Edward Hardwicke
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Birthday: August 07, 1932
Deathday: May 16, 2011
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Oliver Twist
2005-09-23
Oliver Twist
Overview: Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Genres: Crime Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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The Scarlet Letter
1995-10-13
The Scarlet Letter
Overview: Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-13
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Appetite
1998-08-12
Appetite
Overview: The guests of the Station Hotel have assembled to play a game of cards. The loser will sleep in room 207, a room rumored to be haunted. It hasn't been slept in for 20 years. As their lives tangle in a paranoid deadlock, the only escape becomes murder.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-12
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Elizabeth
1998-09-13
Elizabeth
Overview: The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-13
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The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954-11-01
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Overview: Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-01
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Venom
1981-11-28
Venom
Overview: International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and the terrorists and several hostages are trapped in the boy's London home.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-28
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Richard III
1995-12-29
Richard III
Overview: A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1988-08-31
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the moor under mysterious circumstances and rumors abound about a demonic hound. When the American heir arrives to take charge, a family friend calls in Holmes and Watson to get to the heart of the mystery.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-31
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David Copperfield
2001-12-25
David Copperfield
Overview: After the death of his father and a second wedding of his mother, David Copperfield suffers from his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. The mother dies shortly after the death of another child, whereupon Mr. Murdstone sends David to London, where he has to work for a starvation wage.Here he makes some new friends, but soon flees from the capital of England to his aunt Traddles in Canterbury, where he is adopted by her.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-25
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Shadowlands
1993-12-25
Shadowlands
Overview: C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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The Black Windmill
1974-05-17
The Black Windmill
Overview: A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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Off Peak
1985-01-01
Off Peak
Overview: Because of her cheating husband, Elizabeth elicits patronizing "pity" from her so-called friends, but they (and he) don't suspect her plans.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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The Master Blackmailer
1992-02-02
The Master Blackmailer
Overview: For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is creating, he adopts a campaign to thwart his evil scheming. The campaign astonishes Dr. Watson by its strangeness and finds Holmes falling in love.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-02
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Enigma
2001-01-22
Enigma
Overview: The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-22
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The Sign of Four
1987-03-07
The Sign of Four
Overview: Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-07
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Hell Below Zero
1954-01-13
Hell Below Zero
Overview: Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor has it that her father may have been murdered by Erik Bland, son of her father's partner and her one-time lover. Duncan and Erik find themselves on rival whaleboats and, ultimately, on an ice floe.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-13
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The Eligible Bachelor
1993-02-03
The Eligible Bachelor
Overview: Sherlock Holmes' problem with disturbing dreams proves to be both an impediment and an aid in the search for a missing woman.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-03
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The Last Vampyre
1993-03-14
The Last Vampyre
Overview: Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-14
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Full Circle
1978-02-09
Full Circle
Overview: After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-09
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Love Actually
2003-09-07
Love Actually
Overview: Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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Journey Into Darkness
1968-01-01
Journey Into Darkness
Overview: "Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown 1968)": 'The New People (1968)" (Episode 1.1) and "Paper Dolls (1968)" (Episode 1.16).
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Grace
1975-09-09
Grace
Overview: A disillusioned antiques dealer takes tap dancing lessons.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-09
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Titus Andronicus
1985-04-25
Titus Andronicus
Overview: Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, are competing for their father's title. According to Roman custom, Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the Gods; having the deciding vote, he also chooses Saturninus as Emperor. Both acts have tragic consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-25
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The Gathering Storm
2002-04-22
The Gathering Storm
Overview: A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-22
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Whinfrey's Last Case
1979-10-10
Whinfrey's Last Case
Overview: In 1913 the British government, hearing that the Germans are planning World War I, ask top agent Whinfrey to intervene, but instead he decides to go on holiday to Cornish fishing village Torpoint. Here he believes he has stumbled upon a smuggling ring, but in fact they are Germans who are masquerading as locals in an advance invasion party. The British arrive and arrest them, believing that Whinfrey deliberately planned everything - though it is apparent that he did not.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-10
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She Who Must Be Obeyed
2001-01-01
She Who Must Be Obeyed
Overview: Leo Vincey receives a map from his late father, leading him to the legendary city of Kor in search of an explanation for his mysterious ancestry.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Parting Shots
1999-05-14
Parting Shots
Overview: Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he decides that since he is dying anyway, he will kill or destroy all the people that ever crossed or hurt him during his life - after all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry hires an assassin to finish himself off in style, and even has time to fall in love with Jill. However, there's just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen wanting to talk to him about some murders...
