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Alex Norton - filmography


  • Taggart - The Knife Trick Collection on DVD (2009)
    Starring: John Michie,  Blythe Duff,  Alex Norton
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    There are more mysterious goings on in TAGGART – THE KNIFE TRICK COLLECTION, as the world-weary detective tackles issues of domestic violence, ethnic cleansing, kidnapping, and murder. Includes the episodes 'Safer', 'Homesick', 'Crossing The Line', 'Cold Reader', 'Grass', and 'The Knife Trick'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2 members
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  • Taggart - In Camera on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Blythe Duff,  John Michie,  Alex Norton
    Director: Ian Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The personal life of DI Ross becomes entangles with his work when he discovers a body while on a romantic get-away with a new girlfriend Eve Hamilton... but as the case unravels he is forced to choose between the two.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 105 members
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  • Taggart - Halfway House on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Alex Norton,  Colin McCredie,  John Michie
    Director: Ian Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart is a tough, sarcastic copper who has come up the hard way in Glasgow's Maryhill Police Station. When he’s out to solve a murder, he uses whatever means he must to catch the killer - and he never gives up the chase. Glasgow’s often mean, gritty streets are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 80 members
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  • Taggart - Bad Blood on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Blythe Duff,  Colin McCredie,  John Michie
    Director: Andy Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart is a tough, sarcastic copper who has come up the hard way in Glasgow's Maryhill Police Station. When he’s out to solve a murder, he uses whatever means he must to catch the killer - and he never gives up the chase. Glasgow’s often mean, gritty streets are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 78 members
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  • Taggart - New Life on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Alex Norton,  Colin McCredie,  John Michie
    Director: Andy Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart is a tough, sarcastic copper who has come up the hard way in Glasgow's Maryhill Police Station. When he’s out to solve a murder, he uses whatever means he must to catch the killer - and he never gives up the chase. Glasgow’s often mean, gritty streets are ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 48 members
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  • The Count of Monte Cristo on DVD (2002)
    Starring: James Caviezel,  Guy Pearce,  Richard Harris
    Director: Kevin Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    In this highly entertaining, beautifully photographed rekindling of the classic French novel by Alexandre Dumas, director Kevin Reynolds choreographs a fantastic adventure replete with breathtaking scenery, fiery swashbuckling battles, lavish costumes, and, above all else, sweet revenge. In 19th-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,062 members
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  • Taggart - Hardman on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Alex Norton,  Colin McCredie,  John Michie
    Director: Ian Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart is a tough, sarcastic copper who has come up the hard way in Glasgow's Maryhill Police Station. When he’s out to solve a murder, he uses whatever means he must to catch the killer - and he never gives up the chase. Glasgow’s often mean, gritty streets are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 101 members
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  • Taggart - Fade To Black on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Alex Norton,  Colin McCredie,  John Michie
    Director: Brian Kelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart is a tough, sarcastic copper who has come up the hard way in Glasgow's Maryhill Police Station. When he’s out to solve a murder, he uses whatever means he must to catch the killer - and he never gives up the chase. Glasgow’s often mean, gritty streets are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 87 members
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  • Taggart - Blood Money on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Alex Norton,  Colin McCredie,  John Michie
    Director: Brian Kelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart is a tough, sarcastic copper who has come up the hard way in Glasgow's Maryhill Police Station. When he’s out to solve a murder, he uses whatever means he must to catch the killer - and he never gives up the chase. Glasgow’s often mean, gritty streets are ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 62 members
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  • Orphans - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Douglas Henshall,  Gary Lewis,  Stephen McCole
    Director: Peter Mullan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The star of Ken Loach's MY NAME IS JOE, Mullan proves that his talent isn't relegated to acting. As a writer/director, he has crafted a supremely entertaining motion picture. ORPHANS tells the grittily realistic, hysterical, and deeply moving tale of a group of siblings who reunite in Glasgow on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 46 members
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  • Orphans on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Douglas Henshall,  Gary Lewis,  Stephen McCole
    Director: Peter Mullan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The star of Ken Loach's MY NAME IS JOE, Mullan proves that his talent isn't relegated to acting. As a writer/director, he has crafted a supremely entertaining motion picture. ORPHANS tells the grittily realistic, hysterical, and deeply moving tale of a group of siblings who reunite in Glasgow on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 868 members
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  • Leaving (1988)
    Starring: Gary Greer,  Kenneth McFadyen,  Alex Norton
    Director: Sandy Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in 1960 Greenock, the hub of the Clyde's shipbuilding industry. Three friends are about to leave school, to be released into a wilderness of a town that seems to offer them nothing. Wonderful acting, witty dialogue, nostalgic footage and endearing characters combine to create a realistic, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 48 members
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  • A Sense Of Freedom (1984)
    Starring: Fulton Mackay,  David Hayman,  Fulton MacKay
    Director: John Mackenzie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The story of the real-life Scottish criminal who spent a decade in and out of British prisons is the subject of this film directed by John MacKenzie (Long Good Friday) and produced by Beatle George Harrison's company, Hand Made Films. The life of the violent criminal is captivating, for, following ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 818 members
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  • Comfort And Joy (1984)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Clare Grogan,  Eleanor David
    Director: Bill Forsyth
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Writer/director Bill Forsyth's follow-up to his best film, LOCAL HERO, is another comic exploration of a man undergoing a personal crisis. In LOCAL HERO, the American played by Peter Riegert finds himself enchanted by the people and ambience of a Scottish village he has been dispatched to purchase ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 845 members
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  • Taggart - 6
    Starring: Blythe Duff,  Alex Norton
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Five episodes of Britain's longest running crime drama. Dead Man Walking, Tenement, The Thirteenth Step, Pinnacle and Users and Losers.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8 members
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  • Taggart - Death Benefits / Gingerbread
    Starring: Alex Norton,  Colin McCredie,  John Michie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Features two episodes. In 'Death Benefits' the wife of a police sergeant is murdered whilst he is on duty. A search of their house reveals a list of names of people who are rapidly falling victim to a series of accidents. Also features 'Gingerbread'.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 22 members
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  • Taggart - Vol. 45 - The Friday Event
    Starring: Blythe Duff,  Alex Norton
    Director: Ian Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a local journalist runs the story of a boy's murder, it is not long before his mutilated corpse is discovered. In order to prevent further deaths the team rush to protect another potential victim, but have they got the right person?
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 142 members
    Not available for rental

Alex Norton facts

5 most recent films

Taggart - The Knife Trick Collection - 3.5 stars
Taggart - The 2009 Collection - 4.0 stars
Taggart - The Wages of Sin - 3.5 stars
Taggart - In Camera - 3.5 stars
Taggart - The Ties That Bind - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Taggart 8 - 4.0 stars
Taggart - Blood Money - 4.0 stars
Down Among The Big Boys - 3.5 stars
Taggart - The Ties That Bind - 3.5 stars
Taggart - The Wages of Sin - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Leaving - 3.0 stars
Orphans - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Taggart - Death Benefits / Gingerbread - 3.0 stars
Taggart - The Knife Trick Collection - 3.5 stars
Taggart - Violent Delights / Fatal Inheritance - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Blythe Duff - 28 times - show films
John Michie - 24 times - show films
Colin McCredie - 16 times - show films
Colin McCredie - 15 times - show films
Gary Lewis - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ian Madden - 8 times - show films
Bill Anderson - 7 times - show films
Jean Stewart - 7 times - show films
Douglas Mackinnon - 7 times - show films
Morag Fullerton - 5 times - show films