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  • Planet of the Apes
  • Planet of the Apes review by RJNeb2 from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Two hairy thumbs up 12 August 2007
    ...re plenty of moments of humour and excellent characterisation. That Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowall and Maurice Evans are able to create such indelible characters underneath all t...   Read customer review

Roddy McDowall - filmography


  • A Bug's Life - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  David Hyde Pierce,  Denis Leary
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The computer animation crew at Pixar--the creators of TOY STORY--return with another feature rife with stunningly rendered worlds populated by cute critters you can't help but care about. The story is simple--an ant colony led by Flik (Dave Foley) seeks help from a flea circus and other insects in ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 806 members
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  • A Bug's Life on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  David Hyde Pierce,  Denis Leary
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Life is no picnic for the ants on Ant Island! Each summer, a gang of greedy grasshoppers - led by the menacing and manipulative Hopper - descends upon the colony to demand a hefty portion of the ants' hard-earned harvest and generally make life miserable for this peaceful community. Our hero Flik,..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 29,162 members
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  • Around The World In 80 Days on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Jack Klugman,  Robert Wagner,  Eric Idle
    Director: Buzz Kulik
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An all-star television adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, set in the late 19th Century. An Englishman named Phileas Fogg makes a bet that, using all the modern forms of transportation, he can travel around the world in 80 days. He and his sidekick begin their voyage in a hot-air balloon, and make ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 51 members
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  • Cutting Class on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Donovan Leitch,  Jill Schoelen,  Brad Pitt
    Director: Rospo Pallenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Welcome to Wurleigh High School, where the pressures of student life can be seriously crushing. The night janitor hates teenagers, the students are turning to drink. Brian's just returned from a mental hospital, and everyone else is losing their mind. Somebody is cutting classes at Wurleigh High, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 220 members
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  • Dead of Winter (1987)
    Starring: Mary Steenburgen,  Roddy McDowall,  Jan Rubes
    Director: Arthur Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Katie McGovern is a struggling actress living with her lazy husband and her student brother. She attends an audition that she found in the paper and is selected to shoot a short video which will be sent to the director for his approval. Mr. Murray, the auditioner, picks Katie up and takes her to a ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • Evil Under The Sun on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Peter Ustinov,  Jane Birkin,  Colin Blakely
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Peter Ustinov makes his second appearance as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie mystery. When noted stage star Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) is found murdered while visiting a posh island resort, Poirot is called upon to find the culprit, but given ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 616 members
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  • Scavenger Hunt (1979)
    Starring: Richard Benjamin,  James Coco,  Ruth Gordon
    Director: Michael Schultz
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Old Mr. Parker has made millions inventing and selling games. At the beginning of the movie, he dies and his relatives gather for the reading of the will. However, old Mr. Parker is a game player to the last, and his will stipulates a Scavenger Hunt to determine which relative will get the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6 members
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  • The Silent Flute on DVD (1978)
    Starring: David Carradine,  Jeff Cooper,  Roddy McDowall
    Director: Richard Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This film, co-written by Bruce Lee, tells the story of Cord a rebellious martial artist on his quest to find the Book of Enlightenment. On his journey he must determine friend from foe as he travels through a land inhabited by mysterious characters all committed to testing his body, mind and soul ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 76 members
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  • Rabbit Test on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Alex Rocco,  Doris Roberts
    Director: Joan Rivers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Joan Rivers directs comic Billy Crystal in his feature film debut playing Lionel, the first man ever to get pregnant. Co-written by sharp-tongued Ms Rivers, in one funny scene, a gynaecologist declares: "Call Maintenance, I've got sperm all over my desk again!"
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 45 members
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  • Embryo on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Rock Hudson,  Diane Ladd,  Roddy McDowall
    Director: Ralph Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this science fiction thriller, Rock Hudson tenderly portrays isolated scientist Dr. Paul Holliston, who gets involved doing experiments on a human fetuses and discovers a method to accelerate the process of the fetus growing into a mature adult in just a few days. Barbara Carrera is perfect as ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 102 members
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  • The Legend of Hell House on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Roddy McDowall,  Pamela Franklin,  Clive Revill
    Director: John Hough
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this atmospheric and menacing film, the wealthy owner of a haunted mansion believes his home (which has been dubbed Hell House due to a history of bizarre happenings therein) might provide the answer to the phenomenon of life after death. To prove his theory, he enlists the help of four brave ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 875 members
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  • The Poseidon Adventure on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Ernest Borgnine,  Carol Lynley
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon is on a magnificent voyage from New York to Athens, Greece. Unfortunately, disaster befalls passengers and crew when the cruise ship is capsized by a huge tidal wave brought on by a submarine-induced earthquake. Though the casualties are many, 10 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,551 members
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  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks on DVD (1971)
    Starring: John Ericson,  Cindy O'Callaghan,  Roy Smart
