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Michael Hordern
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Michael Hordern - what members say
review by A customer from Reading
subtle chiller 11 October 2004
review by A customer from blackwater england
Fantastic adaptation of a beloved classic 24 August 2005
review by A customer from Southsea, England
Spanish warmth v English cool 31 July 2009
Michael Hordern - filmography
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The Danny Champion Of The World
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane
Director: Gavin Millar
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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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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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Paradise Postponed
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Peter Egan
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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The tale of the Simcox and Titmuss families, their quirks, quarrels, and quests. Centring around the Will of the Simcox, Rector of Rapstone Fanner who mysteriously leaves his estate to Leslie Titmuss, the newly elected local MP. Henry Simcox, one of the Simcox sons, makes it his business to find ..read more »
63%
from 161 members
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Lady Jane
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jane Lapotaire, John Wood, Patrick Stewart
Director: Trevor Nunn
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Lady Jane Grey, the 16-year-old girl who for nine days in the 16th century was Queen of England, is here portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. Lady Jane Grey's sickly cousin, who becomes Edward VI upon the death of Henry VIII, is on the threshold of death himself. The Protestant powers-that-be, ..read more »
66%
from 1,489 member
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Wind In The Willows - The Movie
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: David Jason, Michael Hordern, Ian Carmichael
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In this unique stop-motion animation film, Kenneth Grahame's classic characters--Badger, Mole, Rat, and Toad--embark on adventures along the beautiful Edwardian countryside. The Cosgrove Hall production features the vocal talents of David Jason, Michael Hordern, and other notable actors.
65%
from 778 members
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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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Ivanhoe
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill
Director: Douglas Camfield
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The classic adventure novel by Sir Walter Scott, which covers the same ground as the various Robin Hood legends, becomes this impressive television production, boasting a well-heeled British cast, a robust pace, and solid production values. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) is a young Saxon ..read more »
64%
from 35 members
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The Tempest
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Michael Hordern, Warren Clarke, Pippa Guard
Director: John Gorrie
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A tale of young love and age-old revenge unfolds when the sorcerer Prospero causes a shipwreck, bringing his former enemies to his enchanted island and into his power. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
59%
from 264 members
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Joseph Andrews
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Michael Hordern, Ann-Margret, Jim Dale
Director: Tony Richardson
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Henry Fielding's rollicking, bawdy tale is brought to lusty life on screen by Tony Richardson. Employed as a servant in the household of Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), the pure-hearted Joseph (Peter Firth) is in love with Fanny Goodwill (Natalie Ogle), one of the housemaids. But Joseph is plagued ..read more »
52%
from 38 members
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The Slipper And The Rose
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie
Director: Bryan Forbes
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The Slipper and the Rose is Bryan Forbes' classic Oscar-nominated musical that re-tells the much-loved story of Cinderella and features a wonderful score by the renowned Sherman Brothers whose numerous credits include Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Jungle Book.
Richard Chamberlain ..read more »
68%
from 628 members
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The Pied Piper
(1972)
Starring: Donovan, Donald Pleasence, Jack Wild
Director: Jacques Demy
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THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG director Jacques Demy tackles the dark fairy tale with this star-filled film. Folk rocker Donovan plays the title character who agrees to help the town of Hamelin with its rat infestation, while Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) is a town leader who wants more than just a ..read more »
67%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore
Director: William Sterling
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A star-studded cast feature in this musical adaptation of the classic fantasy tales of Lewis Carroll. One day young Alice (Fiona Fullerton) takes a nasty spill down the rabbit-hole and finds herself in the bizarre kingdom of Wonderland, where she encounters a number of strange and enchanted ..read more »
51%
from 351 members
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Where Eagles Dare - Blu-ray
(1969)
Starring: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Patrick Wymark
Director: Brian G. Hutton
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Watch now: £2.49
Richard Burton stars as Major John Smith, a British agent during WWII who is in charge a group of six Allied soldiers given the task of rescuing an American general--who is reportedly in possession of the plans for D-Day--from a seemingly impregnable German fortress located high in the Bavarian ..read more »
80%
from 517 members
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Where Eagles Dare
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Richard Burton, Patrick Wymark, Mary Ure
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Two soldiers are parachuted into the Bavarian Alps to rescue an American General from an almost impregnable Nazi fortress, which can be reached only by cable car. Based on the successful Alistair MacLean novel.
