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  • Murphy's War
  • Murphy's War review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Mariner Murphy reaps revenge on rabid raiders! 6 January 2010
    ...Most memorable line from O'Toole when the female doctor played by his real wife Sian Phillips is trying to convince him not to attack the U-Boat, was 'don't worry it's just ...   Read customer review
  • I Claudius
  • I Claudius review by from Wolverhampton, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Masterpiece 7 November 2004
    ...5 years. Between them Brian Blessed, Patrick Stewart, George Baker, John Hurt, Sian Phillips, Sir Derek Jacobi, Ian Ogilvy and Kevin Stoney (the names I can recall) must ha...   Read customer review

Sian Phillips - filmography


  • Aristocrats (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Serena Gordon,  Alun Armstrong,  Geraldine Somerville
    Director: David Caffrey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on Stella Tillyard's bestseller that "made history sexy again" (London Sunday Times), this encore presentation of Aristocrats tells the true story of the bewitching Lennox sisters: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah. Great-granddaughters of King Charles II and his French mistress, they live ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 246 members
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  • The Gigolos on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Sacha Tarter,  Trevor Sather,  Susannah York
    Director: Richard Bracewell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Meet Sacha and Trevor - the smooth-talking favourite young gigolo of the over-50s of Mayfair and Piccadilly, and his awkward valet who takes his management role very seriously. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with. But when Sacha is forced to take a rest, the pressure is on the shy and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 674 members
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  • Attila The Hun (2001)
    Starring: Powers Boothe,  Simmone Jade MacKinnon,  Tim Curry
    Director: Dick Lowry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Straight out of the American television movie school of historical thought, Attila the Hun is a glossy, at times long and often ridiculous re-telling of one of the great stories of Ancient Rome. How much of it is historically accurate is debatable--much of the action is ludicrously far fetched--and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 463 members
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  • Ivanhoe (2 discs) on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Ciarán Hinds,  Susan Lynch,  Sian Phillips
    Director: Stuart Orme
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Originally aired on the BBC in 1997 this adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel is set at the end of the 12th Century, and sees knights seeking revenge and redemption.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 208 members
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  • Dune on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 11,118 members
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  • Dune - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 24 members
    Not available for rental
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  • Clash of the Titans on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Maggie Smith,  Claire Bloom
    Director: Desmond Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    You've visited lands where a Cyclops roams (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), skeletons duel (Jason and the Argonauts) and cowboys lasso dinosaurs (The Valley of Gwangi). They are the worlds of Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion effects master who creates another dazzling realm in Clash of the Titans. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,208 members
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  • Clash of the Titans - Blu-ray (1981)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Maggie Smith,  Claire Bloom
    Director: Desmond Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Full of pride, Cassiopeia compares her daughter's beauty to that of Hera. Angered, the queen of the gods has Poseidon unleash the monstrous beast Craken to destroy their village unless Cassiopeia's daughter, Andromeda, is sacrificed. Perseus, the son of Zeus, becomes enchanted with the breathtaking ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 937 members
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  • Hammer House Of Horror - Complete (4 discs) on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Christopher Lee,  Peter Cushing
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The Hammer House Of Horror - Complete Collection contains the entire run of the "Hammer House Of Horror" television series from Hammer Studios. Episodes in the four-disc DVD box set include: "The Silent Scream", "Carpathian Eagle", "Witching Time", "The House That Bled to Death", plus many more. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,687 member
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  • Warrior Queen (1978)
    Starring: Sian Phillips
    Director: Michael Custance,  Neville Green
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This spectacular six-part series brings to life the valiant yet doomed attempt by Boudicca, the widowed Queen of the Iceni tribe of East Anglia, to wrest power from the Romans in first-century Britain. Produced by Ruth Boswell (Timeslip, Tightrope, Shadows), Warrior Queen stars Sian Phillips as the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • I Claudius (5 discs) on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Brian Blessed,  John Hurt,  Derek Jacobi
    Director: Herbert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hebert Wise's epic 13-part miniseries is packaged here in a special collector's set. Follow the lives and stories of the last of the Roman emperors, as they ruthlessly wield their power through murder and debauchery. The tales are witnessed and related by Claudius (Derek Jacobi), whose physical ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 2,923 members
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  • Murphy's War on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Sian Phillips,  Horst Janson
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Peter O'Toole stars as Murphy, a stranded Irish merchant seaman who is the sole survivor of a WWII German U-boat attack in foreign waters. Rescued by Louis (Philippe Noiret), a French oil engineer, he is taken to a small village hospital and treated by Doctor Haiden (Sian Phillips), a strong-willed ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 675 members
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  • Becket on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Richard Burton,  Donald Wolfit
    Director: Peter Glenville
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A historical costume drama of the grandest order, "Becket" is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II and Thomas ŕ Becket, a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. Once proposed for the office, Becket immediately perceives what the King does not:..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 842 members
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  • House Of America on DVD
    Starring: Sian Phillips,  Lisa Palfrey,  Steven Mackintosh
    Director: Marc Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a rundown village in South Wales brother and sister Sid and Gwenny attempt to escape from their mundane life with their mad mother and boring brother Boyo by imagining that they are in America with their runaway father Clem...
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 83 members
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Sian Phillips facts

5 most recent films

Aristocrats - 3.5 stars
The Gigolos - 2.0 stars
Attila The Hun - 3.0 stars
Ivanhoe - 3.5 stars
The Age of Innocence - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

I Claudius - 4.0 stars
Becket - 3.5 stars
Clash of the Titans - 3.5 stars
Winston Churchill - The Wilderness Years - Vol. 3 - 3.5 stars
Aristocrats - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Warrior Queen - 3 stars
Dune - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Gigolos - 2.0 stars
House Of America - 2.5 stars
The Age of Innocence - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Derek Jacobi - 6 times - show films
Patrick Stewart - 6 times - show films
Brian Blessed - 6 times - show films
David Robb - 6 times - show films
John Hurt - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Herbert Wise - 6 times - show films
David Lynch - 5 times - show films
none - 5 times - show films
Ferdinand Fairfax - 4 times - show films
Diarmuid Lawrence - 4 times - show films