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  • Silverado
  • Silverado review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 4 March 2006
    ... plotlines converge at the town of Silverado, held in thrall by crooked sheriff Brian Dennehy and his behemoth 'deputies.' The four disparate heroes-Kevin Kline, Kevin Costn...  
  • Rambo - First Blood
  • Rambo - First Blood review by alrose from Manchester
    Rated - 3 stars High Noon for the Reagan era 23 October 2008
    ...e have moved forward 30 years and small town America isn't like it use to be. Brian Dennehy stars as the Sheriff Will Teasle, hell bent on keeping the peace, being Gary Co...  
  • Shattered Promises
  • Shattered Promises review by from Belfast, N Ireland
    Rated - 3 stars My mum loved it 6 May 2006
    ...Rented this for my mum because Brian Dennehy is her big squeeze. I didn't watch it but she liked it ...  

Brian Dennehy - filmography


  • Righteous Kill on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert De Niro,  Donnie Wahlberg
    Director: Jon Avnet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 20,812 members
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  • Ratatouille on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Patton Oswalt,  Brad Garrett,  Ian Holm
    Director: Brad Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 66,464 members
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  • 10th And Wolf on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Piper Perabo,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Robert Moresco
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 3,223 members
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  • Exonerated on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Aidan Quinn,  Brian Dennehy,  Susan Sarandon
    Director: Bob Balaban
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Court TV's THE EXONERATED is a conscience-pricking docudrama about six real-life death-row inmates who faced last minute reprieves on the eves of their executions due to newly acquired DNA evidence. Director Bob Balaban (best known for his role as Russell Dalrymple on SEINFELD) assembles a top ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 20 members
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  • She Hate Me on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Anthony Mackie,  Kerry Washington,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Well-known for his ability to combine political and social issues with a poignant story, Spike Lee writes, directs, and produces SHE HATE ME. John Henry Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), an executive at a pharmaceutical company, blows the whistle on the company's CEO over an ethics issue, and is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 1,860 member
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  • Stolen Summer on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Aidan Quinn,  Bonnie Hunt,  Kevin Pollak
    Director: Pete Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    On being told by a nun to follow the path of the lord and not of the devil, Pete, a young Catholic boy, decides to spend his summer vacation helping someone guarantee their entrance into heaven. Since his only knowledge of the divine comes from his upbringing, Pete decides to convert a Rabbi to the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 98 members
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  • Fail Safe on DVD (2000)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Richard Dreyfuss,  Noah Wyle
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This groundbreaking live broadcast television drama, directed by Stephen Frears, features an all-star cast including George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Richard Dreyfuss, Don Cheadle, and Harvey Keitel. When a American bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a bomb on Moscow, the crisis must be averted ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,059 member
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  • Tom Clancy's Netforce on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Judge Reinhold,  Kris Kristofferson,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Robert Lieberman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the year 2005, the internet is a source of great gain for a new breed of techno-criminals. In response, the government has created a new division of the FBI known as Netforce. When Netforce's internal network is infiltrated, the race is on to secure the world's information system.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 323 members
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  • Silicon Towers on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Daniel Baldwin,  Brian Dennehy,  Brad Dourif
    Director: Serge Rodnunsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Corporation is keeping their eye on Charlie Cook, an employee who has received an encrypted e-mail revealing some very shady dealings. They brand him a corporate spy, and soon Charlie's on the run from both the law and the crime-filled white-collar world of the Corporation.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 69 members
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  • Out Of The Cold (1999)
    Starring: Keith Carradine,  Mia Kirshner,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Sasha Buravsky
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in the 1930's this is the story of Dan Scott, a tap dancer on Broadway, his career is cut short by alcohol and his women chasing. He is given a second chance to perform when he agrees to take a tour of Estonia...
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 20% from 3 members
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  • Dish Dogs on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Matthew Lillard,  Sean Astin,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Bob Kubilos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Best friends Morgan (Sean Astin, RUDY) and Jason (Matthew Lillard, SCREAM) are content to spend their days riding waves and discussing existential philosophy. Subscribing to a monk-like code of celibacy in favor of searching for true inner peace, they travel up and down the California coastline ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 167 members
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  • Undue Influence on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Patricia Richardson,  Jean Smart
    Director: Bruce Pittman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Laurel Vega emerges as a prime suspect when the new wife of her ex-husband is found murdered. Luckily for Laurel, her brother-in-law, Paul Madriani is a successful lawyer and is quickly on the case, but will his expertise be enough?
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 40 members
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  • Tommy Boy on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Chris Farley,  David Spade,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    After Tommy (Chris Farley) barely graduates from college, he returns home to the midwest where his father (Brian Dennehy), the owner of an auto parts factory, immediately employs his dumber than dumb son. While Tommy was away at school, his father had fallen in love with a beautiful woman (Bo Derek)..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,355 member
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  • Leave Of Absence on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Blythe Danner
    Director: Tom McLoughlin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sam and Eliza have been married for twenty years and their relationship has always been extremely close. When Nell enters their lives Sam feels his marriage threatened until one day he discovers that Nell is dying...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 60 members
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  • Jack Reed - Badge Of Honour on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Susan Ruttan,  Alice Krige
    Director: Kevin Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brian Dennehy stars as the title character in this Jack Reed film. Here, Sergeant Reed investigates the murder of a young woman, a killing Reed quickly finds a suspect for. However, as he begins to care for the dead woman's young son, his investigation pulls him into a shadowy underworld where the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 37 members
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  • Prophet Of Evil on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  William Devane,  Tracey Needham