    Director: Robert Stevenson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    In England during World War II, three young kids are forced to evacuate their home and move in with the eccentric Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury). At first the youths are unhappy--until they discover that Eglantine is studying to become a witch. Eglantine teaches the children magic, using her new ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 9,766 members
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  • Night Gallery - Series 1 (3 discs) on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Diane Keaton,  Joan Crawford,  Roddy McDowall
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Rod Serling branched out from his TWILIGHT ZONE television series in the early 1970s with NIGHT GALLERY. The material was darker than most Serling-fans had come to expect, with plenty of horror and creepy chills included in each episode. A constant throughout the show was the eerie beginning, which ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 268 members
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  • Five Card Stud on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Dean Martin,  Inger Stevens
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A stranger is caught cheating in a game of five card stud in a Rincon, Colorado saloon in 1880. Van Moran (Dean Martin) unsuccessfully tries to save the gambler's life as the other five players lynch the cheat. Meanwhile, a gold rush has brought a group of outsiders to Rincon, like gun-toting ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 309 members
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  • Planet of the Apes on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Roddy McDowall,  Kim Hunter
    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Originally intended as a project for Blake Edwards, the film version of Pierre Boule's semisatiric sci-fi novel came to the screen in 1968 under the directorial guidance of Franklin J. Schaffner. Charlton Heston is George Taylor, one of several astronauts on a long, long space mission whose ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,362 members
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  • The Greatest Story Ever Told on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Pat Boone,  John Wayne
    Director: George Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 674 members
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  • That Darn Cat on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Dean Jones,  Dorothy Provine
    Director: Robert Stevenson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When Patti's cat turns up with a missing woman's watch around its neck, Patti is convinced that the cat knows where the kidnapped woman is being held. An allergic federal agent is assigned to the case, and fun and romance ensue.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 354 members
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  • Midnight Lace on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Doris Day,  Rex Harrison,  Myrna Loy
    Director: David Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Kit (Doris Day), an American married to wealthy London businessman Tony Preston (Rex Harrison) becomes the terrified victim of a mysterious stalker, who she hears but can never see. She is threatened by the eerie, high-pitched voice as she walks in the thick London fog. She then begins receiving ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 388 members
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  • Orson Welles' Macbeth on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Orson Welles,  Jeanette Nolan,  Dan O'Herlihy
    Director: Orson Welles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A dark, moody screen version of the classic tragedy about a presumptuous Scottish prince's quest for power through patricide--in keeping with both the play's spirit and Welles' vision. As with his other masterpieces, Welles effectively mixes the use of shadow and oblique camera angles to achieve ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 637 members
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  • My Friend Flicka on DVD (1943)
    Starring: Roddy McDowall,  Preston Foster,  Jeff Corey
    Director: Harold Schuster
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A young boy is determined to befriend and tame a wild horse in this screen version of Mary O'Hara's novel. Despite the fact that his chosen horse comes from bad blood ten-year old Ken decides he must tame it, to prove himself as a person. A family classic for all ages.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 366 members
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  • How Green Was My Valley on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Donald Crisp,  Sara Allgood,  Anna Lee
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In John Ford's HOW GREEN IS MY VALLEY, Huw Morgan, now a middle-aged man leaving the mining town of Cwm Rhondda, recalls the events that most impressed themselves upon his younger self (Roddy McDowall). His first memories are of the marriage of his brother, Ivor (Patric Knowles), and the burgeoning ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,562 member
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  • Man Hunt on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Walter Pidgeon,  Joan Bennett,  George Sanders
    Director: Fritz Lang
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Fritz Lang's political thriller follows a British hunter's attempts to outrun Nazi agents after he targets Adolf Hitler. While on holiday in Bavaria, willdlife hunter Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) stumbles upon the Fuhrer's country retreat, eventually spotting Hitler in the gardens. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 79 members
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  • Lassie Box Set (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Elizabeth Taylor,  Roddy McDowall,  Donald Crisp
    Director: Fred M. Wilox
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Lassie, the ever-dependable rescue dog, comes to the aid of some more hapless humans as they get into various scrapes. Family adventure with a cosy moral subtext. Includes the following: Lassie Come Home (Dir. Fred McLeod Wilcox) (1943): Lassie - a faithful collie dog, is sold by her poor family - ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 173 members
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Roddy McDowall facts

5 most recent films

The Grass Harp - 2.5 stars
A Bug's Life - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
A Bug's Life - 3.5 stars
Unlikely Angel - 3.5 stars
Around The World In 80 Days - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

A Bug's Life - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Twilight Zone - Season 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Murder She Wrote - Series 5 - 4.0 stars
Bedknobs and Broomsticks - 3.5 stars
Planet Of The Apes Collection - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Subterraneans - 1.0 stars
Mean Johnny Barrows - 1.5 stars
Rabbit Test - 1.5 stars
Dead of Winter - 2.0 stars
Circle of Iron - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Warren Oates - 6 times - show films
Doug McClure - 6 times - show films
Burgess Meredith - 6 times - show films
Rod Taylor - 6 times - show films
Kevin McCarthy - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Anthony Pullen Shaw - 7 times - show films
Vincent McE - 7 times - show films
Walter Grauman - 7 times - show films
Douglas Heyes - 6 times - show films
Buzz Kulik - 5 times - show films