Michael Medwin

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I Only Arsked review by HD from Birmingham

The Army Game 17 February 2005
...e Army Game? it tells of a motley group of servicemen led by corporal Springer (Michael Medwin) who are sent out to Arabia to guard a sultan?s oil rig. Accompanying him are t... Read customer review

Love's A Luxury - What A Carry On review by from BOLTON ENGLAND

love really is a luxury 13 September 2007
...oks amateurish to todays standards but is notable for an early performance from Michael Medwin. and an outstanding one from Bill Shine as mr. mole.There are an awfull lot of ... Read customer review

Just Ask For Diamond on DVD (1988)
Starring: Jimmy Nail, Susannah York, Peter Eyre
Director: Stephen Bayly
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When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, the clueless Diamond sets out to unravel the mysterious plot he has suddenly become the center of.

54% from 116 members

Shoestring - The Complete Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (1979)
Starring: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Liz Crowther
Director: Douglas Camfield, Marek Kanievska
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Private detective, Eddie Shoestring (Trevor Eve), is a man with a history of mental illness. Formerly a computer expert, Shoestring, lands a job as a phone-in host for Radio West, taking on the problems of the callers as his cases!

67% from 110 members

Scrooge on DVD (1970)
Starring: Albert Finney, Edith Evans, Kenneth More
Director: Ronald Neame
Certificate:
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A delightful musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic starring Albert Finney in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, the cold-hearted miser visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.

74% from 949 members

Scrooge - Blu-ray (1970)
Starring: Albert Finney, Edith Evans, Kenneth More
Director: Ronald Neame
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
SCROOGE was designed as a follow-up to 1968's OLIVER!, the Oscar-winning musicalization of Charles Dickens' OLIVER TWIST. The umpteenth musical version of Dickens' 1843 novelette A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SCROOGE features several sprightly Leslie Bricusse songs, including the bona fide hit 'Thank You Very ..read more »

73% from 36 members

The Sandwich Man (1966)
Starring: Michael Bentine, Dora Bryan, Harry H. Corbett
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
Certificate:
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Performed mostly in mime, this comical tale relates the daily life of a sandwich man, and his encounters with many of his very eccentric acquaintances.

60% from 86 members
Not available for rental

Doctor At Large on DVD (1957)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Michael Medwin, Donald Sinden
Director: Ralph Thomas
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In this continuation of the popular "Doctor" series, Dr. Simon Sparrow seeks a position at a large medical institution. When his job search proves successful, the fun begins.

63% from 438 members

A Hill in Korea on DVD (1956)
Starring: George Baker, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker
Director: Julian Amyes
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It's the Korean War and a patrol is lost behind enemy lines. With no way of communicating with their HQ the men have to face the stark possibility that they may never get back.

56% from 78 members

Donald Sinden Icon Collection - Above Us... on DVD (1955)
Starring: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden
Director: Ralph Thomas
Certificate:
Dramatic story of heroic British attempts to sink the German warship 'Tirpitz' using mini submarines.

66% from 791 members

Doctor At Sea on DVD (1955)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot, Brenda De Banzie
Director: Ralph Thomas
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To escape the boredom of his medical practice, a young doctor signs aboard a cargo ship. Based on Richard Gordon's best-selling "Doctor" series.

62% from 421 members

Another Shore on DVD (1948)
Starring: Robert Beatty, Moira Lister, Stanley Holloway
Director: Charles Crichton
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A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti.

54% from 54 members

The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Starring: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Gladys Young
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Certificate:
The fortunes of an upper-class British family are followed through three wars and four generations.

28% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

The Tommy Steele Collection (4 discs) on DVD
Starring: Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin
Director: Gerald Thomas, Don Sharp, Gerard Bryant
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This box set features the following films:The Duke Wore Jeans (Dir. Gerald Thomas) (1958): Comedy about a cockney lad who pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess. It's All Happening (Dir. Don Sharp) (1963): Billy Bowles (Tommy Steele) is an A & R talent co-ordinator who has ..read more »

67% from 148 members

Love's A Luxury - What A Carry On on DVD
Starring: Hugh Wakefield, Derek Bond, Michael Medwin
Director: Francis Searle; John E. Blakeley, Francis Searle, John E. Blakeley
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Northern comedy double bill: LOVE'S A LUXURY, a light-hearted farce, and WHAT A CARRY ON, in which two men enlist in the army.

48% from 61 members

I Only Arsked on DVD
Starring: Bernard Bresslaw, Charles Hawtrey, Michael Medwin
Director: Montgomery Tully
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An Arab King who finds oil in his country, faces civil unrest. He recruits the services of a crack British Army Brigade... Well at least the services of seven men from Army Stores!

54% from 185 members

Just Ask For Diamond - 3.0 stars
Shoestring - The Complete Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Scrooge - 3.5 stars
Scrooge - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Sandwich Man - 3.0 stars

The Courtneys of Curzon Street - 1.5 stars
Scrooge - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Love's A Luxury - What A Carry On - 2.5 stars
I Only Arsked - 2.5 stars
Another Shore - 2.5 stars

James Robertson Justice - 4 times - show films
Laurence Naismith - 3 times - show films
Michael Bentine - 3 times - show films
Albert Finney - 3 times - show films
Edith Evans - 3 times - show films

Douglas Camfield - 5 times - show films
Marek Kanievska - 5 times - show films
Ralph Thomas - 4 times - show films
Ronald Neame - 3 times - show films
Robert Hartford-Davis - 2 times - show films