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Trevor Howard
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Trevor Howard - what members say
review by A customer from Wales
Come zither and enjoy 10 June 2004
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Cockleshell Heroes 17 November 2007
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Mystery and suspense 16 February 2006
Trevor Howard - filmography
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The Unholy
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Ben Cross, Ned Beatty, William Russ
Director: Camilo Vila
Certificate: 
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Father Michael is appointed pastor of St Agnes church after surviving a fall. Closed for 3 years following the mysterious deaths of his predecessors, he attempts to find out why he has become the 'Chosen One'...
 
47%
from 174 members
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Shaka Zulu
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Edward Fox, Robert Powell, Trevor Howard
Director: William C. Faure
Certificate: 
In the early 19th century, the British began expanding their empire beyond the South African colonies. As they made their way up the continent's southeastern coast, they encountered a formidable enemy: Shaka Zulu, the most powerful king in that region and founder of the Zulu empire. Shaka had come ..read more »
68%
from 837 members
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The Missionary
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard
Director: Richard Loncraine
Certificate:
In this low-key comedy, a missionary (Michael Palin) who is trying to save the souls of prostitutes admits an ever increasing number of them into his "private fold." Soon the priest's "mission" looks more like a brothel. The cast includes Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, and many other ..read more »
61%
from 693 members
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Gandhi
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
Certificate: 
Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress ..read more »
75%
from 18,764 members
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Gandhi - Blu-ray
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
Certificate:
Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress ..read more »
79%
from 1,009 member
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The Sea Wolves
(1980)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Certificate: 
They were the unlikeliest heroes of World War II - the gray-haired veterans of the Calcutta Light Horse, who hadn't seen action since the Boer War, but were fated to become The Sea Wolves. Retelling of true wartime exploits hidden until the 1978 British Official Secrets Act lifted security ..read more »
69%
from 56 members
Currently unavailable
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Staying On
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Saeed Jaffrey, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Certificate:
A retired Indian Army colonel and his wife chose to stay on in India when the British withdrew in 1947. Now, twenty-five years on, they find the new India increasingly difficult to understand. An award-winning companion to JEWEL IN THE CROWN.
65%
from 222 members
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Stevie
(1978)
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne, Alec McCowen
Director: Robert Enders
Certificate:
This movie portrays British poet/author Stevie Smith and her life with her beloved aunt through direct dialogue with the audience by Stevie, as well as flashbacks, and narration by a friend. The film mainly focuses on her relationship with her aunt, romantic relationships of the past, and the fame ..read more »
80%
from 3 members
Currently unavailable
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Superman - HD
(1978)
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Director: Richard Donner
Certificate:
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Born on planet Krypton but raised in Kansas, USA, Clark Kent (as his Earth parents have named him) embarks on a voyage of self-discovery to the Arctic, where he learns the truth about his alien origins, superhuman abilities, and responsibility to preserve and protect 'truth, justice and the ..read more »
73%
from 435 members
Not currently released
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Superman - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman
Director: Richard Donner
Certificate:
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Born on planet Krypton but raised in Kansas, USA, Clark Kent (as his Earth parents have named him) embarks on a voyage of self-discovery to the Arctic, where he learns the truth about his alien origins, superhuman abilities, and responsibility to preserve and protect 'truth, justice and the ..read more »
73%
from 1,720 member
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The Last Remake Of Beau Geste
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret
Director: Marty Feldman
Certificate: 
Beau Geste, the classic adventure story of a young man's dangerous journeys as part of the French Foreign Legion, becomes the subject of broad parody in this slapstick comedy. The original tale, best known to film lovers from William Wellman's 1939 classic, tells of several brothers who join the ..read more »
62%
from 68 members
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Aces High
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Simon Ward
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate:
A moving story of comradeship and bravery, loneliness and fear. Aces High contains some of the most magnificent aerial battles ever staged leading to a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography and Best Film at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. Under Jack Gold's sensitive direction, this is ..read more »
64%
from 1,045 member
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11 Harrowhouse
(1974)
Starring: Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin, James Mason
Director: Aram Avakian
Certificate:
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
63%
from 3 members
Currently unavailable
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The Catholics
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Michael Gambon, Trevor Howard
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate: 
Set in the near future, the Catholic Church has joined with other great western religions in an ecumenical movement that has irradicated much of original religious doctrines. A group of Irish monks rebel and begin saying the mass in Latin again and are starting to receive an international following...read more »
56%
from 36 members
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A Doll's House
(1973)
Starring: Trevor Howard, David Warner, Delphine Seyrig
Director: Joseph Losey
Certificate:
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Nora (Bloom) will do anything to please her authoritarian husband Torvald (Hopkins). Per Torvald's instructions, Nora focuses on such womanly disciplines as dancing and taking care of babies, while he sees to all the affairs of money. But when a past financial mistake comes back to haunt Nora, and ..read more »
56%
from 139 members
Not currently released
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Offence
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant
Director: Sidney Lumet
Certificate:
Detective Sergeant Johnson (Sean Connery, in a career-defining role) has been on the Force for twenty years. He has seen too much dying, too much lying and too much maiming. When confronted with a suspect in a child-molesting case, he can no longer contain his fury.
