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  • The First Churchills - Part 2
  • The First Churchills - Part 2 review by A customer from Manchester, UJ
    Rated - 5.0 stars SUBLIME 22 August 2005
    ...mpshire hold centre stage throughout but the supporting actors are all quality, John Standing is very good as Goldolphin with wonderful portrayal of the intrigues and treach...   Read customer review

John Standing - filmography


  • Before the Rains on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Leopold Benedict,  Rahul Bose,  Nandita Das
    Director: Santosh Sivan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, "Before the Rains" is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director Santosh Sivan. An idealistic young Indian man finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past when ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,136 member
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  • The Falklands Play on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Patricia Hodge,  John Standing,  James Fox
    Director: Michael Samuels
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Patricia Hodge and James Fox star in this BBC political drama. In 1982, Margaret Thatcher's government sent British forces to war to regain the Falkland Islands from occupying Argentinean troops. Four years later, the BBC commissioned a play on the conflict, only for playwright Ian Curteis's work ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 261 members
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  • 8.1/2 Women on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Elizabeth Berrington,  Natacha Amal,  John Standing
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Peter Greenaway's tale of sexual fantasies and blackmail. In Tokyo businessman Philip Emmenthal (John Standing) places his son Storey (Matthew Delamere) in charge of his eight and a half, recently acquired, pachinko parlours. When Storey's mother dies, he travels to his father's Geneva chateau to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 1,029 member
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  • Mad Cows on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Joanna Lumley,  Phyllida Law,  Greg Wise
    Director: Sarah Sugarman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Maddy (Anna Friel) is an Australian in London, trying to track down the feckless father of her baby boy. Her quest takes an unexpected turn when she is thrown in prison for stealing a bag of peas from Harrods. A plot is hatched between Maddy, her best friend Gillian (Joanna Lumley) and the prison ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 273 members
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  • Mrs Dalloway (1997)
    Starring: Lena Headey,  Sarah Badel,  Michael Kitchen
    Director: Marleen Gorris
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Marleen Gorris directs this adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel. In 1923, MP's wife Clarissa Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave) begins to reminisce while preparing for a party at her London home. She casts her mind back to the 1890s, when she shared a close friendship with the radical Sally Seton (Lena ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,325 member
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  • The Woman in White (1997)
    Starring: Tara Fitzgerald,  Justine Waddell,  Andrew Lincoln
    Director: Tim Fywell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 35 members
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  • The Choir (2 discs) (1995)
    Starring: Oliver Milburn,  Nicholas Farrell,  Jane Asher
    Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This mini-series, based on Joanna Trollope's novel, explores the internal politics and scandals of a British cathedral choir school. It features the singing voice of first-time actor and boy treble soloist Anthony Way, a real-life student at the St. Paul's Cathedral Choral School in London.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 236 members
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  • Invitation To The Wedding on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Paul Nicholas,  Ralph Richardson,  John Standing
    Director: Joseph Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    During the rehearsal for the wedding of Lady Anne (Susan Brooks), David (Paul Nicholas) stands in for the groom. However, due to the pastor's (Ralph Richardson) ineptitude, David finds himself actually married to Lady Anne which is just the beginning of a rollercoaster-ride of disaster.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 133 members
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  • The Legacy on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Ian Hogg,  Roger Daltrey,  Charles Gray
    Director: Richard Marquand
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An American designer goes to stay with her employer and finds the country house full of guests who have gathered to discover which one of them is to inherit a satanic legacy. One by one the list of potential candidates gets shorter, as the group come to a variety of grisly ends.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 150 members
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  • The Eagle Has Landed - Blu-ray (1977)
    Starring: Jenn,  Maurice Roeves,  Sven-Bertil Taube
