstone And Treacle
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Sting, Suzanna Hamilton, Denholm Elliott
Director: Richard Loncraine
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This taut, well-made thriller tells the story of a strange young man who befriends a middle-aged couple and tends for their crippled daughter. Adapted from Dennis Potter's play, BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE was a Grand Prize winner at the Montreal Film Festival
60%
from 616 members
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Marco Polo
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel
Director: Giuliano Montaldo
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First broadcast in 1982, this Emmy award winning epic adventure cost a staggering ten million dollars and featured an all-star, Oscar winning cast. Filmed on location in Italy, Morocco, Nepal and China this lavish mini-series was the first Western production to film in China after WWII and took ..read more »
61%
from 64 members
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Hammer House Of Horror - Complete
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
Certificate:
The Hammer House Of Horror - Complete Collection contains the entire run of the "Hammer House Of Horror" television series from Hammer Studios. Episodes in the four-disc DVD box set include: "The Silent Scream", "Carpathian Eagle", "Witching Time", "The House That Bled to Death", plus many more. ..read more »
66%
from 1,687 member
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Bad Timing
(1980)
Starring: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel
Director: Nicolas Roeg
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Art Garfunkel stars in this powerful psychological drama directed by Nicolas Roeg. Told in flashback, it tells the story Alex (Garfunkel) who whilst lecturing in Vienna begins a passionate affair with a young American Milena (Theresa Russell). Unable to cope with her promiscuity Alex becomes ..read more »
58%
from 543 members
Not available for rental
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Cuba
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Denholm Elliott
Director: Richard Lester
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Satire about Cuban dictatorships and revolutions. A cynical British mercenary is dispatched to Havana by the Batista government to try and end Castro's reign. Along the way he meets a number of similarly cynical types as well as an old girlfriend. As the government falls down around them, each ..read more »
51%
from 205 members
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Watership Down - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
Certificate: 
In this animated adaptation of Richard Adams's classic novel, a family of rabbits face danger as they search for a new home and personal freedom. WATERSHIP DOWN, featuring the vocal talents of Sir Ralph Richardson, John Hurt, and others, is a highly regarded family film, but it's not necessarily ..read more »
79%
from 126 members
Currently unavailable
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The Boys From Brazil
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to ..read more »
66%
from 2,113 members
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Watership Down
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
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Unique in the annals of animated films, Watership Down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. It doesn't pull any punches. Death -- violent, disturbing death -- is ever present, portrayed in a manner that is astonishingly ..read more »
69%
from 6,455 members
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles
(1977)
Starring: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Denholm Elliott
Director: Paul Morrissey
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, respectively, in this Paul Morrissey parodic interpretation of the literary (and quite literate) detective. Aided by a cast of British comedy luminaries, such as Kenneth Williams and Terry-Thomas, Cook and Moore present silly ..read more »
53%
from 404 members
Not currently released
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The Signalman
(1976)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd, Reginald Jessop
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
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This installment of the BBC's GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS tells the haunting tale of a railway worker (Denholm Elliott) who sees frightening visions that appear just before horrible train wrecks. Are the visions his imagination...or something terrifyingly real
69%
from 1,018 member
Not currently released
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Robin And Marian
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw
Director: Richard Lester
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This romantic epic takes a bittersweet look at Robin Hood and Maid Marian in their later years. After King Richard's death in the Holy Land, Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and his trusty companion Little John finally return home to England. Despite his two-decade absence, Robin immediately determines to ..read more »
59%
from 765 members
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Brimstone And Treacle
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Michael Kitchen, Patricia Lawrence
Director: Barry Davis
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After teenager Pattie Bates is knocked-down by a hit-and-run driver, she returns from hospital unable speak or look after herself, completely dependent on her parents Tom and Amy. Michael Kitchen plays Martin, an odd young man who says he's an old friend of Pattie's and would like to look after her...read more »
67%
from 35 members
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Clayhanger - The Complete Series
(1976)
Starring: Janet Suzman, Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews
Director: David Reid, John Davies
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A major series starring, amongst others, Janet Suzman, Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Clive Swift and Denis Quilley, this stunning ATV-produced drama adapted the celebrated Clayhanger Family novels by Arnold Bennett, published between 1910 and 1918. The series is set in the ..read more »
68%
from 10 members
Not available for rental
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Vault Of Horror
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Curt Jurgens, Terry-Thomas, Denholm Elliott
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Made by Amicus the studio that dripped blood and directed by Roy Ward Baker (ASYLUM), THE VAULT OF HORROR is a collection of five horror tales taken from the E.C. Comic books of the 1950s. The stories are revealed by five men in the form of their recurring dreams.
