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  • Endless Night
  • Endless Night review by from Luton, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Unusually Atmospheric Film 31 January 2008
    ...isturbing film with a very strange atmosphere which runs through the whole film.Hywel Bennett is always a fascinating actor to watch , being able to turn from charming to un...   Read customer review
  • Artemis '81
  • Artemis '81 review by A customer from Manchester
    Rated - 3.0 stars An oddity 27 February 2010
    ...udkin's drama is an existential tale of a remote and emotionally frigid writer (Hywel Bennett) discovering his humanity, as part of a larger fable of good and evil. Some eff...   Read customer review

Hywel Bennett - filmography


  • One For The Road on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Rupert Procter,  Gregory Chisholm,  Mark Devenport
    Director: Chris Cooke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Jimmy, an ambitous young man, has an ingenious scheme to sell his late father's ailing business, however his plans are interrupted when he is required to attend a drink driving rehabilatation course. Whilst there Jimmy meets Paul- a salesman, Mark- a minicab driver, and Richard - a retired property ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 825 members
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  • Dennis Potter's Karaoke (2 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Richard E. Grant,  Hywel Bennett
    Director: Renny Rye
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A self-destructive loaner whose battle with pancreatic cancer has left him embittered and in great pain, Daniel Feeld (Albert Finney) decides to focus his attention on a new screenplay entitled 'Karaoke'. A lurid tale concerning the murder of a young girl working in a seedy karaoke bar, the story ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 89 members
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  • Deadline on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Hywel Bennett,  Arnon Zadok
    Director: Nathaniel Gutman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In WITNESS IN THE WAR ZONE, American reporter Don Stevens (Christopher Walken) has been sent out to cover fighting in Lebanon. Unexpectedly, he is promised an interview with a top PLO leader. However, this proves to be set-up and, after being beaten, Stevens gradually begins to uncover a devious ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 15 members
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  • Witness In The War Zone (1987)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Hywel Bennett,  Arnon Zadok
    Director: Nathaniel Gutman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In WITNESS IN THE WAR ZONE, American reporter Don Stevens (Christopher Walken) has been sent out to cover fighting in Lebanon. Unexpectedly, he is promised an interview with a top PLO leader. However, this proves to be set-up and, after being beaten, Stevens gradually begins to uncover a devious ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 28% from 5 members
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  • Shelley - Series 6 - Complete (1983)
    Starring: Hywel Bennett,  Warren Clarke,  Belinda Sinclair
    Director: Anthony Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A long-running success for ITV lasting for ten series over thirteen years Shelley features a masterful performance by Hywel Bennett as the bone-idle graduate-philosopher cast adrift on a sea of unemployment. This set contains the complete sixth series, also featuring Belinda Sinclair as girlfriend ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Shelley - Series 4 - Complete (1982)
    Starring: Hywel Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Features the complete fourth series of the comedy programme SHELLEY, which is about the life of subversive unemployed university graduate James Shelley (Hywel Bennett).
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 2 members
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  • Shelley - Series 5 - Complete (1982)
    Starring: Hywel Bennett,  Warren Clarke
    Director: Anthony Parker,  Anthony Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    James Shelley is trying to show willing. Exasperated by his constant procrastination, wife Fran has now given him his marching orders, and there are even the rumblings of divorce proceedings. So Shelley becomes something of a regular at the 'Easy Job' agency in an effort to find tolerable work and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5 members
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  • Artemis '81 on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Hywel Bennett,  Sting
    Director: Alastair Reid
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Hywel Bennett plays paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax, who is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 180 members
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  • Endless Night on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Hywel Bennett,  Britt Ekland
    Director: Sidney Gilliat
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A sinister and enthralling mystery thriller adapted from the novel by crime and suspense writer Agatha Christie. Starring Hayley Mills (The Parent Trap) as an affluent heiress who marries a mysterious and charming chauffeur (Hywel Bennett-Percy). Soon after moving into their dream house strange ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 242 members
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  • Percy (1971)
    Starring: Hywel Bennett,  Denholm Elliott,  Britt Ekland
    Director: Ralph Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Edwin Anthony has an accident and wakes up in hospital to discover that he has had a transplant of a donor organ 'down below'. He then embarks on a quest to discover the identity of his donor.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 163 members
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  • Take a Girl Like You on DVD (1970)
    Starring: hayley mills,  hywel bennett,  Hywel Bennett
    Director: Jonathan Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jonathan Miller adapts Kingsley Amis's 1960 novel about Jennifer Bunn, a pretty, 20-year-old schoolteacher who is determined to remain a virgin until her marriage - much to the frustration of Patrick (Oliver Reed), who falls for her and pursues her.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 86 members
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  • Loot on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Lee Remick,  Richard Attenborough,  Hywel Bennett
    Director: Silvio Narizzano
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two men are planning to make a lot of money quickly and easily by committing a robbery. But the problem is hiding the money. As an undertaker burying the money seems to be a good idea but an inquisitive nurse and a dedicated Police Inspector seem to have other ideas.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 277 members
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  • The Virgin Soldiers on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Lynn Redgrave,  Hywel Bennett,  Nigel Davenport
    Director: John Dexter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Leslie Thomas' bestseller, the film highlights the antics of a bunch of British National Servicemen in Malaysia who discover how inexperienced they are in both the battlefield and their attempts to 'get along' with the opposite sex.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 226 members
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  • The Family Way on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Hywel Bennett,  John Mills
    Director: Roy Boulting
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Family Way Jenny (Hayley Mills)and Arthur Fitton (Hywel Bennett) are two sensitive youngsters who fail to consummate their recent marriage, following the vulgar ribaldry of their typically working class wedding. The situation is compunded by the couple having to live in the same house as his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 908 members
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  • Shelley - Series 2 - Complete
    Starring: Hywel Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Features the complete second series of the comedy programme SHELLEY, which is about the life of subversive unemployed university graduate James Shelley (Hywel Bennett).
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14 members
    Not available for rental
  • Shelley - Series 3 - Complete
    Starring: Hywel Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    James Shelley is highly educated and has a PhD in geography. He is also unemployed and has no intention of working. He lives with his girlfriend Fran in a bedsit at the home of Mrs. Hawkins (known as Mrs. H) and the series follows his mis-adventures as he ducks, dodges and tries as hard as possible ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 11 members
    Not available for rental
  • Shelley - Series 1 - Complete
    Starring: Hywel Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Features the complete first series of the comedy programme SHELLEY, which is about the life of subversive unemployed university graduate James Shelley (Hywel Bennett).
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 57 members
    Not available for rental

Hywel Bennett facts

5 most recent films

One For The Road - 2.0 stars
Dennis Potter's Karaoke - 4.0 stars
Neverwhere - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars
A Mind to Kill - The Pilot Movie - 3.5 stars
Deadline - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Dennis Potter's Karaoke - 4.0 stars
Great Wildlife Moments With David Attenborough - 4.0 stars
John Mills - The Screen Icons Collection - 3.5 stars
The Family Way - 3.5 stars
Twisted Nerve - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Shelley - Series 6 - Complete - 3 stars
Witness In The War Zone - 1.5 stars
Deadline - 2.5 stars
Shelley - Series 5 - Complete - 3.0 stars
Shelley - Series 2 - Complete - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Hayley Mills - 6 times - show films
John Mills - 3 times - show films
Barry Foster - 2 times - show films
Richard Attenborough - 2 times - show films
Christopher Walken - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Roy Boulting - 4 times - show films
Renny Rye - 3 times - show films
Nathaniel Gutman - 2 times - show films
Anthony Parker - 2 times - show films