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Robert Stephens - what members say

A Taste Of Honey review by from London, England

Outstanding Dramedy 7 June 2004
...ith a racy storyline for the time that it was made which was 1961. Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens and Rita Tushingham are excellent in their protrayal of the three leads. This ... Read customer review

The Shout review by Declan6107 from Glasgow

The Shout 18 January 2010
...its cast and it being made in 78.the cast Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens all great ... Read customer review

The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes review by from London

Quirkily enjoyable 16 August 2004
...ry-comedy than anything else, with enjoyable performances (a suitably imperious Robert Stephens as Sherlock, Irene Handl an Irene Handl-ish Mrs Hudson) and a few oddities thro... Read customer review

Robert Stephens - filmography

99-1 - Series 1 - Complete (1994)
Starring: Leslie Grantham, Robert Stephens, Malcolm Storry
Director: Charles McDougall
Certificate:
Leslie Grantham stars as maverick cop Mick Raynor in this six-part thriller set in the no-man's land where the underworld meets the establishment.

50% from 4 members
Not available for rental

The Fruit Machine (1987)
Starring: Emile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert Stephens
Director: Philip Saville
Certificate:
This thriller sets off from the heart of Liverpool when two young boys witness a gangland murder at the Fruit Machine Club, run by Annabelle (Robbie Coltrane). Fearing for their lives at the hand of the hired killer they head for Brighton. But as Michael continues to hustle for a living, Eddie ..read more »

65% from 33 members
Not available for rental

The Box of Delights on DVD (1984)
Starring: Patrick Troughton, Robert Stephens
Director: Renny Rye
Certificate:
The guardian of a shabby box, which is the source of great magical powers, leads a young boy into a series of fantastic adventures. Based on the book by John Masefield.

68% from 1,715 member

Puccini on DVD (1984)
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Robert Stephens, Bill Fraser
Director: Tony Palmer
Certificate:
The composer of some of the world's most popular operas became involved in an appalling scandal which nearly ruined his career. Puccini's tragic story unfolds in this dramatic programme.

53% from 23 members

The Winters Tale on DVD (1981)
Starring: Jeremy Kemp, Robert Stephens, Debbie Farrington
Director: Johathan Miller
Certificate:
In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Leontes, King ..read more »

63% from 149 members

The Shout (1978)
Starring: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Certificate:
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A macabre tale about a man who claims he has the power to kill using a horrifying 'death shout'. A composer and his wife agree to letting the man stay, since the husband wishes to hear the 'shout' for himself.

62% from 351 members
Not available for rental

The Duellists on DVD (1977)
Starring: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Edward Fox
Director: Ridley Scott
Certificate:
"To the surprise and admiration of their fellows, two officers, like insane artists, trying to gild refined gold or paint the lily, pursued a private contest through the years of universal carnage." Thus wrote Joseph Conrad in the opening paragraphs of the story that provides the basis for Ridley ..read more »

67% from 1,870 member

Luther on DVD (1973)
Starring: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith
Director: Guy Green
Certificate:
This adaptation of John Osborne's LUTHER was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Stacy Keach stars as Martin Luther, the German priest who, during the 16th century, ..read more »

54% from 58 members

The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes on DVD (1970)
Starring: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page
Director: Billy Wilder
Certificate:
In what may be the director's most personal film, he makes use of incidents from his own life in exploring the mystery of Sherlock Holmes sexual preference and past romances. Robert Stephens stars as the fictional detective, shooting cocaine to alleviate the boredom that plagues him between cases. ..read more »

61% from 1,153 member

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on DVD (1969)
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens
Director: Ronald Neame
Certificate:
A liberated young schoolteacher at an Edinburgh girls' school in the period between the two wars, instructs her girls on the ways of life...

79% from 186 members

Morgan - A Suitable Case For Treatment on DVD (1966)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, David Warner, Robert Stephens
Director: Karel Reisz
Certificate:
In Karel Reisz's MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT, the wildly eccentric artist, Morgan, played with lunatic delight by David Warner, is driven over the edge when his ex-wife, Leonie (Vanessa Redgrave), with whom he is still smitten, announces that she plans to remarry. The focus of the film is ..read more »

60% from 392 members

The Small World of Sammy Lee on DVD (1963)
Starring: Anthony Newley, Robert Stephens
Director: Ken Hughes
Certificate:
The Small World of Sammy Lee is just around any corner in Soho. Peopled by the pimps, the punters, the brasses and the bookies, and scattered with Peepshows, just like the sleazy club where Sammy Lee comperes the strip-tease. Sammy Lee is worried. When you owe money to a bookie like Conner, you're ..read more »

70% from 138 members

A Taste Of Honey (1961)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens
Director: Tony Richardson
Certificate:
Tony Richardson continued in the vein of kitchen-sink realism with this adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's novel of working-class life. Set in England in the early 1960s, A TASTE OF HONEY stars Rita Tushingham as the waifish Jo, a plain 17-year-old girl who is dragged from one shabby bed-sitter to ..read more »

70% from 3,276 members
Not currently released

Lunch Hour on DVD (1961)
Starring: Shirley Anne Field, Robert Stephens
Director: James Hill
Certificate:
A junior executive takes a young designer to a hotel for an illicit rendezvous, but things turn out unexpectedly.

55% from 36 members

Lunch Hour (1961)
Starring: Shirley Anne Field, Robert Stephens
Director: James Hill
Certificate:
A junior executive takes a young designer to a hotel for an illicit rendezvous, but things turn out unexpectedly.

56% from 41 members

The London Collection (5 discs) on DVD
Starring: Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron, Renee Asherson
Director: Basil Dearden, Ken Hughes
Certificate:
Collection seminal films set in one of the world's greatest and most awe-inspiring cities: London. Includes: POOL OF LONDON, THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE, THE YELLOW BALLOON, THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS/LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE, and SPARROWS CAN'T SING.

56% from 23 members

Robert Stephens facts

5 most recent films

99-1 - Series 1 - Complete - 2.5 stars
The Fruit Machine - 3.0 stars
The Box of Delights - 3.5 stars
Puccini - 2.5 stars
The Winters Tale - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - 4.0 stars
A Taste Of Honey - 3.5 stars
The Small World of Sammy Lee - 3.5 stars
The Box of Delights - 3.5 stars
The Duellists - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

99-1 - Series 1 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Puccini - 2.5 stars
Lunch Hour - 3.0 stars
The London Collection - 3.0 stars
Lunch Hour - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Susannah York - 2 times - show films
Alan Bates - 2 times - show films
Shirley Anne Field - 2 times - show films
John Hurt - 2 times - show films
Tim Curry - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ken Hughes - 2 times - show films
Jerzy Skolimowski - 2 times - show films
James Hill - 2 times - show films
Philip Saville - 1 times - show films
Johathan Miller - 1 times - show films