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Roddy McDowall
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Filmography
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Roddy McDowall - filmography
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Around The World In 80 Days
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Jack Klugman, Robert Wagner, Eric Idle
Director: Buzz Kulik
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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 »
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60%
from 16 members
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Around The World In Eighty Days
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson-Soul
Director: Buzz Kulik
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Jules Verne's classic adventure, this time recorded for television, stars Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg who places a bet that he can circumnavigate the globe within 80 days. His sidekick Passepartout is played by Eric Idle, and they are pursued by a detective (Peter Ustinov) to check they are ..read more »
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53%
from 468 members
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Cutting Class
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt
Director: Rospo Pallenberg
Certificate: 
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 »
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38%
from 187 members
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Evil Under The Sun
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Peter Ustinov is Hercule Poirot, the master detective, in this Agatha Christie murder mystery film. An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star. Is the killer one ..read more »
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70%
from 492 members
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Rabbit Test
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Billy Crystal, Alex Rocco, Doris Roberts
Director: Joan Rivers
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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!"
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34%
from 38 members
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The Rhinemann Exchange - Season 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Roddy McDowall, John Huston, Stephen Collins
Director: Burt Kennedy
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Robert Ludlum’s story of a secret diamond exchange in Argentina is a classic World War II thriller. When the allies realize they are in desperate need of a technology possessed by the Nazis, their underground spy network proposes a covert trade with the enemy. The man they’ve chosen for the job is ..read more »
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47%
from 34 members
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Embryo
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Rock Hudson, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall
Director: Ralph Nelson
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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 »
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40%
from 95 members
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The Legend of Hell House
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill
Director: John Hough
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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 »
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60%
from 690 members
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The Poseidon Adventure
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley
Director: Ronald Neame
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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 »
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64%
from 4,113 members
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe
Director: Robert Stevenson
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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 »
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70%
from 7,826 members
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Planet Of The Apes
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic about three astronauts marooned on a planet where highly intelligent apes rule and humans are slaves.The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the simians. But one, the defiant ..read more »
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67%
from 4,674 members
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Five Card Stud
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Inger Stevens
Director: Henry Hathaway
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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 »
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61%
from 260 members
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That Darn Cat
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine
Director: Robert Stevenson
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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.
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64%
from 257 members
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Pat Boone, John Wayne
Director: George Stevens
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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 »
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63%
from 581 members
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Midnight Lace
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, Myrna Loy
Director: David Miller
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Doris Day portrays a rich young wife living in London who is the target of life-threatening phone calls and near fatal accidents. Everyone becomes a potential murderer, including her debonair husband, an adoring next- door-neighbour, and a construction foreman working nearby. Academy Award ..read more »
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62%
from 299 members
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Orson Welles' Macbeth
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy
Director: Orson Welles
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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 »
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60%
from 515 members
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My Friend Flicka
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Jeff Corey
Director: Harold Schuster
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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.
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55%
from 327 members
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How Green Was My Valley
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall
Director: John Ford
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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 »
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66%
from 1,308 member
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Night Gallery - Series 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Diane Keaton, Joan Crawford, Roddy McDowall
Director: Steven Spielberg
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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 »
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60%
from 210 members
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Lassie Box Set
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp
Director: Fred M. Wilox
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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 »
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66%
from 119 members
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Roddy McDowall facts
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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...
Classic T.V On DVD 7 December 2006
