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  • The Anatomist
  • The Anatomist review by FrankIV from Cirencester, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars A Rarity 6 February 2011
    ...and Hare story, with some very good dialogue, the chance to see the under-rated Michael Ripper actually act rather than simply glower from the coachman's seat in any number o...   Read customer review

Michael Ripper - filmography


  • No Surrender
  • No Surrender on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Michael Angelis,  Tom Georgeson,  Joanne Whalley
    Director: Peter Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alan Bleasdale pens this dark comedy set in Liverpool. As a parting shot, a retiring Liverpool nightclub manager plays a cruel prank on his successor by booking two groups of pensioners - one Catholic and one Protestant - into the same bar room on the same night. When the new manager, Mike (Michael ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 74 members
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  • Butterflies - Series 1
  • Butterflies - Series 1 (2 discs) (1978)
    Starring: Nicholas Lyndhurst,  Geoffrey Palmer,  Bruce Montague
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All six episodes of the first series of Carla Lane's classic sitcom. Ria (Wendy Craig) is a frustrated housewife, who feels that her dentist husband Ben (Geoffrey Palmer) and two teenage sons Russell and Adam (Nicholas Lyndhurst) are taking her for granted. When she meets handsome, flirtatious ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 711 members
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  • The Lost Continent
  • The Lost Continent on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Neil McCallum,  Suzanna Leigh,  Eric Porter
    Director: Michael Carreras
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Offbeat 1960s Hammer Studios fantasy horror. When Captain Lansen (Eric Portman)'s leaky cargo ship is blown off course, the crew members find themselves in a mysterious, fog-shrouded ocean where the seaweed eats human flesh and mutated crab-like creatures with huge claws are on the loose. The ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 156 members
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  • The Mummy's Shroud
  • The Mummy's Shroud on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Andre Morell,  Roger Delgado,  David Buck
    Director: John Gilling
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hammer Horror film set in Egypt 1920. Sir Basil Walden, with his assitants Claire, Harry and Paul, stumble on the sealed desert tomb of the young Pharoah Kah-To-Bey. When the expedition fails to return on time, Stanley Preston, father of Paul and financier of the expedition is forced into joining ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 192 members
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  • The Mummy's Shroud
  • The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
    Starring: Catherine Lacey,  David Buck,  John Phillips
    Director: John Gilling
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The time is 1920; the place is Mezzera, Egypt, an exotic land of mystery and ancient magic. A routine expedition is about to turn into a violent, murderous rampage that few will survive. Renowned scientist Sir Basil Walden and a team of expert archaeologists are on a journey to find the lost tomb ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 35 members
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  • The Scarlet Blade
  • The Scarlet Blade on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Douglas Blackwell,  Suzan Farmer,  Jack Hedley
    Director: John Gilling
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    English Civil War adventure starring Lionel Jeffries and Oliver Reed. After King Charles I (Robert Rietty) is captured by Roundhead supporters Col. Judd (Jeffries) and Captain Sylvester (Reed), it falls to a small group of local supporters of the King to mount a rescue attempt. The daunting task is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 37 members
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  • The Anatomist
  • The Anatomist on DVD (1961)
    Starring: George Cole,  Margaret Gordon,  Alistair Sim
    Director: Dennis Vance
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    British horror drama based on the well-known story of Edinburgh grave snatchers Burke and Hare. Diarmuid Kelly and Michael Ripper play the two men, who are paid by Dr Knox (Alistair Sim) to procure bodies on which to perform medical experiments. It isn't long, however, before the men come up with ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 61 members
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Michael Ripper facts

5 most recent films

No Surrender - 3.0 stars
Butterflies - Series 2 - - 3.5 stars
Butterflies - Series 1 - 3.0 stars
Freewheelers - Series 6 - Complete - 3.5 stars
The Lost Continent - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Woman In A Dressing Gown - 3.5 stars
The Curse of the Werewolf - 3.5 stars
Butterflies - Series 2 - - 3.5 stars
Butterflies - Series 1 - 3.0 stars
No Surrender - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Scarlet Blade - 3.0 stars
The Mummy's Shroud - 3.0 stars
Freewheelers - Series 6 - Complete - 3.5 stars
The Anatomist - 2.5 stars
The Lost Continent - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bruce Montague - 6 times - show films
Joyce Windsor - 6 times - show films
Nicholas Lyndhurst - 6 times - show films
Geoffrey Palmer - 6 times - show films
Wendy Craig - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Dave Heather - 3 times - show films
John B. Hobbs - 3 times - show films
John Gilling - 3 times - show films
Sydney Lotterby - 3 times - show films
Terence Fisher - 2 times - show films

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