Michael Hordern
Birthday: 1911-10-03
Place of Birth: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography: Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War.
Movies
Genghis Khan
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mo...
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Where Eagles Dare
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the S...
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Yellowbeard
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their heart...
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Anne of the Thousand Days
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,...
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The Medusa Touch
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries w...
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Cleopatra
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...
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Futtocks End
Entirely silent, with a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story revolves a...
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Up Pompeii
A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious sc...
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The Taming of the Shrew
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in P...
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Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Paddington enters the Great Alphabet Treasure Hunt and has to find something for every letter of the...
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Beauty and the Beast
As a merchant sets off for market, he asks his three lovely daughters what they would like as a pres...
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The MacKintosh Man
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be cau...
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The Bed Sitting Room
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing s...
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Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is v...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One da...
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's ...
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face an...
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Theatre of Blood
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition....
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Joseph Andrews
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye...
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Khartoum
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the ...
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The Possession of Joel Delaney
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a ...
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen....
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bul...
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The V.I.P.s
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal tri...
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The Man Who Never Was
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the ...
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The Slipper and the Rose
Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the Kingdom of Euphrania are anxiou...
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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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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 Wind in the Willows
One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a se...
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Demons of the Mind
A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their ...
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the c...
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Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, ...
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The Secret Garden
When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, s...
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Truckers
Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of the...
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Oliver Twist
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv...
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Sink the Bismarck!
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz E...
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Danny the Champion of the World
Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life toget...
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School for Secrets
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it...
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Man in the Moon
William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold....
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The Dark Avenger
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English arm...
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Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget t...
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Lucky Lady
When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub sing...
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I Was Monty's Double
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery...
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Highly Dangerous
A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country....
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Paddington Goes to School
The local truant officer informs Mrs. Brown (Paddington's keeper) that since he is of age, Paddingto...
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Grand National Night
The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the po...
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Personal Affair
A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves...
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The Spanish Gardener
Harrington Brande, a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a small c...
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Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Frederick is a young medieval French prince with magical powers, turned into a frog by his evil sorc...
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Girl Stroke Boy
Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusin...
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Morning Departure
At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. T...
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Turner
A documentary feature offering a general introduction to the work of the painter J.M.W. Turner....
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Scoop
Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical no...
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Diamond Skulls
Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. ...
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The Jokers
Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not f...
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Paddington Bear
Dressed in his characteristic blue duffle coat and oversized hat, the helpful and cuddlesome Padding...
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The Talking Parcel
The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to...
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The Heart of the Matter
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when h...
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Some Will, Some Won't
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical jok...
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I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic ...
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The Trouble with Spies
George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is...
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The Astonished Heart
Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton)...
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Prudence and the Pill
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin f...
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The Pied Piper
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany...
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Moment of Danger
Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crosse...
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I Accuse!
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason an...
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The Old Curiosity Shop
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of d...
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The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story ...
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The Small Voice
A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they hav...
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The Hour of 13
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief N...
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The Spaniard's Curse
A convicted murderer uses an ancient curse to take his revenge on those responsible for sending him ...
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The Secret World of Polly Flint
A young girl escapes her loneliness by retreating to The Magical World of Another Time, which can on...
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Windom's Way
A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marri...
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Girls at Sea
When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate t...
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You Know What Sailors Are
The best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays Lieuten...
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The Three Musketeers
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends ...
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Whistle and I'll Come to You
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, f...
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Cast a Giant Shadow
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is di...
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and hi...
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King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their ...
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Alexander the Great
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops for...
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A Girl Must Live
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility....
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England Made Me
A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor i...
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Mine Own Executioner
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help....
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Nightbeat
After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty crimin...
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The Card
A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business an...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom....
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Gandhi
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
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Gauguin the Savage
Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive se...
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The Dock Brief
This hilarious one-act play by John Mortimer (creator of Rumpole of the Bailey) is the story of a hi...
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Girl in the News
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse i...
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Band Waggon
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians...
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Pacific Destiny
Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the...
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The Spirit of Cheshire
Michael Horden narrates as the voice of as Rolls Royce Phantom taking in the sights of Cheshire....
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The Dog It Was That Died
Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5. Blair ...
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No Time for Tears
The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and n...
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The Fool
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper ...
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Macbeth
Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and th...
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Clash of Loyalties
During the British colonial period in Iraq, Sheikh Dhari and his tribe openly reject colonization an...
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Ending Up
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (wh...
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Royal Flash
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19t...
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The Missionary
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to Engl...
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King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects hi...
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Storm Over the Nile
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Li...
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike....
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Comrades
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one ...
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Juggernaut
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he ha...
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Watership Down
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwi...
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Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
Paddington, having just seen Gene Kelly on the cinema screen, takes to the streets in a rain storm w...
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Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
Mr. Brown's birthday is drawing near and Paddington is worried because he can't afford to buy him a ...
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Street Corner
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around th...
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How I Won the War
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Eu...
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The Magic Box
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a...
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Passport to Pimlico
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and d...
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Flesh and Blood
Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of...
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Lady Jane
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak ...
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Good-Time Girl
Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in p...
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Barry Lyndon
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century Englan...
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The Night My Number Came Up
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pil...
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Romeo and Juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge br...
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A Very Open Prison
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons...
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Forbidden Cargo
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother an...
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Labyrinth
When Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she inadvertently summons the Goblin King who...
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The Beachcomber
Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are f...
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The Constant Husband
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With ...
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El Cid
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without comp...
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Cymbeline
Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man...
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Train of Events
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how...
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The Tempest
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the...
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Memento Mori
Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious teleph...
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Young Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his d...
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Back to Back
These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," ...
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All's Well That Ends Well
Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is ...
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Portrait from Life
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to...
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The Baby and the Battleship
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds hims...
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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with labor-intensiv...
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Paradise Postponed
A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservat...
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Suspicion
A powerfully tense remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, this British production of SUSPICION boas...
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Now Voyager
A spoiled pop star crashes his car in an irrigation ditch and comes to in a public indoor pool super...
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The Years Between
After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new ...
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You're All Right, How Am I?
' If you walked down Piccadilly naked and refused to put your clothes on when the police requested y...
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Tonight in Britain
A short survey of British entertainment and London attractions photographed at Edinburgh, Stratford ...
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A Girl in a Million
A young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is br...
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The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Brought to the screen by award winning animation team Cosgrove Hall, 'The Wind In The Willows' bring...
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Children's Favourites - Volume 1
A compilation of episodes from The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Alias the Jester....
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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and Wind in the Willows....
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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and Wind in the Willows....
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More Children's Summer Stories
A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and The Wind in the Willows....
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More Children's Holiday Favourites
A compilation of episodes from Count Duckula, Dangermouse and The Wind in the Willows....
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The Christmas Collection
A compilation of episodes from The Sooty Show, Rainbow and The Wind in the Willows....
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A Crack in the Ice
A comedy about injustice set in St Petersburg in 1839. The Tsar has tightened up security and mounte...
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The Wind in the Willows
Four animals named Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad try to navigate the Riverbank as well as the Wild Woo...
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