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  • A Taste Of Honey
  • A Taste Of Honey review by from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Outstanding Dramedy 7 June 2004
    ... of the three leads. This is one of the first films to be shot on location and Tony Richardson uses the Salford location beautifully. If excellent drama/comedy and beautiful...   Read customer review
  • The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
  • Rated - 5.0 stars In a class of its own 13 June 2004
    ... With an intense performance by Tom Courtenay as Smith and gritty direction by Tony Richardson, ‘the Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’ has survived the test of time and...   Read customer review
  • Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
  • Rated - 5.0 stars “…What I’m Out For Is A Good Time…All The Rest Is Propaganda…” 26 March 2012
    ...se it genuinely applies. Directed by Karel Reisz in 1960, it was produced by Tony Richardson (who directed 'The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner') and adapted and scr...   Read customer review

Tony Richardson - filmography


  • Blue Sky (1994)
    Starring: Amy Locane,  Chris O'Donnell,  Jessica Lange
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tony Richardson's final film gained Jessica Lange the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Carly Marshall, the unbalanced and unfaithful wife of army scientist Hank (Tommy Lee Jones). Her unruly antics get the both of them in trouble and result finally, after a stint of topless ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 404 members
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  • The Hotel New Hampshire on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Anita Morris,  Seth Green
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A dark comedy, based on the best-selling novel by John Irving. The Berry family consists of Father, Mother, John (a student), Franny (the victim of a gang rape), Frank (who is gay) and Lilly. Together they run the Hotel New Hampshire in New England, but when Father's friend Freud asks them for help,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,039 member
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  • The Border on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Harvey Keitel,  Warren Oates,  Elpidia Carrillo
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    L.A cop Charlie (Jack Nicholson) and his wife move to Texas when he joins the Mexican border patrol. Initially tempted to join his new partners in the racket of corruption and illicit backhanders that presently proliferates in the department, Charlie finds himself taking pity on the illegal ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 349 members
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  • Joseph Andrews on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Michael Hordern,  Peter Bull,  Michael Hordern
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Tony Richardson's adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel about the romantic adventures of a young footman in 18th century society. Raised by Parson Adams (Michael Hordern), good looking young servant Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth) soon comes to the attention of Lady Booby (Ann-Margret), wife ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 43 members
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  • A Delicate Balance on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Lee Remick,  Joseph Cotten,  Katharine Hepburn
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Part of the American Film Theatre Collection, in which classic American stage plays are transferred to the big screen, this Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Edward Albee is directed for cinema by Tony Richardson. Katherine Hepburn and Paul Scofield play Agnes and Tobias, a middle-aged couple with a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 173 members
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  • Ned Kelly on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Mick Jagger,  Mark McManus,  Clarissa Kaye-Mason
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Crime drama starring Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly, a legendary outlaw of the Australian outback sought by authorities for stealing horses. At age 20, Ned has already served a three-year prison term. When his mother (Clarissa Kaye) is arrested and jailed on a bogus murder charge, Ned offers to surrender ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 161 members
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  • Hamlet on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Judy Parfitt,  Anthony Hopkins,  Gordon Jackson
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Nicol Williamson takes the lead role in this star-studded 1969 version of William Shakespeare's tragedy. Prince Hamlet mourns both his father's death and his mother's remarriage to Claudius. When the ghost of Hamlet's father appears to him and tells him that Claudius has poisoned him, Hamlet swears ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 139 members
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  • Mademoiselle on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Jeanne Moreau,  Umberto Orsini,  Jane Beretta
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1951, French writer Jean Genet presented a screenplay called Les Rêves Interdits/L'Autre Versant du Rêve to actress Anouk Aimée as a wedding gift. He then proceeded to sell the rights three times without telling her. Eventually the script was reworked by Marguerite Duras and filmed by British ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 79 members
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  • The Loved One (1965)
    Starring: Robert Morse,  Rod Steiger,  Jonathan Winters
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Outrageous black comedy, promoted as "the motion picture with something to offend everyone!," stars Robert Morse as a British poet who visits California and, after his uncle's death, is introduced to the seamier side of the funeral industry.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 22 members
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  • Tom Jones (1963)
    Starring: Joan Greenwood,  Diane Cilento,  David Tomlinson
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Tony Richardson's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film follows Tom Jones (Albert Finney), a country boy who becomes one of the wildest playboys in 18th ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,659 member
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  • A Taste Of Honey (1961)
    Starring: Murray Melvin,  Robert Stephens,  Rita Tushingham
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Classic 1960s realist drama based on the play by Shelagh Delaney. Abandoned by her sailor boyfriend and her man-hungry mother (Dora Bryan), pregnant Manchester teenager Jo (Rita Tushingham) thinks she might have to face life's difficulties all alone. Help then comes in the form of a kind-hearted ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,361 members
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  • The Entertainer on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Alan Bates,  Joan Plowright
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A tatty, ageing seaside performer is a failure as a family man and as an entertainer. Laurence Olivier plays the excruciating Archie Rice, with an ego that destroys the lives of those closest to him. Albert Finney and Alan Bates make their film debuts as his sons.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 702 members
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  • Look Back In Anger on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Mary Ure,  Claire Bloom,  Edith Evans
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Archetypal British angry young man Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) is a college-educated bloke who can't seem to get any better job than working in a candy store. Jimmy's relationship with his wife Alison (Mary Ure) alternates between hugs and kisses when he's feeling good and verbal abuse when he's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 372 members
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  • Free Cinema (3 discs) on DVD (1956)
    Director: Karel Reisz,  Lorenza Mazzetti,  Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The definitive collection of films from the 1950s' Free Cinema movement, released in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the first screening of films by the Free Cinema group in 1956. Films included: * O Dreamland * Momma Don't Allow * Together * Wakefield Express * Nice Time * The Singing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 188 members
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Tony Richardson facts

5 most recent films

Blue Sky - 3.0 stars
The Hotel New Hampshire - 3.0 stars
The Border - 3.0 stars
Joseph Andrews - 2.5 stars
Mahogany - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Saturday Night And Sunday Morning - 3.5 stars
A Taste Of Honey - 3.5 stars
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - 3.5 stars
Free Cinema - 3.5 stars
Look Back In Anger - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Joseph Andrews - 2.5 stars
The Loved One - 3.0 stars
Ned Kelly - 2.5 stars
A Delicate Balance - 2.5 stars
Blue Sky - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Albert Finney - 6 times - show films
Tom Courtenay - 5 times - show films
John Thaw - 5 times - show films
Joe Robinson - 5 times - show films
James Bolam - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Karel Reisz - 3 times - show films
Berry Gordy - 2 times - show films
Lorenza Mazzetti - 2 times - show films
Lorenza Mazzetti / - 1 times - show films
Tony Palmer - 1 times - show films