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Alvin Rakoff


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  • Paradise Postponed (6 discs) on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Michael Hordern,  Annette Crosbie,  Peter Egan
    Director: Alvin Rakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The tale of the Simcox and Titmuss families, their quirks, quarrels, and quests. Centring around the Will of the Simcox, Rector of Rapstone Fanner who mysteriously leaves his estate to Leslie Titmuss, the newly elected local MP. Henry Simcox, one of the Simcox sons, makes it his business to find ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 139 members
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  • A Voyage Round My Father (1983)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Alan Bates,  Jane Asher
    Director: Alvin Rakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 179 members
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  • Death Ship on DVD (1980)
    Starring: George Kennedy,  Richard Crenna,  Nick Mancuso
    Director: Alvin Rakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Unbeknown to the passengers on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean, a mysterious vessel is approaching on a collision course. Despite the attempts of the crew to avert disaster, the liner is lost with all hands down, except for seven survivors. They are saved when they clamber aboard a ghostly ..read more »
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  • Hoffman on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  Sinead Cusack,  Ruth Dunning
    Director: Alvin Rakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A middle-aged man is secretly in love with a young typist. He finds out that her fiance is involved in criminal activities and he uses this knowledge to blackmail her into spending a week with him.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 260 members
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  • Crossplot on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Roger Moore,  Martha Hyer,  Alexis Kanner
    Director: Alvin Rakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Roger Moore stars in this action-packed thriller as a British ad executive whose relations with a model from Hungary involve him in a scandalous web of romance and death. Set in London in the 1960s, CROSSPLOT sees an ordinary businessman's life turned upside down by the deception of a beautiful ..read more »
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  • Romeo & Juliet on DVD
    Starring: Patrick Ryecart,  Rebecca Saire,  John Gielgud
    Director: Alvin Rakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The tale of exquisite and doomed young love, against the backdrop of a bitter family rivalry. The innocence of the young lovers is contrasted with the festering imbecility, prejudice, bigotry and stubborn pride of their elders. 1978 production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty to the text.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 108 members
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  • The Saint - Series 4, Episode 12 - The E... to Watch Now (1969)
    Starring: Roger Moore,  Kate O'Mara,  Ian Ogilvy
    Director: Alvin Rakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 52 minutes
    In the South of France the Saint becomes friends with Texan adventurer Rod Huston and the famous mathematician Henri Flambeau and his daughter Janine. They are all amazed at the luck that seems to follow Boris, the ex-king of Slavonia, at the card tables and Henri is convinced that such a run of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 5 members
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Alvin Rakoff facts

5 most recent films

Paradise Postponed - 3.0 stars
A Voyage Round My Father - 3.5 stars
King Lear - 3.0 stars
Death Ship - 2.5 stars
Hamlet - - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

A Voyage Round My Father - 3.5 stars
Hamlet - - 3.5 stars
Paradise Postponed - 3.0 stars
King Lear - 3.0 stars
Hoffman - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Death Ship - 2.5 stars
Crossplot - 2.5 stars
Romeo & Juliet - 3.0 stars
Hoffman - 3.0 stars
King Lear - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Hordern - 2 times - show films
Roger Moore - 2 times - show films
Jeremy Bulloch - 1 times - show films
Penelope Wilton - 1 times - show films
Dudley Sutton - 1 times - show films