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Cyril Cusack
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Cyril Cusack - what members say
review by A customer from Leyland
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Cyril Cusack - filmography
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My Left Foot
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker
Director: Jim Sheridan
Certificate: 
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Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in this film based on DOWN ALL THE DAYS, the autobiography of Christy Brown, who overcame severe physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film describes the astounding arc of Brown's life, starting with a childhood ..read more »
 
73%
from 11,470 members
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The Danny Champion Of The World
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane
Director: Gavin Millar
Certificate: 
Nine year-old Danny lives in a gypsy caravan with his father William. Lord of the manor Victor Hazell is determined to own the land on which their caravan stands anyway he can. When William is snared by a man-trap Danny devises a plot that will see the obnoxious Victor Hazell off. Based on the ..read more »
68%
from 1,365 member
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The Tenth Man
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Derek Jacobi
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate: 
During the Nazi occupation of Paris in the 1940's, a group of men are dragged off the street by soldiers. The twenty-nine Frenchmen are all quite innocent, but the Germans have ordered that one out of every ten men must be executed. One such man, a French lawyer named Chavel, persuades a dying man ..read more »
61%
from 414 members
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1984
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack
Director: Michael Radford
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A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film.
63%
from 6,574 members
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The Comedy Of Errors
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Roger Daltrey, Michael Kitchen, Cyril Cusack
Director: James Cellan Jones
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In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. The arrival ..read more »
62%
from 137 members
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True Confessions
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Cyril Cusack
Director: Ulu Grosbard
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In Los Angeles, circa 1940, an embittered, once-corrupt cop named Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is investigating two murders: that of a priest found dead in a whorehouse, and that of a mutilated woman in a park. As he searches for the culprits, Spellacy uncovers an immense web of corruption, involving ..read more »
53%
from 527 members
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Cry Of The Innocent
(1980)
Starring: Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet, Nigel Davenport
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
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Filmed in Ireland, Cry of the Innocent stars Rod Taylor as an American insurance executive on a grim mission. A private plane has exploded, killing Taylor's wife and children. Also on board was a scientist who was the target of the criminals who engineered the tragedy. The "maguffin" is a secret ..read more »
38%
from 45 members
Currently unavailable
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Day Of The Jackal
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Eric Porter, Timothy West
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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In this involving political thriller, a secret French paramilitary organization plans to assassinate French President Charles De Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) because of their disagreement with his policies during the Algerian War. They hire a professional killer, known only as The Jackal (Edward ..read more »
72%
from 9,268 members
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The Catholics
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Michael Gambon, Trevor Howard
Director: Jack Gold
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Set in the near future, the Catholic Church has joined with other great western religions in an ecumenical movement that has irradicated much of original religious doctrines. A group of Irish monks rebel and begin saying the mass in Latin again and are starting to receive an international following...read more »
56%
from 36 members
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The Homecoming
(1973)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston
Director: Peter Hall
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Possibly the best of the universally excellent films produced by the American Film Theatre, producer Ely Landau's programme that allowed moviegoers to subscribe to film versions of classic plays, Peter Hall's THE HOMECOMING is a magnificent adaptation of Harold Pinter's play. In it, a successful ..read more »
63%
from 276 members
Currently unavailable
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Harold And Maude
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack
Director: Hal Ashby
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In the long ago days before video when access to anything but first-run Hollywood movies was limited to repertory houses and college film societies, Hal Ashby's HAROLD AND MAUDE, while not what one would call an underground film, achieved cult status, becoming one of the most popular American films ..read more »
74%
from 6,592 members
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The Taming Of The Shrew
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Michael York, Natasha Pyne
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is a zesty version of the classic comedy, highlighted by performances by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and Nino Rota's score. Instead of simply filming a play, Zeffirelli turned Shakespeare's text into a lively, ..read more »
66%
from 829 members
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Fahrenheit 451
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring
Director: Francois Truffaut
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In a dark futuristic world, literature, reading, and independent thought have been outlawed. The government has gone so far as to employ a special league of firemen to burn all books on sight. But when one otherwise obedient fireman meets an intriguing revolutionary, she provokes him to question ..read more »
63%
from 3,278 members
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Waltz Of The Toreadors
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, John Fraser
Director: John Guillermin
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Fans of Peter Sellers will love the antics of the lecherous General Fitzjohn (Sellers) who is determined to get close to sexy Ghislaine (Dany Robin)...without his nagging wife (Margaret Leighton) finding out!
51%
from 106 members
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Gideon's Day
(1958)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Andrew Ray
Director: John Ford
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Jack Hawkins stars as Chief Inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard in this classic British crime thriller directed
by Hollywood legend John Ford.
Inspector Gideon is a dedicated family man - but it's hard to meet the demands of your family and tackle the relentless wave of crime sweeping through ..read more »
33%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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Gone To Earth
(1950)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Jennifer Jones, David Farrar
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's GONE TO EARTH, Hazel (Jennifer Jones), a beautiful young gypsy girl, falls for a local hunter (David Farrar) who wants to kill her pet fox. This simple yet breathtaking film was later re-edited as THE WILD HEART.
61%
from 549 members
Not currently released
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Once A Jolly Swagman
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Renee Asherson
Director: Jack Lee
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Bill Fox is a factory worker in the 1930s who leaves his job to become a motorbike rider. He soon becomes succesful but his ego expands until a tragedy on the racecourse brings him back to his senses...
70%
from 40 members
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Odd Man Out
(1946)
Starring: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
Director: Carol Reed
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James Mason stars in this powerful suspense drama as Johnny McQueen, the leader of a quasi-IRA group. When he's wounded in a botched robbery, he becomes the object of an intense police manhunt and must scramble desperately about Belfast in an attempt to escape. Kathleen (Kathleen Ryan), the woman ..read more »
71%
from 761 members
Not currently released
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...e are a host of Irish character actors in supporting parts, including the great Cyril Cusack and Dan O'Herlihy. This is a genuinely great film - complex, engrossing and vis...