63%
from 562 members
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Madame Sin
(1971)
Starring: Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott, Gordon Jackson
Director: David Green
Certificate:
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In a lovely old castle on a Scottish island lives Madame Sin. She can arrange revolutions, assassinations, and can help to tumble monarchies!
63%
from 20 members
Not available for rental
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Percy
(1971)
Starring: Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Britt Ekland
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Edwin Anthony has an accident and wakes up in hospital to discover that he has had a transplant of a donor organ 'down below'. He then embarks on a quest to discover the identity of his donor.
50%
from 163 members
Currently unavailable
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The House That Dripped Blood
(1970)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter, Denholm Elliott
Director: Peter Duffell
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Scotland's Yard's search for a missing film star leads them to a haunted house, which serves as the framework for this sharp British anthology of four horror tales starring icons Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Ingrid Pitt. In the four stories, a writer's murderous creation comes to life, a wax ..read more »
63%
from 1,030 member
Not currently released
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Too Late The Hero
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's pulsating World War II thriller, Lawson (Cliff Robertson), an American naval officer specializing in Asiatic languages, is sent to the Pacific theater to assist a group of British soldiers (Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, and Harry Andrews) in a seemingly simple mission--knock ..read more »
60%
from 915 members
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Maroc 7
(1966)
Starring: Gene Barry, Elsa Martinelli, Leslie Phillips
Director: Gerry O'Hara
Certificate:
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A Bond-style chase around Morocco with Gene Barry in the lead, supported by a bevy of beautiful fashion models.
28%
from 5 members
Not available for rental
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The Spy with a Cold Nose
(1966)
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries
Director: Daniel Petrie
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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."
26%
from 9 members
Currently unavailable
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Alfie
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Michael Caine, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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In ALFIE, Michael Caine stars as the title character, a guiltless London lothario whose only pleasure in life seems to be a good time--he has a date with a different woman for each day of the week. After accidentally impregnating his live-in girlfriend, Gilda (Julia Foster), Alfie takes a vacation ..read more »
64%
from 8,322 members
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The High Bright Sun
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Set in Cyprus in 1957, against the background of Cyprus' determined struggle for independence from British rule, Dirk Bogarde stars as a British Intelligence Officer whose sense of duty imperils the life of the woman he loves. Betty Box produces and Ralph Thomas directs in their ninth collaboration ..read more »
42%
from 12 members
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Night My Number Came Up
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox
Director: Leslie Norman
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A pilot recounts a dream in which a plane carrying eight passengers crashes in the mountains of Japan. An Air Marshal due to fly to Tokyo the next day overhears the dream but thinks nothing of it, until a series of events manages to convince him that the premonition might actually become a reality.
69%
from 151 members
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They Who Dare
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff
Director: Lewis Milestone
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A British WWII feature in which a group of soldiers take on a daring mission in the Aegean. Directed by ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT's Lewis Milestone, it stars Dirk Bogarde and Denholm Elliott as British soldiers sent on a grim mission on the island of Rhodes.
60%
from 541 members
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The Cruel Sea
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker, Denholm Elliott
Director: Charles Frend
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An excellent documentary style film about a British ship in the North Atlantic during World War II. The hardships, loneliness and dangers of the sea are faithfully recreated. Academy Award Nominations: Best Screenplay.
72%
from 3,482 members
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Sound Barrier
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick
Director: David Lean
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Directed by David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI), THE SOUND BARRIER charts the life of a fighter pilot who marries into a wealthy family; a family that are developing technology in order to break the sound barrier.
74%
from 139 members
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Thriller - The Complete Series
(15 discs)
Starring: Robert Powell, Jeremy Brett, John Le Mesurier
Director: Bill Hays, John Cooper, John Sichel
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Features the complete forty-three episodes from the 70's series. Episodes include: 'Lady Killer', 'Possession', 'An Echo Of Theresa', 'The Colour Of Blood', 'K Is For Killing', 'Where The Action Is', 'Murder Motel', 'Sleepwalker' and 'Dial A Deadly Number'.
57%
from 550 members
Not available for rental
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...wn and it is still as good as ever and has not dated. Marvellous perfomance by Denholm Elliott. Wish the BBC still made this sort of thing. ...