64%
from 687 members
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Ludwig
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Silvana Mangano, Gert Frobe, Helmut Berger
Director: Luchino Visconti
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A dramatisation of the tormented Bavarian King Ludwig's brief but colourful reign, from his loves for Elisabeth of Austria and composer Richard Wagner to his ever-growing madness and subsequent death.
62%
from 412 members
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Kidnapped
(1971)
Starring: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins
Director: Delbert Mann
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This period drama is set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. A young man David Balfour arrives to claim his inheritance but his wicked uncle attempts to kill him and then unduly ships him off to be sold as a slave. Michael Caine stars as Alan Breck, in a spirited performance, who befriends ..read more »
56%
from 195 members
Not available for rental
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Mary Queen Of Scots
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Glenda Jackson, Ian Holm
Director: Charles Jarrott
Certificate:
Political intrigue, strong women, weak men, and countless conspiracies fuel this beautifully staged--though not completely accurate--historical drama about the life of 'Fiery' Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (Vanessa Redgrave). In the wake of the Protestant Reformation, Mary Stuart becomes enmeshed in ..read more »
65%
from 173 members
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Battle Of Britain
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw
Director: Guy Hamilton
Certificate:
A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
73%
from 5,155 members
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Battle Of Britain - Blu-ray
(1969)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw
Director: Guy Hamilton
Certificate:
A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
78%
from 352 members
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Operation Opium
(1966)
Starring: Yul Brynner, Angie Dickinson, Trevor Howard
Director: Terence Young
Certificate:
A motorcycle gang descend upon a small town and cause total chaos by torturing the townsfolk, raping the women and vandalising property. Only one person can stop the carnage, a disillusioned war hero and relentless one-man killing machine...
42%
from 11 members
Currently unavailable
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Triple Cross
(1966)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Yul Brynner, Romy Schneider
Director: Terence Young
Certificate:
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A British safecracker called Eddie Chapman works for whoever pays his wages. Faced with helping the Germans and facing a term in an English jail he opts to become a double agent....
59%
from 266 members
Not available for rental
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Morituri
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Certificate:
A British secret agent is sent to sabotage a German freight ship and deliver the cargo of rubber into Allied hands. The German captain in charge of the ship has been ordered to ensure that it reaches it's destination safely...
59%
from 192 members
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Operation Crossbow
(1965)
Starring: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard
Director: Michael Anderson
Certificate:
During World War II, the British suspect that the Nazis are secretly building a new kind of long-range missile. English operatives -- disguised as German scientists -- are then sent to discover the source of the weapons -- and sabotage the project. Can the spies thwart the efforts of the nefarious ..read more »
67%
from 40 members
Currently unavailable
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Von Ryan's Express
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter
Director: Mark Robson
Certificate:
Von Ryan's Express is a fast-paced, well-acted World War II drama, featuring a squadron of Allied soldiers trying to escape a prison camp in Italy. While most of the prisoners at the camp are British, a determined, resourceful American Air Force colonel (Frank Sinatra) takes charge and leads the ..read more »
69%
from 1,957 member
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Mutiny On The Bounty
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Richard Harris, Trevor Howard, Marlon Brando
Director: Lewis Milestone
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Lewis Milestone replaced Carol Reed as director on this third version of Nordhoff and Hall's classic true account of naval rebellion. The film stars Marlon Brando as the spirited Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as the tyrannical Captain Bligh. Their ship, the Bounty, leaves Portsmouth in 1787, ..read more »
73%
from 319 members
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Around The World In 80 Days
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: David Niven, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Michael Anderson
Certificate:
Razzle-dazzle showman Michael Todd hocked everything he had to make this spectacular presentation of Jules Verne's 1872 novel Around the World in 80 Days, the second film to be lensed in the wide-screen Todd-AO production. Nearly as fascinating as the finished product are the many in-production ..read more »
60%
from 1,427 member
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Run for the Sun
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer
Director: Roy Boulting
Certificate:
Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane ..read more »
54%
from 49 members
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Cockleshell Heroes
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Jose Ferrer, Dora Bryan
Director: Jose Ferrer
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Inspired by a true story, the film follows a group of ten 'canoe-commandos' who are taken, by sub-marine, close to the French coast. They must make a highly dangerous journey through 70 miles of enemy waters to destroy giant German battleships.