    Director: Jud Taylor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The true story of Ervil LeBaron, a fanatical cult leader, who ordered the death of anyone who dared to challenge his beliefs. Investigator Dan Fields is determined to bring this figure of pure evil to justice, even with a price on his own head.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 73 members
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  • Gladiator on DVD (1992)
    Starring: James Marshall,  Cuba Gooding Jr.,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Rowdy Herrington
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Rowdy Herrington's GLADIATOR, Tommy (James Marshall) and Lincoln (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), two poor high school students on the brink of juvenile delinquency, have taken up boxing. Although it's a dangerous sport, fighting helps keep them off the street and out of violent gangs. It's also a way for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 862 members
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  • To Catch a Killer (1992)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Michael Riley
    Director: Eric Till
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This is the true story of how the worst mass murderer in the history of the United States was eventually brought to justice, and how the methods used to apprehend him became the model for law enforcement across the country in detecting & apprehending mass murderers.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 52 members
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  • Shattered Promises on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Treat Williams,  Susan Ruttan
    Director: John Korty
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a powerful lawyer (Treat Williams) begins abusing his wife (Embeth Davidtz), a determined cop (Brian Dennehy) risks his life--and hers--to put him in jail. This made-for-TV drama is based on a true story.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 78 members
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  • Pride And Extreme Prejudice (1990)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Simon Cadwell,  Lisa Eichhorn
    Director: Ian Sharp
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the book by Frederick Forsyth, this film tells the story of Bruno Morenz, a secret agent, who falls in love with a prostitute and then finds out something about her that he didn't know and kills her in a fit of rage. Bruno goes on the run across Europe chased by the West and the KGB.....
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Hiroshima on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Michael Tucker,  Hal Holbrook
    Director: Joseph Sargent
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Chronicling America's top-secret Manhattan Project, this made-for-TV drama follows the two-year storm of scientific rivalry, intrigue, disappointment, and triumph in the quest to build the ultimate weapon of mass destruction--the atomic bomb. The all-star cast includes Brian Dennehy, David ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 54 members
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  • A Father's Revenge on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  Joanna Cassidy,  Ron Silver
    Director: John Herzfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When international terrorists kidnap a flight crew, Americans Paul and Barbara Hobart fly to Europe and hire a freelance mercenary to rescue their daughter. With time running out and hostage executions under way, Paul leads a last gasp assault on the terrorist hideout.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 55% from 51 members
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  • Best Seller on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Brian Dennehy,  James Woods,  Victoria Tennant
    Director: John Flynn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dennis Meechum (Brian Dennehy) is a cop who has supplemented his meager policeman's salary by writing a succession of lurid crime novels, including one based on an episode from his own life. But his imagination fails him after his wife's tragic, premature death from cancer. Lonely, burned-out, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 349 members
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  • Silverado - BLU-RAY Version (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Scott Glenn,  Linda Hunt
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the result of a chance meeting, four cowboys on horseback are drawn together to defeat a corrupt frontier sheriff and his vicious posse. An enjoyable high-spirited western. Starring Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Brain Dennehy and Rosanna Arquette, and written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan (THE ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 36 members
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  • Cocoon on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Don Ameche,  Wilford Brimley,  Hume Cronyn
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A group of senior citizens residing in a rest home find their lives turned upside down after they are offered the gift of eternal youth by benevolent aliens in Ron Howard's wonderful tribute to the human spirit. Brian Dennehy is Walter, an alien who returns to earth to rescue 20 of his friends now ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,543 members
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  • Silverado on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Scott Glenn,  Linda Hunt
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the result of a chance meeting, four cowboys on horseback are drawn together to defeat a corrupt frontier sheriff and his vicious posse. An enjoyable high-spirited western. Starring Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Brain Dennehy and Rosanna Arquette, and written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan (THE ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,519 member
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  • Gorky Park on DVD (1983)
    Starring: William Hurt,  Lee Marvin,  Joanna Pacula
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When three faceless corpses are discovered in Moscow's Gorky Park, the Moscow militia's top investigator, Arkady Renko (William Hurt), is assigned to the case. An honest Soviet official, Renko uncovers a murky and dangerous plot involving sinister KGB agents, the corrupt Soviet government, and a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 767 members
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  • Rambo - First Blood on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Richard Crenna,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Ted Kotcheff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Features: 'Rambo - First Blood', 'Rambo - First Blood - Part II' and 'Rambo III' RAMBO III, which could be called 'Rambo In Afghanistan', is set in 1988, near the end of the Soviet Union's involvement there. At the beginning of the film, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is living a secluded life in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14,300 members
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  • F.I.S.T. on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Rod Steiger,  Peter Boyle
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Stallone plays a Jimmy Hoffa-type in this well-conceived drama about powerful bunions. As Johnny Kovak, an honest factory worker, Stallone takes on mobsters, union corruption and a crooked US senator after being forced to stand up for his rights. After cutting a deal with the blob, he finds he may ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 302 members
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  • Trumbo
    Starring: Joan Allen,  Brian Dennehy,  Michael Douglas
    Director: Peter Askin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Trumbo" is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • War Eagle, Arkansas
    Starring: Luke Grimes,  Dan McCabe,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Robert Milazzo
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "War Eagle, Arkansas" is about a young man's choice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or to stay and redeem his struggling community. The story takes place over a few pivotal weeks in the summer after Enoch Cass's senior year and is set against the backdrop of ..read more »
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Brian Dennehy - watch online