Genres: Romance Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-14
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Let Him Have It
1991-10-04
Let Him Have It
Overview: In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985-03-29
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Overview: A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from hunters who want to capture them.
Genres: Adventure Action Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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A Flea in Her Ear
1968-11-27
A Flea in Her Ear
Overview: Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-27
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Otley
1969-03-11
Otley
Overview: A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-11
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Photographing Fairies
1997-09-19
Photographing Fairies
Overview: Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets
Genres: Mystery Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Belgrove Hotel, Goodbye
1970-05-27
Belgrove Hotel, Goodbye
Overview: Malin has previously been an au-pair girl in London, England and is now returning to the family she worked for. During her visit, she is undergoing a crisis that makes her forget the child she brought with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1970-05-27
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The Bunker
1981-04-15
The Bunker
Overview: Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-15
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The Reckoning
1970-01-31
The Reckoning
Overview: Michael Marler, a successful businessman in London, is about to make his way to the top. After 37 years, the death of his father brings him back to his hometown of Liverpool, where he’s confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died in a fight with some Anglo-Saxon teddy boys. It becomes a matter of honour for him to take his revenge without involving the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-31
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A Guy Named Joe
1943-12-24
A Guy Named Joe
Overview: A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
Genres: Drama Romance War Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-24
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The Biko Inquest
1984-11-01
The Biko Inquest
Overview: Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-01
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The Alchemists
1999-11-15
The Alchemists
Overview: Grant Show (Melrose Place) stars in this fast-placed thriller based on the best-selling novel set in the chilling world of genetic engineering. Ruth Gemmel (Fever Pitch) joins Shaw as employees who put their lives on the line to discover a world in which all morality has been sacrificed. How can they prevent this powerful multi-national company from exploiting genetic research for monetary gain?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-15
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The Day of the Jackal
1973-05-16
The Day of the Jackal
Overview: An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-16
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Othello
1965-12-15
Othello
Overview: General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-15
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Back of Beyond
1974-11-14
Back of Beyond
Overview: Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventure, half honest friendship. But they also mean a time to 'put aside childish things.'
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-14
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A Cotswold Death
1982-01-12
A Cotswold Death
Overview: A village cricket match on the lawn of a great country house - a traditional setting for the perfect English murder. A natural case for the Yard's best technicolor detective, except for the victim-the 20th-century lord of the manor, Sheik Ali Ben Hassim.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-12
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Vengeance
1984-04-01
Vengeance
Overview: A man on the run from gangsters is finally caught up with and meets his final fate. Later reissued to make a third of the anthology film, Frightmares (1987).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-01
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John David
1982-11-23
John David
Overview: Patrick and Judith have everything prepared for the arrival of their first child but when he is born, they are quite unprepared for the crisis they must face.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-23
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The Last Term
1983-04-05
The Last Term
Overview: Devon 1940. The boys of the local public school are alerted after a German parachute drop and as members of the Local Defence Volunteers they prepare to put their youthful enthusiasm for war into practice.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-05
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Last Love
1983-03-01
Last Love
Overview: Tending her husband's grave one day, Annabel Fox meets Jack Ives, a retired regimental sergeant-major. But when their friendship turns to love and talk of marriage, Annabel's children step in. They have other plans for her and, anyway, "He's so common, mummy..."
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-01
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Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999-11-14
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Overview: Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-14
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The Next Scream You Hear
1974-07-06
The Next Scream You Hear
Overview: The police receive an anonymous tip that Bernard Peel has murdered his wife, Jennifer. Peel declares his innocence, but there is a substantial amount of evidence contradicting his story. Is someone trying to frame Mr. Peel? Peel asks private detective Matthew Earp to investigate.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-06
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Present Laughter
1967-02-28
Present Laughter
Overview: An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who want to seduce him, and a crazed playwright.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-28
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Son of Man
1969-04-16
Son of Man
Overview: Dennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpenter who believes that people should try to love their enemies rather than fight all the time, but who is racked by self doubt as to whether or not he is the popularly anticipated Messiah.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-16
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