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  • The Stepford Wives
  • The Stepford Wives review by robram from London
    Rated - 3 stars Clever film of its day that still resonates 30 December 2004
    ... Starring Katharine Ross and Nanette Newman and directed by Newman's husband Bryan Forbes, TSW shows a brilliantly eerie and sinister view of what could happen if women ...  
  • Darling
  • Darling review by Leon Collins from London
    Rated - 4 stars Caron and Christie 26 August 2005
    ...k jazz musician),Pat Pheonix (prostitute) and Tom Bell (failed writer).Director Bryan Forbes avoids stereotypes in this moving character study. Darling charts the rise o...  

Bryan Forbes - filmography


  • The Slipper And The Rose (1976)
    Starring: Richard Chamberlain,  Gemma Craven,  Annette Crosbie
    Director: Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: U
    Three features. 'The Slipper And The Rose' is a musical version of the classic 'Cinderella' tale. 'Legends Of The Fall' is the story of three brothers. 'First Knight' finds the Guinevere of Leonesse agreeing to marry King Arthur if his army will protect her country.
    Rate this: 3.5 66% from 507 members
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  • King Rat on DVD (1965)
    Starring: George Segal,  Tom Courtenay,  James Fox
    Director: Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: PG
    Inside a Japanese POW camp during World War II, an American prisoner runs a black market operation for the benefit of his fellow captives, and among his "merchandise" he includes rats, breeded to supplement prisoners' food rations.
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 102 members
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  • The L-Shaped Room on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Cicely Courtneidge,  Brock Peters,  Leslie Caron
    Director: Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: 15
    A woman faces life in a shabby, suburban bed-sit after being jilted and left pregnant. Sharing her desperation with an assortment of neighbours, they help her to decide whether to have an abortion, in a sensitive study of social morals at the dawning of the Sixties sexual revolution.
    Rate this: 4.0 77% from 107 members
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  • Quatermass 2 on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Brian Donlevy,  John Longden,  Sid James
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: 12
    Quatermass is intrigued by strange images on his radar. Thinking them to be meteorites he follows them to a village which, on his arrival, he finds has been destroyed...
    Rate this: 3.0 68% from 223 members
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  • An Inspector Calls on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Alastair Sim,  Arthur Young,  Brian Worth
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: PG
    A young girl is murdered, and an Inspector calls on a prosperous Yorkshire household investigating the sad circumstances behind her death. Each one of the family has a secret - and each one is partly responsible for the girl's fate. The determined Inspector must prove their collective guilt and the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 77% from 345 members
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Bryan Forbes - downloads


  • Whistle Down The Wind for Download (1961)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Bernard Lee,  Hayley Mills
    Director: Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £2.99
    Run time: 95 minutes
    Three motherless children believe that the murderer they found sheltering in a barn is really Christ. A thoughtful study of childhood innocence and simple faith. Based on a novel by Mary Hayley Bell.
    Rate this: 2.0 40% from 2 members
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  • The League of Gentlemen for Download (1960)
    Starring: Bryan Forbes,  Jack Hawkins,  Nigel Patrick
    Director: Basil Dearden
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £5.99
    Run time: 109 minutes
    This British crime story has a delightfully dangerous premise: An ex-army colonel angered at being let go after 25 years of service to his country, decides to fight back and put together what could be considered a nice severance package for himself. Armed with information he learned on the job, he ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 80% from 1 members
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Bryan Forbes facts

5 most recent films


International Velvet - 3.5 stars
The Slipper And The Rose - 3.5 stars
The Stepford Wives - 3.0 stars
Raging Moon - 3.0 stars
The Madwoman of Chaillot - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films


The L-Shaped Room - 4.0 stars
An Inspector Calls - 4.0 stars
Whistle Down The Wind - 3.5 stars
I Was Monty's Double - 3.5 stars
The Guns Of Navarone - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


The Madwoman of Chaillot - 3 stars
Raging Moon - 3.0 stars
The Wrong Box - 3.5 stars
International Velvet - 3.5 stars
The League Of Gentlemen - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Nanette Newman - 5 times - show films
Richard Attenborough - 4 times - show films
Bernard Lee - 3 times - show films
John Mills - 3 times - show films
Hayley Mills - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Guy Hamilton - 2 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 2 times - show films
J. Lee Thompson - 1 times - show films
Val Guest - 1 times - show films
John Schlesinger - 1 times - show films