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Sturges' adaptation of Jack Higgins' semi-factual novel using an all-star cast. In 1943, a group of Nazi soldiers parachute into Norfolk and infiltrate a small village near the holiday retreat of Winston Churchill. Their plan is to assassinate the British Prime Minister but the villagers are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 714 members
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  • Au Pair Girls (1972)
    Starring: Ferdy Mayne,  Me Me Lay,  Gabrielle Drake
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    These sexy au pairs only came to make the beds... but they end up doing everything! Four Continental dolly-birds arrive in London to work as home-helps, but within 24-hours they all lose all of their clothes in this raucous 1970s sex comedy classic! Directed by veteran filmmaker Val Guest (..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 501 members
    Due for release on 29th July 2013
  • The First Churchills - Part 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1969)
    Starring: John Neville,  Susan Hampshire,  John Standing
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The first part of the late Sixties television dramatisation of the lives of John Churchill (John Neville), the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah (Susan Hampshire). The episodes included are: 'The Chaste Nymph', 'Bridals', 'Plot Counter Plot', 'The Lion and the Unicorn', 'Rebellion' and '..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 225 members
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  • The First Churchills - Part 2 (2 discs) (1969)
    Starring: John Neville,  Richard Pearson,  Susan Hampshire
    Director: David Giles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The second part of the late Sixties television dramatisation of the lives of John Churchill (John Neville), the first Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah (Susan Hampshire). The episodes included are: 'Trial of Strength', 'The Queen Commands', 'Reconciliation', 'A Famous Victory', 'Breaking the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 137 members
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  • A Touch Of Love on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Sandy Dennis,  John Standing,  Michael Coles
    Director: Waris Hussein
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    British drama based on the novel 'The Millstone' by Margaret Drabble. When philosophy student, Rosamund (Sandy Dennis), has a one-night-stand with gay television presenter, George (Ian McKellen), she falls pregnant. She subsequently decides to bring up the baby on her own, refusing to involve the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 46 members
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  • Walk, Don't Run on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Jim Hutton,  Samantha Eggar,  John Standing
    Director: Charles Walters
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Comedy starring Cary Grant. When English industrialist Sir William Rutland (Grant) arrives in Tokyo on business, the influx of tourists for the upcoming Olympic games makes it impossible to find lodging. So Rutland fast-talks his way into sharing an apartment with beautiful Christine Easton (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 387 members
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  • Rabbit Fever on DVD
    Starring: Lisa Barbuscia,  Julian Rhind-Tutt,  Tara Summers
    Director: Ian Denyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Mockumentary about the joys and pitfalls of self gratification via the currently popular 'women's accoutrement' starring some unlikely actors. Bane of the existence of many a perfectly functioning hot-blooded male in the noughties, the Rampant Rabbit vibrator, has made addicts out of many an ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 346 members
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  • Queen's Messenger on DVD
    Starring: Gary Daniels,  David Westhead,  Teresa Sherrer-Donovan
    Director: Mark Roper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    By order of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Captain Strong (Gary Daniels), a senior officer of the elite Queen's Messenger Corps, is given the dangerous task of delivering a delicate communication to the British Ambassador of a troubled eastern European state. Strong has sworn to protect the message ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 82 members
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John Standing facts

5 most recent films

Before the Rains - 3.0 stars
The Falklands Play - 3.5 stars
8.1/2 Women - 2.5 stars
Mad Cows - 2.0 stars
The Man Who Knew Too Little - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Eagle Has Landed - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Falklands Play - 3.5 stars
The Man Who Knew Too Little - 3.5 stars
The Choir - 3.5 stars
Rogue Male - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Other 'Arf - Series 2 - Complete - 3.0 stars
The Other 'Arf - Series 1 - Complete - 3.0 stars
The Woman in White - 3.0 stars
A Touch Of Love - 3.0 stars
Queen's Messenger - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Standing - 25 times - show films
Patricia Hodge - 4 times - show films
James Fox - 3 times - show films
Stefanie Powers - 2 times - show films
Flora Montgomery - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Giles - 6 times - show films
Santosh Sivan - 2 times - show films
Clive Donner - 2 times - show films
John Kaye Cooper - 2 times - show films
Michael Samuels - 2 times - show films