68%
from 1,240 member
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Gift Horse
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, James Donald
Director: Compton Bennett
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Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough star in this famous story of a Royal Navy destroyer and her officers and crew during the early years of the Second World War. H.M.S. Ballantrae is an ex-U.S. Navy destroyer - one of fifty lent by the Americans in 1940 to a desperate Royal Navy fighting to keep ..read more »
70%
from 121 members
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Outcast Of The Islands
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert Morley
Director: Carol Reed
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Adapted from The Joseph Conrad novel of the same name, 1952’s inimitable Outcast Of The Islands, directed by Oscar® winning director Carol Reed (The Third Man, Oliver!), feature Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter, The Third Man) as Willems and Ralph Richardson (Peer Gynt, Falstaff) as Lingard. Peter ..read more »
50%
from 8 members
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The Clouded Yellow
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Barry Jones, Trevor Howard, Maxwell Reed
Director: Ralph Thomas
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A retired spy takes a job cataloguing butterflies in the English countryside but is pulled into fresh intrigue when an innocent young local woman is accused of murder. A superior Hitchcockian thriller starring the eminently watchable Trevor Howard, THE CLOUDED YELLOW is British cinema at its best.
66%
from 260 members
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Odette
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Peter Ustinov
Director: Herbert Wilcox
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A classic tale of bravery and courage during WWII, Odette tells the true story of female war hero Odette Hallowes. After volunteering her services to the Special Operations Executive, Odette is despatched into Nazi occupied France and thrown into an intense world of espionage. Whilst on a deadly ..read more »
70%
from 127 members
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Golden Salamander
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Director: Roland Neame
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An exotic British thriller adapted from the best selling novel by Victor Canning and directed by Ronald Neame (The Poseidon Adventure). Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter, The Third Man) stars as archaeologist David Redfern, a man who has been dispatched to a small North African town to recover ..read more »
65%
from 30 members
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Madeleine
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
Based on a true story, this powerful film is about a woman called Madeleine (Ann Todd) who embarks on an affair with a penniless Frenchman. Madeleine hails from a wealthy, respectable family so the relationship as to remain secret while her father parades eligible suitors in front of her.
67%
from 172 members
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The Third Man
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
Director: Carol Reed
Certificate:
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This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his ..read more »
75%
from 21,211 members
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The Third Man - Blu-ray
(1949)
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
Director: Carol Reed
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his ..read more »
78%
from 384 members
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The Passionate Friends
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
An acclaimed drama based on the novel by H.G. Wells in which a young woman weds an older man for security and financial stability. A chance meeting with a former lover whose marriage proposal she once refused due to his social standing, rekindles the flames, leaving her torn between a life of ..read more »
63%
from 329 members
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They Made Me A Fugitive
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, Sally Gray
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
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When ex-RAF officer turned petty crook Clem (Trevor Howard) is fitted up for murder by villainous spiv Narcy, only the love and loyalty of Sally (Sally Gray) stands between him and certain death - but whose certain death? At last, it is time to relish the finest British noir you've never seen. Part ..read more »
72%
from 169 members
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I See a Dark Stranger
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley
Director: Frank Launder
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Directed by Frank Launder and written by Sidney Gilliat, I See A Dark Stranger is a suspense-filled, highly entertaining spy drama about a highly-strung Irish girl, Bridie Quilty (Deborah Kerr) whose father delights in spinning tall tales about his role in the 1916 uprising against the English.
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65%
from 50 members
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Brief Encounter - Blu-ray
(1945)
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
Director: David Lean
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David Lean adapts Noel Coward's heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a seemingly happy, middle-class housewife who meets the equally married physician Alec (Trevor Howard) at a London railway station, and so begins a chaste ..read more »
78%
from 371 members
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Brief Encounter
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
David Lean adapts Noel Coward's heartbreaking tale of two ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary power of love. Laura (Celia Johnson) is a seemingly happy, middle-class housewife who meets the equally married physician Alec (Trevor Howard) at a London railway station, and so begins a chaste ..read more »
74%
from 12,689 members
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Trevor Howard facts
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...erior and so make the way Holly and Anna behave towards him wholly believable.
Trevor Howard and a pre 'M' Bernard Lee provide strong support.
Tense, heavy on atmosphere, ...
