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Harry Andrews
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Harry Andrews - what members say
review by Christinekay from Southampton
Entertaining and rather subversive 7 February 2010
review by from West Yorkshire
Pure class 4 July 2005
review by A customer from Plymouth, England
Heavy, but absorbing 29 March 2006
Harry Andrews - filmography
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Mesmerised
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Harry Andrews
Director: Michael Laughlin
Certificate: 
An 18-year-old orphan is trapped in an arranged marriage to a cruel middle-aged man. While she initially hoped for a better life, she soon realised that she wants out of the arrangement. When he turns up murdered, she is the prime suspect, arousing the ire of a nation. Based on the true story of ..read more »
 
40%
from 196 members
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Hawk The Slayer
(1980)
Starring: Jack Palance, John Terry, Annette Crosbie
Director: Terence Marcel, Terry Marcel
Certificate: 
Two brothers vie for the possession of a magical sword. Hawk (John Terry) is the younger brother, known for his duty, honour and courage. Voltan (Jack Palance) is the older brother who is known for his villainous ways. The lethal weapon bestows upon its owner incredible powers of destruction and ..read more »
59%
from 740 members
Currently unavailable
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SOS Titanic
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Susan Saint James
Director: William Hale
Certificate:
April 15th 1912 will be remembered as one of the darkest days in history, the day the Titantic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Of the 2, 206 passengers and crew only 703 survived that fateful journey and this is their story. Based on eyewitness accounts S.O.S Titanic is one ..read more »
46%
from 15 members
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Death On The Nile
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Angela Lansbury
Director: John Guillermin
Certificate:
A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favourite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murdered and everyone on the ship is suspect. The passengers include the ..read more »
68%
from 1,216 member
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The Four Feathers
(1977)
Starring: Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate: 
Based on A.E.W. Mason's novel, THE FOUR FEATHERS sees Harry Faversham (Bridges) an army officer resign his commission to go to Britain's Sudan campaign on the eve of his engagement. His fiancee (Seymour) and three friends each send him a white feather as a sign that they believe him a coward. So ..read more »
59%
from 182 members
Not currently released
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Equus
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely
Director: Sidney Lumet
Certificate: 
Sidney Lumet directed this film version of Peter Shaffer's dramatic play, transforming theatrical symbolism into cinematic realism. Richard Burton received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Martin Dysert, a psychiatrist determined to unravel the disturbed mind of ..read more »
63%
from 1,194 member
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The Medusa Touch
(1977)
Starring: Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Robert Lang
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate:
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Novelist John Morlar is a man with the unique power to cause disaster at will. Detective Brunel investigates an assault on Morlar and discovers he possesses mysterious powers. From his hospital bed, Morlar gives a small clue to his next target for destruction... the Windscale Nuclear Plant...
67%
from 947 members
Not available for rental
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The Big Sleep
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate:
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A faithful remake of the 1946 original in which private eye Philip Marlowe finds himself involved in murder, blackmail and violence when hired to protect a General's young daughter.
51%
from 784 members
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Clayhanger - The Complete Series
(1976)
Starring: Janet Suzman, Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews
Director: David Reid, John Davies
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A major series starring, amongst others, Janet Suzman, Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Clive Swift and Denis Quilley, this stunning ATV-produced drama adapted the celebrated Clayhanger Family novels by Arnold Bennett, published between 1910 and 1918. The series is set in the ..read more »
68%
from 10 members
Not available for rental
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Theatre Of Blood
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry
Director: Douglas Hickox
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Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price), a demented Shakespearean actor, adds murder to his repertoire when he takes gruesome revenge on the eight critics who slighted him. He knows he deserved that major award for his fine acting, but once again, the critics denied him and chose some other, inferior ..read more »
70%
from 1,746 member
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Man of La Mancha
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco
Director: Arthur Miller
Certificate:
Cervante's immortal story of Don Quixote and his spiritual quest for 'The Impossible Dream' of honour, chivalry and adventure. Broadway's greatest fantasy musical comes to the small screen with Peter O'Toole in the title role with Sophia Loren as his fair lady, Dulcinea.
61%
from 306 members
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The Ruling Class
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe
Director: Peter Medak
Certificate:
A sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the in-grown eccentricities of the British upper class with Peter O'Toole as one of the least crazy of the English blue-bloods -- he thinks he's Jesus Christ. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Peter O'Toole.
57%
from 532 members
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The Nightcomers
(1972)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate: 
Isolated in a traditional English country manor, two rich orphans--Miles (Christopher Ellis) and Flora (Verna Harvey)--have only their nurse, their housekeeper, and a strange gardener named Quint (Marlon Brando) to provide them with company and care. The youngsters are particularly intrigued by ..read more »
47%
from 325 members
Currently unavailable
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Burke And Hare
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Derren Nesbitt, Glynn Edwards, Harry Andrews
Director: Vernon Sewell
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Set in Edinburgh Burke (Nesbitt) & Hare (Edwards) embark on the profitable enterprise of supplying the dead bodies of lodgers from the poorhouse to the medical pioneer Dr Knox (Andrews). As the supply of corpses dries up and driven by their money grabbing wives the pair move onto murder in order to ..read more »
40%
from 207 members
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Nicholas And Alexandra
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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The story of the final years of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and the revolution which turned their lives upside down, and changed the world. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design.
