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  • The Nightmare Man
  • The Nightmare Man review by from West Yorkshire
    Rated - 2.0 stars Could've Told The Whole Thing In One Hour 6 July 2005
    ...ed here is the familiar type, populated by craggy faced genuine rentaScots like Maurice Roeves and ‘och fiddledy-dee’, RADA Scot lites like Celia Imrie. Often referenced...   Read customer review
  • The Dark
  • The Dark review by DJM666 from Walsall, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Entertaining, but predictable and pretty dull at times 14 April 2006
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Maurice Roeves - filmography


  • The Damned United on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Sheen,  Michael Sheen,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The chameleon-like Michael Sheen - an actor that has already portrayed Tony Blair in THE QUEEN and Sir David Frost in FROST/NIXON - stars as Brian Clough: the short-lived manager of Leeds United in the 1970s.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 29,051 members
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  • Hallam Foe on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jamie Bell,  Sophia Myles,  Ciarán Hinds
    Director: David Mackenzie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 13,999 members
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  • The Dark on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Maurice Roeves,  Sophie Stuckey,  Sean Bean
    Director: John Fawcett
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Atmospheric horror starring Maria Bello and Sean Bean. Adelle (Bello) is visiting her estranged husband James (Bean) with their troubled daughter Sarah (Sophie Stuckey), deep in the Welsh countryside. Tragedy strikes when Sarah is swept out to sea while on a trip to the beach, and while James ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 15,770 members
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  • Beautiful Creatures on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Iain Glen,  Tom Mannion,  Maurice Roeves
    Director: Bill Eagles
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dorothy (Susan Lynch) has decided to leave her violent heroin-addict boyfriend and make a new start for herself in London, but just as she is about to leave she witnesses a vicious attack on a young woman, Petula (Rachel Weisz), and intervenes. However, in the ensuing struggle Petula's would-be ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 943 members
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  • The Acid House on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Maurice Roeves,  Martin Clunes,  Ewen Bremner
    Director: Paul McGuigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Irvine Welsh adapts three stories from his 'Acid House' collection for the screen. In 'The Granton Star Cause', Boab Coyle (Stephen McCole) is happy playing for his local football team and dating girlfriend Evelyn. When he loses both, however, along with his job and home, he turns to drink - only ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,930 member
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  • The Last Of The Mohicans on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Maurice Roeves,  Pete Postlethwaite,  Wes Studi
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In mid-18th century America, woodsman Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) lives amongst British colonists in New York state, but shares the cultural values of his adopted Mohican father, Chingachgook (Russell Means). At the height of the French-Indian war, Hawkeye is asked to lead two British sisters, Cora ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 13,443 members
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  • The Eagle Has Landed - Blu-ray (1977)
    Starring: Jenn,  Maurice Roeves,  Sven-Bertil Taube
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Sturges' adaptation of Jack Higgins' semi-factual novel using an all-star cast. In 1943, a group of Nazi soldiers parachute into Norfolk and infiltrate a small village near the holiday retreat of Winston Churchill. Their plan is to assassinate the British Prime Minister but the villagers are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 713 members
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  • Ulysses on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Milo O'Shea,  Maurice Roeves,  T.P. McKenna
    Director: Joseph Strick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the classic novel by James Joyce, this drama deals with the life of an impotent married Jewish man, his wife and a student/poet in Dublin. Focusing more upon the characters' thoughts and fantasies than upon their actions, it features some of Joyce's previously banned prose. This drama was ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 315 members
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  • The Nightmare Man on DVD
    Starring: Maurice Roeves,  James Warwick
    Director: Douglas Camfield
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the 1978 novel 'The Children of Vodyanoi' by David Willtshire, this four-part horror drama is set on Inverdee, a misty, mysterious Scottish island, where the population is terrorised by an otherworldly killer. As the police investigate, their only clue is a fragment of film that seems to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 512 members
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Maurice Roeves facts

5 most recent films

The Damned United - 4.0 stars
The Damned United - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Hallam Foe - 3.5 stars
The Dark - 2.5 stars
Forgive and Forget - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Last Of The Mohicans - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Damned United - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Damned United - 4.0 stars
The Last Of The Mohicans - 3.5 stars
The Eagle Has Landed - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Forgive and Forget - 3.0 stars
Return Of The Saint - Complete Series - 3.5 stars
The Acid House - 2.5 stars
The Dark - 2.5 stars
Beautiful Creatures - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Judy Geeson - 9 times - show films
Moray Watson - 8 times - show films
Marino Mase - 8 times - show films
Venantino Venantini - 8 times - show films
Richard Wyler - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Leslie Norman - 8 times - show films
Jeremy Summers - 8 times - show films
Peter Sasdy - 8 times - show films
John Fawcett - 2 times - show films
Michael Mann - 2 times - show films