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Alec McCowen
Filmography
Alec McCowen - filmography
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Longitude
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Ian Hart
Director: Charles Sturridge
Certificate: 
In LONGITUDE, an 18th-century clock maker named Jon Harrison (Michael Gambon) begins what is to become a 40-year task to invent a system for determining longitude at sea with a nautical timepiece. Meanwhile, 200 years in the future, naval officer Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) discovers Harrison's ..read more »
 
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from 1,575 member
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Personal Services
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox
Director: Terry Jones
Certificate: 
A seemingly conservative woman and her clientele of kinky connoisseurs become daily tabloid sensations when it's discovered that her suburban brothel caters to some of Great Britain's elite. Members of Parliament, diplomats, judges, bankers, and even men of the cloth are all caught with their pants ..read more »
68%
from 1,617 member
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The Assam Garden
(1985)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Madhur Jaffrey, Alec McCowen
Director: Mary McMurray
Certificate: 
An embittered, lonely old widow reluctantly tends her late husband's garden and discovers that more than flowers can bloom there when she encounters her East Indian neighbour, a woman with an ailing husband. This touching drama chronicles their friendship. The story opens as the widow returns from ..read more »
65%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Never Say Never Again
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Sean Connery, Max von Sydow, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Director: Irvin Kershner
Certificate:
The title of the 1983 James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again is a self-mocking reference to star Sean Connery's insistence back in 1971 that he would never play Bond again. Reportedly, the huge salary offered Connery was but one consideration that brought him back to the 007 fold; the other was ..read more »
61%
from 9,918 members
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Twelfth Night
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Alec McCowen, Robert Hardy, Felicity Kendall
Director: John Gorrie
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In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Viola and ..read more »
65%
from 173 members
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Stevie
(1978)
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne, Alec McCowen
Director: Robert Enders
Certificate: 
This movie portrays British poet/author Stevie Smith and her life with her beloved aunt through direct dialogue with the audience by Stevie, as well as flashbacks, and narration by a friend. The film mainly focuses on her relationship with her aunt, romantic relationships of the past, and the fame ..read more »
80%
from 3 members
Currently unavailable
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Hanover Street
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer
Director: Peter Hyams
Certificate:
Written and directed by Peter Hyams (THE HUNTER, END OF DAYS), HANOVER STREET stars Harrison Ford as David, a WWII American bomber pilot who meets and falls in love with a beautiful nurse during an air raid in London. She never tells him that she is married. David is then shot down behind enemy ..read more »
58%
from 539 members
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Frenzy
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Vivien Merchant, Jon Finch, Alec McCowen
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
Alfred Hitchcock entered the 1970s with his commercial reputation virtually in tatters, a far cry from his stature at the start of the 1960s. Then, he'd been in the middle of the massively successful trio of movies, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds, and was a ubiquitous presence on ..read more »
67%
from 2,786 members
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Travels with My Aunt
(1972)
Starring: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr.
Director: George Cukor
Certificate: 
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
76%
from 11 members
Currently unavailable
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The Witches
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Kay Walsh, Joan Fontaine, Alec McCowen
Director: Cyril Frankel
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
This Hammer Production set in the English countryside pits Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine), the newly appointed headmistress of Haddaby Academy against a coven of witches. Tormented by memories of experiences with African witch doctors, Gwen thinks that working at a quiet English countryside school ..read more »
57%
from 223 members
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Time Without Pity
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Leo McKern, Lois Maxwell, Alec McCowen
Director: Joseph Losey
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In TIME WITHOUT PITY, director Joseph Losey delivers yet another multi-layered, atmospheric thriller. The film follows an alcoholic father (Michael Redgrave) who struggles to save his innocent son from the gallows, even as a cruel rival (Leo McKern) continues to keep him on the defensive. This was ..read more »
59%
from 85 members
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The One That Got Away
(1957)
Starring: Hardy Kruger, Michael Goodliffe, Colin Gordon
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
This taut war film, based on actual fact, tells of the daring escape attempts of a captured German ace pilot, Fran Von Werra. After being taken to Britain, Von Werra was the only German prisoner to successfully escape and make it back to his homeland.
63%
from 373 members
Not available for rental
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