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  • Sailor Beware!
  • Sailor Beware! review by gypsyroadhog from sunderland, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars typical battleaxe 4 July 2010
    ...comedy with peggy mount the usual cast battle axe and she pulls it off so good. Gordon Jackson oh so young and typical character as he played throughout his career. Good bant...   Read customer review

Gordon Jackson - filmography


  • The Whistle Blower on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  James Fox,  Nigel Havers
    Director: Simon Langton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The compelling mystery surrounds a talented linguist who works at a government information-gathering service in England and whose accidental death haunts his father. Unraveling the truth about his son's death, he discovers sinister, covert dealings that threaten the England he has always believed in.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 447 members
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  • The Lady And The Highwayman on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Emma Samms,  Oliver Reed,  Claire Bloom
    Director: John Hough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in the turbulent 17th Century reign of King Charles II, this film tells of Lady Panthea Vyre who has attracted the attention of the King and the eye of the folk hero and highwayman, Silver Blade, who, unknown to her, is really a relative of hers and rightful heir to the family estate and title. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 245 members
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  • Shaka Zulu (4 discs) on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Edward Fox,  Robert Powell,  Trevor Howard
    Director: William C. Faure
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the early 19th century, the British began expanding their empire beyond the South African colonies. As they made their way up the continent's southeastern coast, they encountered a formidable enemy: Shaka Zulu, the most powerful king in that region and founder of the Zulu empire. Shaka had come ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 836 members
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  • The Professionals - Season 1 (4 discs) (1977)
    Starring: Martin Shaw,  Lewis Collins,  Gordon Jackson
    Director: Dennis Abey,  James Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fourteen episodes of the cult television series. Episode titles: Private Madness Public Danger, The Female Factor, Old Dog With New Tricks, Killer With A Long Arm, Heroes, Where The Jungle Ends, Close Quarters, Everest Was Also Conquered, When The Heat Cools Off, Stakeout, Long Shot, Look After ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,091 member
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  • Kidnapped (1971)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Trevor Howard,  Jack Hawkins
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This period drama is set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. A young man David Balfour arrives to claim his inheritance but his wicked uncle attempts to kill him and then unduly ships him off to be sold as a slave. Michael Caine stars as Alan Breck, in a spirited performance, who befriends ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 195 members
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  • Madame Sin (1971)
    Starring: Robert Wagner,  Denholm Elliott,  Gordon Jackson
    Director: David Green
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    In a lovely old castle on a Scottish island lives Madame Sin. She can arrange revolutions, assassinations, and can help to tumble monarchies!
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 20 members
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  • Gideon's Way - The Complete Series (7 discs) (1965)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Gerald Harper,  Alfie Bass
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features the complete twenty six episodes from the classic crime thriller series. Episodes include: 'State Visit', 'The V Men', 'The Firebug', 'The Big Fix', 'The Housekeeper', 'The Lady-Killer', 'To Catch A Tiger', 'Big Fish, Little Fish', 'The White Rat' and more...
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 213 members
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  • The Great Escape on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Charles Bronson,  James Garner
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made, John Sturges's dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who executed a massive escape from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944, stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts. The ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 25,537 members
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  • Two Wives At One Wedding on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Viola Keats,  Andre Maranne,  Christina Gregg
    Director: Montgomery Tully
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this crime drama, a prominent doctor marries a wealthy young woman. Their happiness is marred when a French woman begins blackmailing him with her claims that they are still married. Her actions cause an investigation and, as a result, his life is nearly destroyed.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 12 members
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  • Cone Of Silence on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Michael Craig,  Bernard Lee,  Peter Cushing
    Director: Charles Frend
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Veteran pilot George Gort (Bernard Lee) faces a Court of Inquiry as the result of the crash of a Phoenix jet airliner He is severely cross-examined by Sir Arnold Hobbes Q.C. (Gorge Sanders) and found guilty of a pilot error. The pressure mounts on Gort when Captain Judd (Peter Cushing) accuses him ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 127 members
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  • Yesterday's Enemy on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Gordon Jackson,  Leo McKern,  Stanley Baker
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    BAFTA-nominated Hammer film, in which, cut off by the Japanese advance into Burma, Captain Langford (Stanley Baker) and his exhausted British troops take over an enemy-held jungle village. Despite protestations from a padre and a war correspondent (Leo McKern), Langford orders that two innocent ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 107 members
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  • Floodtide on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Gordon Jackson,  Rona Anderson,  John Laurie
    Director: Frederick Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Floodtide is a romantic drama from 1949 directed by Frederick Wilson, about the son of a Scottish farmer who dreams of a life in the city. Against his fathers wishes, David Shields obtains a job in the shipyards where his flair for design moves him swiftly up the ladder. This is resented by many of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 16 members
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  • Millions Like Us on DVD (1943)
    Starring: Patricia Roc,  Gordon Jackson,  Anne Crawford
    Director: Sidney Gilliat,  Frank Launder
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamor job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls for all different walks of life, and begins a relationship with a young airman...
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 264 members
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  • Nine Men on DVD (1943)
    Starring: Bill Blewitt,  Giulio Finzi,  Fred Griffiths
    Director: Harry Watt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The nine men are an English sergeant (Jack Lambert) and his eight charges, stranded in a crumbling fort in the Libyan desert during the African campaign. Held down by the gunfire of Italian troops, the men must secure the fort for the Allies and keep from being killed or captured. With no budget ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 88 members
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  • Upstairs Downstairs - Series 3 (4 discs)
    Starring: Gordon Jackson,  Jean Marsh,  Angela Baddeley
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Series three of UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS takes place between 1912 and 1914, starting with Lady Majorie's fateful voyage on the RMS Titanic and ending just prior to the advent of World War I. Richard Bellamy must cope with life without his wife and wastrel son James settles down and gets married, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 162 members
    Not available for rental
  • A View Of East Lothian
    Starring: Ian Finlay,  Gordon Jackson
    Director: Henry Cooper,  Mark Littlewood
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A collection of promotional films concerning the East Lothians. In A VIEW FROM THE BASS, North Berwick coastal resort is visited. Sites include the Pavillion Theatre, the open air swimming pool and a boat trip to Bass Rock. In LOTHIAN LANDSCAPE, the turbulent history of East Lothian is revisited at ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6 members
    Not available for rental

Gordon Jackson facts

5 most recent films

The Whistle Blower - 3.0 stars
The Lady And The Highwayman - 2.5 stars
Shaka Zulu - 3.5 stars
The Professionals - Season 4 - 3.5 stars
The Professionals - Season 3 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Great Escape - 4.0 stars
San Demetrio, London - 4.0 stars
Upstairs Downstairs - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Upstairs Downstairs - Series 4 - Episodes 1-7 - 4.0 stars
Upstairs Downstairs - Series 4 - Episodes 8-13 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Two Wives At One Wedding - 3.0 stars
Bitter Springs - 3.0 stars
Floodtide - 3.0 stars
Madame Sin - 3.0 stars
A View Of East Lothian - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lewis Collins - 20 times - show films
Martin Shaw - 20 times - show films
David Langton - 17 times - show films
Angela Baddeley - 17 times - show films
Jean Marsh - 17 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Brayne - 19 times - show films
Martin Campbell - 19 times - show films
Derek Bennett - 15 times - show films
none - 13 times - show films
Christopher Hodson - 12 times - show films