Desmond Davis

Filmography

Desmond Davis - filmography

The Chief - Series 2 (1991)
Starring: Tim Piggott-Smith, Karen Archer, Tony Caunter
Director: Desmond Davis
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Tim Pigott-Smith (ESCAPE TO VICTORY) stars in this police drama following the trials and tribulations of John Stafford, a newly promoted Chief Constable.

65% from 10 members
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Man Who Lived At The Ritz (1988)
Starring: Perry King, Cherie Lunghi, David McCallum
Director: Desmond Davis
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This is an intruiging film about an American art student (Perry King) who visits Paris and stays at the Hotel Ritz during a critical moment in World War II. As Germans take greater hold of France, the American suddenly finds himself living amongst a sea of Nazis at the hotel and enmeshed in their ..read more »

40% from 50 members
Currently unavailable

Ordeal By Innocence on DVD (1984)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Faye Dunaway, Christopher Plummer
Director: Desmond Davis
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Based on an Agatha Christie story, the plot revolves around a murder case where a man was hanged for his mother's murder even though he maintained he was innocent. Two years after, his missing alibi turns up, starting an investigation into who really did commit the crime.

57% from 46 members

The Country Girls (1984)
Starring: Sam Neill, Maeve Germaine, Jill Doyle
Director: Desmond Davis
Certificate:
Guilty pleasures become innocent delights.

20% from 1 member
Currently unavailable

Sherlock Holmes - The Sign Of Four on DVD (1983)
Starring: Ian Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters
Director: Desmond Davis
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Hidden treasure ... sudden death ... a peg legged man ... a sinister dwarf ... a case for Sherlock Holmes. Based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

61% from 155 members

Agatha Christie Hour Collection (5 discs) on DVD (1982)
Starring: Brenda Cowling, Brian Anthony, Sarah Berger
Director: Desmond Davis, Brian Farnham
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Includes all the episodes from the '80s series "The Agatha Christie Hour", including: The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife In a Glass Darkly The Girl in the Train The Fourth Man The Case of the Discontented Soldier Magnolia Blossom The Mystery of the Blue Jar The Red Signal Jane in Search of a Job The ..read more »

61% from 91 members

Clash of the Titans - Blu-ray (1981)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Claire Bloom
Director: Desmond Davis
Certificate:
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Full of pride, Cassiopeia compares her daughter's beauty to that of Hera. Angered, the queen of the gods has Poseidon unleash the monstrous beast Craken to destroy their village unless Cassiopeia's daughter, Andromeda, is sacrificed. Perseus, the son of Zeus, becomes enchanted with the breathtaking ..read more »

66% from 937 members

Clash of the Titans on DVD (1981)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Claire Bloom
Director: Desmond Davis
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
You've visited lands where a Cyclops roams (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), skeletons duel (Jason and the Argonauts) and cowboys lasso dinosaurs (The Valley of Gwangi). They are the worlds of Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion effects master who creates another dazzling realm in Clash of the Titans. ..read more »

71% from 4,208 members

Measure For Measure on DVD (1979)
Starring: Kenneth Colley, Kate Nelligan, Tim Pigott-Smith
Director: Desmond Davis
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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. The strict ..read more »

66% from 195 members

The New Avengers (8 discs) on DVD (1976)
Starring: Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley
Director: Desmond Davis, Ray Austin, Robert Fuest
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Returning to TV screens in 1976 after being absent for some seven years, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and a Mrs. Peel replacement known as Purdy (Joanna Lumley) resurface to do battle with the criminal underclass in this quintessentially British spinoff.

72% from 434 members

Follyfoot - Series 2 - Complete (1972)
Starring: Paul Guess, Christian Rodska, Arthur English
Director: Claude Whatham, Desmond Davis
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Follyfoot was based on an idea by novelist Monica Dickens and starred Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson and Christian Rodska as the trio of workers at a retirement home for old or unwanted horses. While Steve is still searching for his mother in Liverpool, Dora tries to find the owner of a wandering ..read more »

57% from 10 members
Not available for rental

Smashing Time (1967)
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York
Director: Desmond Davis
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Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.

66% from 16 members
Currently unavailable

The Country Girls - 1.0 stars
Ordeal By Innocence - 3.0 stars
Follyfoot - Series 2 - Complete - 3.0 stars
The Chief - Series 2 - 3.5 stars
Smashing Time - 3.5 stars

Patrick Macnee - 9 times - show films
Joanna Lumley - 9 times - show films
Maggie Smith - 3 times - show films
Claire Bloom - 3 times - show films
Judi Bowker - 3 times - show films

Robert Fuest - 9 times - show films
Ray Austin - 9 times - show films
Claude Whatham - 1 times - show films
Brian Farnham - 1 times - show films