73%
from 8,443 members
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How I Won The War
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear
Director: Richard Lester
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Among the first of the late 60s anti-war films that reflected growing concern over the Vietnam War, How I Won the War takes a cold, dark look at the Good War, World War II. In adapting Patrick Ryan's 1963 novel, screenwriter Charles Wood and director Richard Lester offered a narrative fractured by ..read more »
50%
from 328 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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Khartoum
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson
Director: Basil Dearden
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The Arab leader Mahdi is involved in a battle of wits and swords with the British General "Chinese" Gordon which leads to the epic siege of Khartoum. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Story and Screenplay.
67%
from 683 members
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
(1963)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton
Director: James Neilson
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A poor 18th century English coastal farming community survives the King's ruinous taxes thanks to a smuggling ring created by its masked leader called the Scarecrow. The ring's success leads King George to order the Royal Army's General Pugh to capture and execute the ringleaders. It is a battle ..read more »
58%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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Man In The Moon
(1960)
Starring: John Glyn-Jones, John Phillips, Kenneth More
Director: Basil Dearden
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Kenneth More was beginning to segue into comedy roles when he took on the character of William in this standard sci-fi parody by director Basil Dearden. William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold when he is soon fired and offered a job by the ..read more »
56%
from 3 members
Not available for rental
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Windom's Way -
(1957)
Starring: Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Natasha Parry
Director: Ronald Neame
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The brittle marriage of Alec and Lee Windom is on the verge of breakdown. With Alec working in a remote Asian village as a doctor and Lee back home in England the strain cannot continue. So Lee decides she will move to be with her estranged husband, hoping to re-kindle their affections. However, on ..read more »
42%
from 5 members
Not available for rental
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The Baby and the Battleship
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Andre Morell
Director: Jay Lewis
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After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, able Seaman, Knocker White, finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding ..read more »
68%
from 66 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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Scrooge
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair Sim (entitled Scrooge in its U.K. release). Sim plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a London miser who, despite his wealth, refuses to make charitable ..read more »
72%
from 2,043 members
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
on DVD
Starring: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Michael Hordern
Director: Gordon Parry
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Thomas Hughes' classic tale of life at Rugby public school. It centres around Tom, the `eternal schoolboy' and the evil Flashman, leader of the conniving upperclassmen, who test the junior boys and Tom in particular, in ways not known in the school curriculum as laid down by the headmaster, Dr. Arnold.
66%
from 138 members
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Charles Dickens Collection
(8 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Michael Hordern, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins
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Featuring a box set of the BBC adaptations of popular tales from Charles Dickens. Includes: 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Martin Chuzzlewit', 'David Copperfield', 'A Tale Of Two Cities', 'Great Expectations', and 'Our Mutual Friend'.
69%
from 2,720 members
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Donald Sinden Icon Collection
(11 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Donald Sinden, Stanley Holloway, Michael Hordern
Director: Ralph Thomas, Ken Annakin, Muriel Box
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Features the Donald Sinden films A DAY TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW WHAT SAILORS ARE, THE BEACHCOMBER, MAD ABOUT MEN, ABOVE US THE WAVES, AN ALLIGATOR NAMED DAISY, TIGER IN THE SMOKE, EYEWITNESS, THE BLACK TENT, ROCKETS GALORE, and MIX ME A PERSON.
64%
from 75 members
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Wind In The Willows - Series One - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Michael Hordern
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Cosgrove Hall's (COUNT DUCKULA) animated adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's book WIND IN THE WILLOWS, which follows the adventures of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad. Features the voices of David Jason, Peter Sallis, Richard Pearson, and Michael Hordern.
70%
from 43 members
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Michael Hordern facts
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...owing a whistle with a cryptic message. The whole thing is about atmosphere and Michael Hordern is superb as the professor. Still makes your hair stand up and must have scared...
