John Franklyn-Robbins

Movies

The Discovery of Heaven

Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back th...

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From a Far Country

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne ...

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Vanity Fair

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio...

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Asylum

A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four ...

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The Woman in Black

When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his fi...

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The Taming of the Shrew

Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's muc...

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All Passion Spent

his three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the de...

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Sergeant Pepper

A dog who was named after the Beatles album, inherits his master's fortune. His owner's two children...

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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use...

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Snooker

In the snooker room at a genteel gentleman's club, the mood darkens when adultery becomes the subjec...

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Overlord

During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertake...

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Betzi

A moody drama concerning the lonely but luxurious imprisonment of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena....

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Emma

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is ...

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Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure yet — ...

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A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e...

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The Pumpkin Eater

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful b...

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Memoirs of a Survivor

Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman ...

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Swallows and Amazons

On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to ...

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The Plague Dogs

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal res...

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Lionheart

A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prin...

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The Golden Compass

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence r...

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The Merchant of Venice

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to te...

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Mrs. Dalloway

Clarissa Dalloway looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a...

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The Brute

Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infide...

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Keep Smiling

Family picnics should not be like this; bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understan...

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The Adventures of Toad

Toad's life is just one big adventure! His latest and greatest hobby is racing around the countrysid...

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Running Scared

When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend is sent down from university because he did n...

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C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia

Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few k...

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The Jigsaw Man

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plas...

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A Couple of Beauties

A witness to a mob murder hides out in a nightclub dressed in drag....

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The Enigma

When John Fielding, MP, disappeared on the way home to his country estates he was, perhaps, cracking...

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Fothergill

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfords...

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Don't Tempt Me

Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer....

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