65%
from 554 members
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Entertaining Mr Sloane
(1969)
Starring: Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery
Director: Douglas Hickox
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An attractive young charmer by the name of Mr. Sloane weasels his way into the lives of a middle-aged brother and sister, while trying to disguise the truth about his unpleasant past. This black comedy is based on a work by Joe Orton, the taboo-tweaking British playwright who delighted in loading ..read more »
66%
from 508 members
Not currently released
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Play Dirty
(1969)
Starring: Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green
Director: Andre De Toth
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There's no mistaking the 1968 mood of Play Dirty: this cynical war movie could only have been made during the disillusioned Vietnam era, despite its WWII subject. Michael Caine plays a British captain in North Africa, tapped to lead a suicidal mission across the desert to destroy a German fuel ..read more »
61%
from 20 members
Currently unavailable
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Too Late The Hero
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's pulsating World War II thriller, Lawson (Cliff Robertson), an American naval officer specializing in Asiatic languages, is sent to the Pacific theater to assist a group of British soldiers (Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, and Harry Andrews) in a seemingly simple mission--knock ..read more »
60%
from 915 members
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The Jokers
(1967)
Starring: Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews
Director: Michael Winner
Certificate: 
Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford play two brothers who are always trying to find some way to succeed with cleverness rather than simple drudgery. Crawford is constantly living in his brother's shadow as the one who gets caught. After Crawford is forced to resign from the army after an episode of ..read more »
60%
from 20 members
Currently unavailable
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Modesty Blaise
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Terence Stamp, Monica Vitti, Dirk Bogarde
Director: Joseph Losey
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Great Britain is giving 50 million pounds worth of diamonds to a Middle East sheik in return for oil concessions. There are rumors of a plot by arch-criminal Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde) to steal the diamonds, so the Secret Service Chief (Harry Andrews) seeks the help of sexy spy Modesty Blaise (Monica ..read more »
50%
from 210 members
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The Night Of The Generals
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
Director: Anatole Litvak
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The tense story of a manhunt for a psychopathic sex killer during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and Paris in World War II. An Intelligence major is assigned to the task of finding the killer, who is believed to be a top-ranking German officer...
57%
from 1,586 member
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The Deadly Affair
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: James Mason, Simone Signoret, Harry Andrews
Director: Sidney Lumet
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A Foreign Office man apparently commits suicide. A colleague is not convinced and teams up with a retired CID Inspector to look into it. They finally uncover a spy ring but in doing so endanger their own lives.....
66%
from 457 members
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The Hill
(1965)
Starring: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen
Director: Sidney Lumet
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THE HILL, a World War II drama directed by Sidney Lumet, focuses on the cruel British soldiers who were based in the desert in Libya, Africa.
74%
from 209 members
Currently unavailable
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Barabbas
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Valentina Cortese, Harry Andrews
Director: Richard Fleischer
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When thief and murderer Barabbas (Anthony Quinn) is freed by the people of Judea rather than Jesus of Nazareth, the criminal struggles to understand why he was chosen to live. Rachel (Silvanno Mangano), the woman he loves, becomes a follower of Jesus, whom she believes has risen from the tomb. ..read more »
59%
from 308 members
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Ice Cold In Alex - Blu-ray
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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This classic World War II drama stars John Mills as an ambulance driver who escapes the siege of Tobruk in the company of a sergeant major, a nurse and a South African officer who has become separated from his unit. Suspicions arise about whether one of the group is a German spy who is undermining ..read more »
80%
from 208 members
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Ice Cold In Alex
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate:
This classic World War II drama stars John Mills as an ambulance driver who escapes the siege of Tobruk in the company of a sergeant major, a nurse and a South African officer who has become separated from his unit. Suspicions arise about whether one of the group is a German spy who is undermining ..read more »
75%
from 4,859 members
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Saint Joan
(1957)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, John Gieldgud
Director: Otto Preminger
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Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch.
52%
from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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Alexander The Great
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones
Director: Robert Rossen
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The short life and quick death of Alexander the Great is recounted in this literate historical epic. Decked out in a blonde wig, Richard Burton stars as the Grecian warrior who conquered the known world while only in his twenties, then wept because there were no more worlds left to conquer. While ..read more »
53%
from 545 members
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The Red Beret
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Alan Ladd, Leo Genn, Harry Andrews
Director: Terence Young
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Ladd stars as an American Army officer who resigns his commission after ordering a fellow officer to jump from a plane which is about to crash. Ladd manages to land the plane safely, but his friend dies when his chute fails to open. Determined to avoid life-or-death decisions, Ladd enlists in ..read more »
58%
from 22 members
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The Internecine Project
on DVD
Starring: James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews
Director: Ken Hughes
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When he discovers that he is to become the personal consultant to the American President, Robert Elliot panics that his past will catch up with him. There are four people that know of his corrupt actions, and so Elliot devises a plan to get rid of them all...
58%
from 97 members
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Harry Andrews facts
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...g for this film. One is the superb cast, including Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, et al. There are several well-known faces popping up in the supporting cast t...
