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Alec McCowen

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  • Longitude on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Michael Gambon,  Jeremy Irons,  Ian Hart
    Director: Charles Sturridge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 1,107 member
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  • Personal Services on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Julie Walters,  Alec McCowen,  Shirley Stelfox
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,268 member
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  • Frenzy on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Jon Finch,  Alec McCowen,  Barry Foster
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FRENZY was Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film--and the first film he'd made in England in 20 years. Based on an Arthur La Bern novel, the film focuses on many of the same motifs that Hitchcock had obsessively examined throughout his life's work: the wrong man theme, doubling (in which one person ..read more »
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  • Time Without Pity on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Leo McKern,  Lois Maxwell,  Alec McCowen
    Director: Joseph Losey
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
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  • The One That Got Away (1957)
    Starring: Hardy Kruger,  Michael Goodliffe,  Colin Gordon
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 328 members
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  • Twelfth Night on DVD
    Starring: Alec McCowen,  Robert Hardy,  Felicity Kendall
    Director: John Gorrie
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 108 members
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  • The One that got away to Watch Now (1957)
    Starring: Hardy Krüger,  Michael Goodliffe,  Colin Gordon
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 102 minutes
    Based on a true story of an SAS patrol dropped behind enemy lines in Iraq at the height of the Gulf War, this powerful drama tells a tale of courage and heroism against almost overwhelming odds.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 3 members
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Alec McCowen facts

5 most recent films

Longitude - 3.5 stars
The Age Of Innocence - 3.0 stars
Personal Services - 3.5 stars
Never Say Never Again - 3.0 stars
Hanover Street - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Longitude - 3.5 stars
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner - 3.5 stars
Personal Services - 3.5 stars
Frenzy - 3.5 stars
Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Time Without Pity - 3.0 stars
Hanover Street - 3.0 stars
The Age Of Innocence - 3.0 stars
Never Say Never Again - 3.0 stars
The One That Got Away - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Redgrave - 3 times - show films
Joe Robinson - 2 times - show films
Terence Alexander - 2 times - show films
Julia Foster - 2 times - show films
Hardy Krüger - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Roy Ward Baker - 2 times - show films
Tony Richardson - 2 times - show films
Charles Sturridge - 1 times - show films
Martin Scorsese - 1 times - show films
Irvin Kershner - 1 times - show films