  • 10th & Wolf to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Piper Perabo,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Robert Moresco
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Tommy Santoro (James Marsden) thought he'd left behind his family's involvement in organized crime when he enlisted in the Marines, and hoped he'd buried the memory of his murdered father. Then an insubordinate act and a visit from the FBI, with an offer he couldn't refuse, sent him home to face ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 4 members
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  • Tommy Boy to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: Chris Farley,  David Spade,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 97 minutes
    Party animal Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley) is definitely a few cans short of a six-pack. But after seven years, Tommy's finally earned his diploma and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home, Tommy gets some more great news: his dad (Brian Dennehy) is marrying a real "10" (Bo Derek), and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 61 members
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Brian Dennehy facts

5 most recent films

Righteous Kill - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Righteous Kill - 3.0 stars
Marco Polo - 2.5 stars
Ratatouille - 4.0 stars
Masters Of Science Fiction - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ratatouille - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Rambo - First Blood - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Ratatouille - 4.0 stars
Ultimate Blu-ray Rambo Collection - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Rambo - First Blood - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Pride And Extreme Prejudice - 3 stars
War Eagle, Arkansas - 3 stars
Trumbo - 3 stars
Out Of The Cold - 1.5 stars
Marco Polo - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Leguizamo - 7 times - show films
Susan Ruttan - 4 times - show films
Sylvester Stallone - 4 times - show films
Diane Venora - 4 times - show films
Rob Dyrdek - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ted Kotcheff - 3 times - show films
Jon Avnet - 3 times - show films
Baz Luhrmann - 3 times - show films
Robert Moresco - 2 times - show films
Peter Segal - 2 times - show films