John Savident
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: January 01, 1938
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 21, 2024
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Overview: Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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Inadmissible Evidence
Overview: A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-23
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Mountains of the Moon
Overview: The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then dissolving after their journey.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-16
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Little Dorrit
Overview: A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film originally released in two parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-11
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One Against the Wind
Overview: Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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Mr. Bean Takes an Exam
Overview: Mr. Bean realizes he doesn't know the answers to his exam paper and tries desperately to copy from the man seating next to him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Overview: Sir Tony Robinson takes a journey back in time to find out where Blackadder really began, and to uncover the story of the previously-unseen pilot episode.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-15
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Waterloo
Overview: After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-26
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The Marlowe Inquest
Overview: In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th century in order to determine what really happened to the playwright and poet, Christopher Marlowe.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-03
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Brain Donors
Overview: Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-17
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Trial by Combat
Overview: A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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This Office Life
Overview: On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled. There was a luncheon voucher scheme, a pension fund, paid holidays - and (apparently) nothing much doing between the hours of nine to five. Then his colleagues began to take an unhealthy interest in him. They asked questions he couldn't answer, and answered questions he hadn't asked. Only the lovely Pam made life bearable, but even she was not quite what she seemed....
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-30
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A Clockwork Orange
Overview: In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?
Genres: Science Fiction Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-19
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Sharpe's Regiment
Overview: Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front that could jeopardize the Wellington's war.
Genres: War Action Adventure History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-01
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Othello
Overview: The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-15
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Battle of Britain
Overview: In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Genres: War History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-15
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Before Winter Comes
Overview: Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-17
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Diamonds on Wheels
Overview: Three kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen diamonds in a 24-hour road rally.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-19
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Robbery
Overview: In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-01
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Compensation Alice
Overview: Alice is determined to buy a flash new hat despite her husband not giving her the money.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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Gandhi
Overview: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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The Remains of the Day
Overview: A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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Penny Gold
Overview: While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-22
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Seal Island
Overview: Pebble Island, a breeding ground for seals is to be sold to a Conservation Group. Mike, Kate and Ben are horrified to find that until the sale is completed, permits have been granted for two professional killers to shoot seals for their skins.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-16
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Loch Ness
Overview: Dr. Dempsey, an American scientist, is sent to Scotland to disprove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. He is shocked when Laura, an inn-keeper, introduces him to a small family of Nessie-dinosaurs.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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Tom & Viv
Overview: The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-15
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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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The Day Christ Died
Overview: A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-26
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Hudson Hawk
Overview: Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-23
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Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-03
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Butley
Overview: Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-21
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Camping
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1990-02-09
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The White Bus
Overview: A despondent young woman travels home to the North of England.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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The Raging Moon
Overview: Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-21
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The Wicked Lady
Overview: Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-21
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Heart of Darkness
Overview: A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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A Summer Story
Overview: A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton, and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. When he twists his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby farmhouse and stays there for a few days. Innocent beauty Megan David catches the attention of Ashton. He decides to stay longer, and he and Megan fall in love, much to the displeasure of Megan's aunt and her loutish son.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-11
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Doctor Who: The Visitation
Overview: In 17th century England, the Doctor and itinerant thespian Richard Mace uncover a plot by a crew of criminal Terileptils to wipe out humanity.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-23
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Impromptu
Overview: In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-12
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Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Overview: A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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Duel of Hearts
Overview: Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she sets out to prove him innocent
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Silent Twins
Overview: Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. After 14 years in Broadmoor Psychiatric Institution, freedom visits them in a mysterious way.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-19
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The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
Overview: The reputation of the Academy for the Daughters of Respectable Monarchs has, of course, always been of the highest order... then suddenly Signor Doloro de Lara— a Professor of Magic— puts in an unwelcome appearance, and the enchanting little world is turned upside down.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-28
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Clapperclaw
Overview: VE Night, 1945. In a Yorkshire pub not everyone is in a mood to celebrate. Lorna Thorpe 's ' All-Star' dance band is missing two members, the beer has run out-and some influential friends on the city council have booked flights to Buenos Aires
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-06
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Overview: TV-movie version of the Victor Hugo novel.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-30
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