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Alan Howard - what members say


  • A Perfect Spy
  • A Perfect Spy review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars An Imperfect Spy series 1 July 2005
    ...her. Other cast members lack the gravitas, the sheer elan of 'Tinker, Tailor..' Alan Howard is far too smirky and smug. However, the dank, dark stink of betrayal that lies...   Read customer review
  • Coriolanus
  • Coriolanus review by aneurin from Oxford, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars dissappointing 15 April 2007
    ...he effort of suspending one’s disbelief is not helped by the production itself. Alan Howard is altogether too weedy to be a credible Coriolanus, antiquity’s answer to the ...   Read customer review

Alan Howard - filmography


  • The Price Of The Bride on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Robert Foxworth,  Alan Howard,  Peter Egan
    Director: Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Television drama based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth. When KGB officer Colonel Orlov (Robert Foxworth) defects to the West during a NATO exercise, Sam McCready (Alan Howard) and his secret service colleague Dennis Gaunt (Peter Egan) suspect that he has in fact been set up as a decoy, and that ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 8 members
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  • Just Another Secret (1989)
    Starring: Alan Howard,  Enn Reitel,  Beau Bridges
    Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    ITV drama based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth. Beau Bridges stars as Jack Grant, an American intelligence agent who uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet President Gorbachev in the dying days of the cold war.
    0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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  • The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
    Starring: Michael York,  Oliver Reed,  Frank Finlay
    Director: Richard Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbot, and Athos, a brawler raising ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 13 members
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  • A Perfect Spy (3 discs) on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Sarah Badel,  Alan Howard,  Rüdiger Weigang
    Director: Peter Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When top British secret agent Magnus Pym (Peter Egan) goes missing, the service has to employ another spy of equal calibre to track him down. Pym, meanwhile, has embarked on another kind of search, in an attempt to discover his true identity.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 603 members
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  • Coriolanus on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Alan Howard,  Joss Ackland,  Irene Worth
    Director: Elijah Moshinsky
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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. Caius Marcus ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 151 members
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  • Oxford Blues (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 »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 223 members
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Alan Howard facts

5 most recent films

The Price Of The Bride - 2.5 stars
Death Has A Bad Reputation - 2.5 stars
Just Another Secret - 0.5 stars
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover - 3.0 stars
Frederick Forsyth - A Casualty of War - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

A Perfect Spy - 3.5 stars
P.D. James - Death In Holy Orders / The Murder Room - 3.5 stars
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover - 3.0 stars
Coriolanus - 3.0 stars
Oxford Blues - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Just Another Secret - 0.5 stars
The Price Of The Bride - 2.5 stars
Frederick Forsyth - A Casualty of War - 2.5 stars
Death Has A Bad Reputation - 2.5 stars
The Return of the Musketeers - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Peter Egan - 2 times - show films
Jeremy Brett - 2 times - show films
Edward Hardwicke - 2 times - show films
Christopher Benjamin - 2 times - show films
Gottfried John - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jonny Campbell - 3 times - show films
Diarmuid Lawrence - 3 times - show films
Tom Clegg - 2 times - show films
John Madden - 2 times - show films
Lawrence Gordon Clark - 2 times - show films