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Tom Courtenay


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Tom Courtenay - what members say


  • Let Him Have It
  • Let Him Have It review by Mocca from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Brilliant, heart rending 21 February 2008
    ..., I was outraged. The goodbye scenes before the hanging are almost unbearable. Tom Courtenay and whoever played the Mum and sister deserved Oscars. A brilliant film. ...   Read customer review
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Doctor Zhivago review by A customer from Jersey, CI
    Rated - 4.0 stars A cinematic history lesson 15 May 2007
    ...ng performances too, particularly by Rod Steiger as a predatory opportunist and Tom Courtenay as a cold-hearted revolutionary. You wouldn't learn much about the Revolutio...   Read customer review
  • Billy Liar
  • Billy Liar review by MrPicky from Oswestry
    Rated - 2.0 stars grow up, move on 17 July 2008
    ...hen, and this is now. Times have changed. I'm sure I must have sympathised with Tom Courtenay but, this time round, I've become Leonard Rossiter. What's happening to me! Wha...   Read customer review

Tom Courtenay - filmography


  • Little Dorrit (4 discs) on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Matthew McFadyen,  Andy Serkis,  Mackenzie Crook
    Director: Adam Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A victim of her father's debt, 'Little Dorrit' has spent her childhood behind the heavy, iron doors of Marshalsea Prison. But will a chance meeting change her life? Andrew Davies' gripping new series brings to life Dickens' classic tale of hardship and struggle in 1820s London, where larger-than-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 2,051 members
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  • Little Dorrit - Blu-ray (4 discs) (2008)
    Starring: Claire Foy,  Russell Tovey,  Judy Arfitt
    Director: Dearbhla Walsh,  Adam Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A victim of her father's debt, 'Little Dorrit' has spent her childhood behind the heavy, iron doors of Marshalsea Prison. But will a chance meeting change her life? Andrew Davies' gripping new series brings to life Dickens' classic tale of hardship and struggle in 1820s London, where larger-than-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 153 members
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  • Flood - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig,  Tom Hardy,  David Suchet
    Director: Tony Mitchell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When the rising water levels combine with a deadly tidal wave, the Thames Barrier is powerless to defeat of flood of biblical proportions. With the lives of millions in the balance, a group of experts are called upon to deliver London from total devestation.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 526 members
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  • Flood on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Jessalyn Gilsig,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: Tony Mitchell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a raging storm coincides with high seas the unthinkable happens; A colossal tidal surge slams into the Thames barrier, threatening the lives of millions of Londoners. It falls to three top marine engineers and barrier experts to find a way to save the city from total devastation.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 23,294 members
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  • Last Orders on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Bob Hoskins,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Graham Swift's prize-winning novel is a quietly graceful portrait of four working-class Brits, bound by years of friendship, that unites some of England's finest actors in a powerful and deeply moving ensemble production. Michael Caine stars as Jack Dodd, the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,795 members
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  • Let Him Have It on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Paul Reynolds,  Tom Bell
    Director: Peter Medak
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two teenagers are surprised by police during a break-in. One, epileptic with the mental age of 11 and IQ of 66 is arrested, the other, a gun-toting hood refuses to give up his weapon. Shouting Let Him Have It! to his friend, he fires, wounding one officer and killing another. Both boys face the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,475 member
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  • The Dresser on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Tom Courtenay,  Edward Fox
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    THE DRESSER is Peter Yates' intriguing look behind the scenes of a touring stage company in war-torn England, based on Ronald Harwood's play. Albert Finney stars as Sir, the ageing manager and lead actor of the troupe who begins to come undone from the pressure of touring in bombed-ravaged England. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 998 members
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  • The Night Of The Generals on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Omar Sharif,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: Anatole Litvak
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The tense story of a manhunt for a psychopathic sex killer during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and Paris in World War II. An Intelligence major is assigned to the task of finding the killer, who is believed to be a top-ranking German officer...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,586 member
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  • Doctor Zhivago on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Geraldine Chaplin,  Omar Sharif,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr. Zhivago's relationships reflect the political ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 7,719 members
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  • Doctor Zhivago - Blu-ray (1965)
    Starring: Geraldine Chaplin,  Omar Sharif,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr. Zhivago's relationships reflect the political ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 229 members
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  • King Rat on DVD (1965)
    Starring: George Segal,  Tom Courtenay,  James Fox
    Director: Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Inside a Japanese POW camp during World War II, an American prisoner runs a black market operation for the benefit of his fellow captives, and among his "merchandise" he includes rats, breeded to supplement prisoners' food rations.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 501 members
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  • King And Country on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Dirk Bogarde,  Tom Courtenay,  Leo McKern
    Director: Joseph Losey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The intensely dramatic story of a young soldier who faces a court-martial for desertion at the battle of Passchendaelle in 1917. Dirk Bogarde stars as the officer tasked with the job of saving him from the firing squad.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 278 members
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  • Billy Liar on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Tom Courtenay,  Julie Christie,  Wilfred Pickles
    Director: John Schlesinger
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    BILLY LIAR was an immediate sensation as first a novel, then a hit play--both written by Keith Waterhouse, who also served as screenwriter on the film. Director John Schlesinger's screen version was a British landmark in the fertile cinema of the late 1950s and early '60s, and launched the career ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 3,784 members
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Tom Courtenay facts

5 most recent films

The Royle Family - Christmas Special - The New Sofa - 3.5 stars
Little Dorrit - 4.0 stars
Little Dorrit - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Flood - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Flood - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Little Dorrit - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Little Dorrit - 4.0 stars
Doctor Zhivago - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Royle Family - Christmas Special - The New Sofa - 3.5 stars
A Rather English Marriage - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - 4.5 stars
Flood - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Flood - 2.5 stars
The Night Of The Generals - 3.0 stars
A Dandy In Aspic - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Judy Arfitt - 10 times - show films
Andy Serkis - 10 times - show films
Rosie Cavaliero - 10 times - show films
Alun Armstrong - 10 times - show films
Emma Pierson - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Adam Smith - 10 times - show films
David Lean - 5 times - show films
Douglas McGrath - 3 times - show films
Tony Richardson - 3 times - show films
Peter Medak - 2 times - show films