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Jack Gold - what members say


  • The Medusa Touch
  • The Medusa Touch review by A classical actor from deep in the luscious green valleys of deepest Mid-Wales.
    Rated - 4 stars Excellent sacrilege iconoclasm & horror. 8 November 2005
    ...hrown in. Richard Burton is all brooding presence and convincing diabolism and Jack Gold's direction constitutes good story-telling. If you fancy some horror that is s...  

Jack Gold - filmography


  • The Return of the Native (1994)
    Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones,  Clive Owen,  Ray Stevenson
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: TBC
    Eustacia Vye longs to return to Paris, so marries Clym Yeobright when he returns from his work there, hoping he will take her back with him. However he has no plans to return, less so after his eyes begin to fail him. And so Eustacia finds herself looking for love elsewhere.
    Rate this: 2.5 45% from 27 members
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  • Escape From Sobibor (1987)
    Starring: Alan Arkin,  Rutger Hauer,  Joanna Pacula
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: 15
    Horrifyingly true story of the Nazi's inhumane treatment of Jews at a secluded death camp. Despite the terrible odds, a number of emaciated prisoners successfully organised an escape resulting in the setting loose of over 600 inmates, some 320 actually getting to freedom. TV screened.
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 60 members
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  • The Chain (1985)
    Starring: Warren Mitchell,  Nigel Hawthorne,  Denis Lawson
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. Comical British comedy which takes a sideways look at the potential minefield of moving house, a minefield made even more explosive by the inclusion of such virulent vices as ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 64% from 38 members
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  • The Naked Civil Servant (1981)
    Starring: John Hurt
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: 15
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.A biographical film, based on the real life of an Englishman who lived in London. Quentin Crisp, who introduces the film, is an effeminate homosexual, a flamboyant and witty ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 74% from 408 members
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  • The Medusa Touch (1977)
    Starring: Richard Burton,  Lino Ventura,  Lee Remick
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. Novelist John Morlar is a man with the unique power to cause disaster at will. Detective Brunel investigates an assault on Morlar and discovers he possesses mysterious powers. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 730 members
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  • Aces High on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  John Gielgud,  Simon Ward
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: PG
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.0 67% from 243 members
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  • Catholics on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Cyril Cusack,  Michael Gambon,  Trevor Howard
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: U
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 52% from 5 members
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Jack Gold - downloads


  • The Chain for Download (1985)
    Starring: Anna Massey,  Bernard Hill,  Billie Whitelaw
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £2.99
    Run time: 95 minutes
    Comical British comedy which takes a sideways look at the potential minefield of moving house, a minefield made even more explosive by the inclusion of such virulent vices as sloth, envy, greed, avarice and pride.
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  • The Medusa Touch for Download (1977)
    Starring: Harry Andrews,  Lee Remick,  Lino Ventura
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £4.99
    Run time: 104 minutes
    Novelist John Morlar is a man with the unique power to cause disaster at will. Detective Brunel investigates an assault on Morlar and discovers he possesses mysterious powers. From his hospital bed, Morlar gives a small clue to his next target for destruction... the Windscale Nuclear Plant...
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 2 members
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  • Man Friday for Download (1975)
    Starring: Christopher Cabot,  Peter Cellier,  Peter O'Toole
    Director: Jack Gold
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £4.99
    Run time: 109 minutes
    Adrian Mitchell's screenplay is a take-off on the Defoe classic, 'Robinson Crusoe'. This version finds Friday revolting against white supremacy and Crusoe losing the man-to-man conflict for human dignity.
    Rate this: 1.0 15% from 2 members
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Jack Gold facts

5 most recent films


Inspector Morse - The Remorseful Day / Rest in Peace - 3.5 stars
Goodnight Mister Tom - 4.0 stars
The Return of the Native - 2.5 stars
The Tenth Man - 3.0 stars
Escape From Sobibor - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Goodnight Mister Tom - 4.0 stars
The Naked Civil Servant - 3.5 stars
Inspector Morse - The Remorseful Day / Rest in Peace - 3.5 stars
Escape From Sobibor - 3.5 stars
The Medusa Touch - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


The Return of the Native - 2.5 stars
Man Friday - 2.5 stars
Catholics - 2.5 stars
The Chain - 3.5 stars
Macbeth - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Phyllis Logan - 2 times - show films
Richard Roundtree - 2 times - show films
Gary Waldhorn - 2 times - show films
Harry Andrews - 2 times - show films
Herbert Norville - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Jamie McCoan - 1 times - show films