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Michael Winner


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  • The Big Sleep
  • The Big Sleep review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 2 stars Not Farewell, My Lovely 18 October 2005
    ...ng of the far superior Farewell, My Lovely, filmed only a few years before this Michael Winner slumberfest. My mistake. The Big Sleep sees Robert Mitchum reprise his role as...  
  • Lawman
  • Lawman review by A customer from London
    Rated - 4 stars A REAL WINNER! 19 March 2009
    ... a truly great Western with a fantastic cast, and proves that once upon a time, Michael Winner was a more than competent director, as evidenced by this, The Mechanic, Death W...  
  • Dirty Weekend
  • Dirty Weekend review by from Northants,
    Rated - 3 stars Charles Bronson was never this sexy 11 March 2008
    ...Put your brain on autopilot and enjoy the violence. Michael Winner made his name with the Death Wish Movies and his anti-hero Paul Kersey played by Bronson. Here, we see th...  

Michael Winner - filmography


  • Parting Shots (1999)
    Starring: Chris Rea,  Felicity Kendal,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Harry only has a short time to live - but the prognosis is even worse for his enemies. An all-star cast shines in this hilarious black comedy about getting even - and getting away with it.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 19% from 10 members
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  • Bullseye on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Roger Moore,  Michael Caine,  Sally Kirkland
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A luckless small-time confidence man and his double-dealing partner in crime go after a cache of diamonds after they discover their remarkable resemblance to a pair of corrupt government scientists who have sold secrets for the diamonds. A dazzling set of double crosses ensues as the bumbling ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 80 members
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  • Death Wish 2 (1981)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jill Ireland,  Vincent Gardenia
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Charles Bronson returns with a vengeance (quite literally) in this sequel to the popular crime thriller DEATH WISH. Bronson reprises his role as vigilante Paul Kersey, whose family is once again victimized after moving to Los Angeles from New York. Kersey is mugged by a gang of street punks who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 774 members
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  • The Big Sleep on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Harry Andrews,  Richard Todd
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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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.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 677 members
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  • Death Wish on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Hope Lange,  Vincent Gardenia
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Charles Bronson stars in a genre-defining vigilante thriller that made him a household name. A fatal sexual assault on his wife and daughter leads mild-mannered architect Paul Kersey (Bronson) to rethink the justice system in his own terms when he discovers the police to be ineffectual, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,069 member
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  • Scorpio on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Alain Delon,  Paul Scofield
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Burt Lancaster stars as Cross, a US intelligence veteran whose CIA chief McLeod (John Colicos) has marked him for termination. On the run from the assassin, the old spy takes refuge with his Soviet counterpart--a retired KGB operative, Zharkov (Paul Scofield). That action only makes matters worse, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 190 members
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  • Lawman on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Robert Ryan,  Lee J. Cobb
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    While in a neighbouring town, some drunken locals from Sheriff Maddox' domain accidentally kill a man. So the stern, unbending Maddox (Burt Lancaster) goes there to arrest the missing men, a task that proves much harder than he expected, thanks to his rude and arrogant manner. The residents quickly ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 370 members
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  • The Jokers (1967)
    Starring: Michael Crawford,  Oliver Reed,  Harry Andrews
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 12 members
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  • The System on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Jane Merrow,  David Hemmings,  Oliver Reed
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Rarely seen in since its release, THE SYSTEM is a great lost document of mod 60's British culture, utilizing the talents of many artists who went on to more celebrated accomplishments. Michael Winner (DEATH WISH) directs the late Oliver Reed, who stars as Tinker, the leader of a gang of blazer-and-..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 101 members
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  • The Cool Mikado (1962)
    Starring: Frankie Howerd,  Tommy Cooper,  Mike Winters
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hank, son of Herbert Mikado, an American judge, refuses to comply with his father's wish that he marries Katie Shaw. He joins the Army and is posted to Japan where he falls in love with Yum-Yum. But Yum-Yum is betrothed to Ko-Ko, a local gangster. And that's where the trouble starts.
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 20% from 1 member
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  • The Big Sleep to Watch Now (1978)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Harry Andrews,  Richard Todd
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 99 minutes
    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.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • Death Wish to Watch Now (1974)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Hope Lange,  Vincent Gardenia
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 93 minutes
    In this explosive story of revenge and urban violence, Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal who has a change of opinion after his wife and daughter are violently attacked by a gang of thugs in their apartment. His daughter is raped, and his wife is raped and murdered. Bronson ..read more »
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Michael Winner facts

5 most recent films

Parting Shots - 1.5 stars
Diary Of Jack The Ripper, The - Beyond Reasonable Doubt? - 3.0 stars
Bullseye - 3.0 stars
A Chorus Of Disapproval - 3.0 stars
Appointment With Death - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Billy Fury - His Wondrous Story - 3.5 stars
Death Wish - 3.5 stars
The Mechanic - 3.0 stars
Lawman - 3.0 stars
Chato's Land - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

You Must Be Joking! - 1.0 stars
The Cool Mikado - 1.0 stars
Parting Shots - 1.5 stars
I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname - 2.0 stars
The Jokers - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Oliver Reed - 7 times - show films
Charles Bronson - 6 times - show films
Harry Andrews - 5 times - show films
Vincent Gardenia - 3 times - show films
Edward Fox - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alan Byron - 1 times - show films
Wayne Allen - 1 times - show films


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