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  • Against All Odds
  • Against All Odds review by from East London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Hot and Sexy 2 November 2005
    ...A little dated now and a very predictable plot. Without Rachel Ward this would have been a very 'ordinary' one star film. With Rachel Ward it is hot and sexy. ...   Read customer review
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid review by from Stevenage, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Marlow said ... 9 December 2004
    ... Grant, Vincent Price and Barbara Crawford to name but a few. Steve Martin and Rachel Ward do a great job in filling in the bits between. If you have not seen it, give...   Read customer review
  • The Thornbirds - Season 1
  • The Thornbirds - Season 1 review by A customer from Scotland
    Rated - 5.0 stars Superb 19 January 2005
    ... and I could watch time and again. Richard Chamberlain is simply amazing, so is Rachel Ward... and, well, I would have to single out every single actor there. I can't reme...   Read customer review

Rachel Ward - filmography


  • Beautiful Kate on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Rachel Griffiths,  Sophie Lowe,  Maeve Dermody
    Director: Rachel Ward
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Award winning actress Rachel Ward’s stunning and handsome directorial debut, Beautiful Kate is the story of a family whose all too human mistakes lead to tragedy, recrimination, guilt and finally salvation. Told in parallel strands of past and present, the film recounts the sexual awakening of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,723 member
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  • Blackbeard on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Rachel Ward,  Stacy Keach,  Mark Umbers
    Director: Kevin Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Kevin Connor's miniseries is an exciting, dramatic retelling of the famous pirate legend, starring Angus MacFadyen as the infamous Blackbeard. The strong cast also features Richard Chamberlain, Stacy Keach, Rachel Ward, Jessica Chastain, and Mark Umbers.
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 43 members
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  • On The Beach (2000)
    Starring: Armand Assante,  Rachel Ward,  Bryan Brown
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An American submarine sets out to investigate after an atomic war between America and China has destroyed most of the world and the only refuge for survivors is Australia.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 386 members
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  • Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
    Starring: Karina Lombard,  Nathaniel Parker,  Rachel Ward
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Edward Rochester, a handsome yet repressed Englishman, arrives in the searing heat of 19th century Jamaica to meet, for the first time, his intended bride, Antoinette Cosway. Weakened and feverish after his long voyage, he is immediately captivated by her beauty, but he knows little of her past and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 23 members
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  • Double Jeopardy (1992)
    Starring: Bruce Boxleitner,  Sela Ward,  Rachel Ward
    Director: Lawrence Schiller
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Directed by Lawrence Schiller, Double Jeopardy is a riveting thriller about a sexy temptress with a rare talent for manipulation and murder. Starring Rachel Ward as Lisa Burns and Bruce Boxleitner, this film tells the story of a handsome headmaster Jack Hart and his wife Karen and their quiet life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 378 members
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  • The Good Wife on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Rachel Ward,  Bryan Brown,  Sam Neill
    Director: Ken Cameron
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Starved for affection from her unromantic husband, Marge's long denied sexuality is unleashed by a charming but coldhearted womaniser who arrives in town to run the hotel bar. Set in 1939 in a small New South Wales timber town.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 60 members
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  • Fortress (1986)
    Starring: Rachel Ward,  Elaine Cusick
    Director: Arch Nicholsan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An Australian school teacher and her students are kidnapped. She and the children fight for their lives and try to escape from their captors.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 16 members
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  • The Thornbirds - Season 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Richard Chamberlain,  Rachel Ward,  Jean Simmons
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Australian drama set in the out-back, where a priest called Father Ralph De Bricassart and Maggie Cleary come to know a forbidden love. Based on the novel by Colleen McCullough. Made for television.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,263 members
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  • Against All Odds on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Jeff Bridges,  Rachel Ward,  James Woods
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Action, adventure and romance are the key elements in this story of an ex-football player hired to find the erstwhile lover of a powerful man. The quest takes him to the jungles of Mexico where he not only finds the woman and falls in love with her, but becomes involved in murder....
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 713 members
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  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Rachel Ward,  Reni Santoni
    Director: Carl Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this post-modernist exercise, star/writer Steve Martin and director Carl Reiner spoof the film noir yarns of the '40s with Martin playing gumshoe Rigby Reardon, who interacts with a legion of Hollywood greats -- including Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Edward Arnold, Barbara ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,819 members
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  • Sharky's Machine (1981)
    Starring: Burt Reynolds,  Rachel Ward,  Henry Silva
    Director: Burt Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Someone, it would appear, has taken over the underworld activities of Atlanta, Georgia - Drugs, call-girls, political pay-offs and murder - and a new kingpin is calling all the shots. Undercover cop Tom Sharky (Burt Reynolds) knows him only as 'The Ace'. The trouble is that Sharky, once the best, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 46 members
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Rachel Ward facts

5 most recent films

Beautiful Kate - 3.0 stars
Blackbeard - 2.5 stars
On The Beach - 3.0 stars
Love On The Land - 2.5 stars
Wide Sargasso Sea - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Thornbirds - Season 1 - 3.5 stars
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - 3.5 stars
How To Get Ahead In Advertising - 3.0 stars
On The Beach - 3.0 stars
Beautiful Kate - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Campsite Massacre - 2.0 stars
Blackbeard - 2.5 stars
Fortress - 2.5 stars
Love On The Land - 2.5 stars
After Dark My Sweet - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bryan Brown - 4 times - show films
Richard Chamberlain - 4 times - show films
Ken Howard - 3 times - show films
Jean Simmons - 3 times - show films
Maeve Dermody - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 3 times - show films
Andrew Davis - 2 times - show films
Rachel Ward - 2 times - show films
James Foley - 1 times - show films
John Duigan - 1 times - show films