Alvin Rakoff

Filmography

Alvin Rakoff - filmography

Paradise Postponed (6 discs) on DVD (1986)
Starring: Michael Hordern, Annette Crosbie, Peter Egan
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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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 »

63% from 161 members

Number 10 (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
Starring: Denis Quilley, Ian Richardson, John Stride
Director: David Cunliffe, John Glenister, Alvin Rakoff
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Drama series about the private lives of seven British prime ministers who lived in Number 10 Downing Street between the 1780s and the 1920s: William Pitt the Younger, the Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), Benjamin Disraeli, William Ewart Gladstone, David Lloyd-George, Herbert Henry Asquith and ..read more »

59% from 46 members

A Voyage Round My Father (1983)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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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.

66% from 190 members
Currently unavailable

King Lear on DVD (1982)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Michael Hordern, John Bird
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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The highly acclaimed TV broadcast recording of Shakespeare's play with a terrific Michael Hordern in the title role.

65% from 285 members

Death Ship on DVD (1980)
Starring: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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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 »

50% from 449 members

Hamlet - on DVD (1980)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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The BBC Production of Hamlet

66% from 343 members

Romeo & Juliet on DVD (1978)
Starring: Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, John Gielgud
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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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.

58% from 142 members

Say Hello To Yesterday on DVD (1971)
Starring: Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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They were a generation apart ... but together they found a love that could bridge any gap.

56% from 11 members

Hoffman on DVD (1971)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Sinead Cusack, Ruth Dunning
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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A middle-aged man is secretly in love with a young typist. He finds out that her fiancé is involved in criminal activities and he uses this knowledge to blackmail her into spending a week with him.

59% from 296 members

Crossplot on DVD (1969)
Starring: Roger Moore, Martha Hyer, Alexis Kanner
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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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 »

54% from 144 members

The Saint - S04 E12 - The Ex King of Dia... (1969)
Starring: Roger Moore, Kate O'Mara, Ian Ogilvy
Director: Alvin Rakoff
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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 »

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Soap Box Vol.1
Starring: Julie Goodyear, Noele Gordon, Ian Hendry
Director: Phillip Draycott, Alvin Rakoff, Nicholas Ferguson
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Loved by millions, soap operas have become a regular part of people's lives. A staple part of British television culture over the last fifty years, our devoted interest in the dramatic, funny and sometimes tragic situations of characters we've come to know and love always keeps us coming back for ..read more »

20% from 4 members
Not available for rental

Paradise Postponed - 3.0 stars
Number 10 - 3.0 stars
A Voyage Round My Father - 3.5 stars
King Lear - 3.5 stars
Death Ship - 2.5 stars

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

Soap Box Vol.1 - 1.0 stars
Say Hello To Yesterday - 3.0 stars
Number 10 - 3.0 stars
Death Ship - 2.5 stars
Crossplot - 2.5 stars

Roger Moore - 3 times - show films
Zena Walker - 3 times - show films
John Stride - 3 times - show films
Jeremy Brett - 3 times - show films
Bernard Archard - 3 times - show films

David Cunliffe - 3 times - show films
John Glenister - 3 times - show films
Phillip Draycott - 1 times - show films
Nicholas Ferguson - 1 times - show films
Nicholas Ferguso - 1 times - show films