Jon Finch
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Biography: Jon Finch (2 March 1941 – 28 December 2012) was an English actor, noted for his many Shakespearean roles. Perhaps his most notable role was Macbeth in Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Macbeth (1971). Finch was born in Caterham, Surrey. He appeared in films such as the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972), portraying a man wrongly accused of murder, Death on the Nile (1978), and in one of his last roles, a small part as the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem (Heraclius, though unnamed in the film) in the Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Decades earlier, Finch was cast as Kane in Ridley Scott's Alien, but had to drop out because of his diabetes. The role was eventually played by John Hurt. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Finch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Caterham, Surrey, England
Birthday: March 02, 1941
Deathday: December 28, 2012
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Gender: Male
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Frenzy
Overview: After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-25
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Unexplained Laughter
Overview: Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds its own humour and passion.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-25
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The Horror of Frankenstein
Overview: Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-08
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Death on the Nile
Overview: As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-29
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Macbeth
Overview: Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-20
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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Overview: Featurette documenting the making of the film "Death On The Nile".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Breaking Glass
Overview: Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-01
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The Final Programme
Overview: After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Programme", developed by his father. The programme, a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being, is contained on microfilm. A group of scientists, led by the formidable Miss Brunner (who consumes her lovers), has sought Cornelius's help in obtaining it. After a chase across a war-torn Europe on the verge of anarchy, Brunner and Cornelius obtain the microfilm from Jerry's loathsome brother Frank. They proceed to an abandoned underground Nazi fortress in the Arctic to run the programme, with Jerry and Miss Brunner as the subjects.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-04
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Tomb of Terror
Overview: In this horror anthology edited from older Full Moon releases, three tales of terror are told. In "ASCENT FROM HELL" ('Dark Angel: The Ascent') an young demon female escapes Hell and comes to Earth where she becomes the punisher of sinners. "INFINITE EVIL" ('The Lurking Fear') a race of cannibalistic genetic creatures live below a cemetery and hunt humans for food. In EVIL NEVER DIES ('Talisman'), the Black Angel is summoned from his resting place to bring about the end of the world. Written by Wallace Entertainment
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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Lurking Fear
Overview: The storm-swept and depopulated town of Leffert’s Corners has been terrorized for decades by grotesque creatures that breed in the depths beneath the local cemetery. A group of townspeople have hatched a last-ditch plan to destroy the ghoul-infested graveyard, but their mission is interrupted by the arrival of a band of violent thieves intent on retrieving money hidden in one of the graves.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-27
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
Overview: Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-01
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The Voice
Overview: A half-dozen random people find themselves locked overnight in a floating discotheque and at the mercy of mysterious terror.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-27
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Henry IV Part 2
Overview: The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-16
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Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos
Overview: A woman nearing her forties, Andrea Soriana, has always pushed aside personal questions and romantic relationships in pursuit of professional success. Now a major illness forces her to reconsider her life--work, family, friendships, men-- causing a psychological and emotional crisis pushes her toward a drastic decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-11-17
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The Big Screen
Overview: Two of Britain's leading film directors - John Schlesinger and Gerald Thomas - share the anxiety, hopes and risks experienced by those involved with the movie industry. The Big Screen follows the production of four British films: the eighth James Bond film Live and Let Die, The Optimists of Nine Elms, science fiction-thriller The Final Programme and The 14. Actors Peter Sellers, David Hemmings, Jon Finch, Roger Moore and Jenny Runacre are among those seen at work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-20
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Diagnosis: Murder
Overview: A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife so he can be with his mistress, but his wife mysteriously disappears before he can carry out his plan.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Lady Caroline Lamb
Overview: Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-22
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Richard II
Overview: Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-10
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Henry IV Part 1
Overview: Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-09
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Make and Break
Overview: Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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The Standard
Overview: During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
Genres: War Action Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-11-25
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Game of Seduction
Overview: A virtuous young woman becomes the target of the schemes of an amoral womanizer who is in the habit of wooing women and killing their lovers and husbands in duels. When she finally succumbs to him, she discovers his true nature, and her newly awakened joy in passion turns to dust.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-08-25
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Pop Pirates
Overview: A story of adventure in the pop music world. A schoolboy pop group who call themselves The Pirates find themselves involved with a different sort of piracy when they discover a secret video tape-copying factory
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-01
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La Sabina
Overview: English scholar visits a small Spanish town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another English scholar long ago. He learns of the legend of Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who becomes his obsession.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-11-03
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Doctor Faustus
Overview: A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-09-17
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The Vampire Lovers
Overview: In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-04
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Darklands
Overview: A reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-16
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La più bella del reame
Overview: Continuation of "I miei primi 40 anni" The sentimental and erotic adventures drawn from the true story of Marina Ripa di Meana continue.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-10-04
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Giro City
Overview: Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-01
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Polanski Meets Macbeth
Overview: A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Story of 'Frenzy'
Overview: Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-06
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El segundo poder
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Beautiful Lies
Overview: August 1941: HG Wells confronts George Orwell, who has just published a scathing attack on him. As wartime London endures the Blitz, they speculate on life and death, truth and propaganda.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-15
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Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is humiliatingly jilted by Benedick's best friend, Claudio, Benedick has to choose which side he's on. But unknown to all, Claudio's been tricked by the bastard Don John, and (unfortunately), it's up to Dogberry and Verges to solve the case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-22
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Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Overview: Follows the discoveries of reporters after the disappearance of the 7th Earl of Lucan, Richard John Bingham after the murder of his children's nanny.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-27
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Kingdom of Heaven
Overview: After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-03
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Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
Overview: A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and actors Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-23
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Power Game
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-27
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Streets of Yesterday
Overview: This is a story of a relationship between three men: Amin, a Palestinian nationalist; Joseph, an Israeli peacenik; and Colonel Shalit, a right-wing Israeli intelligence officer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-01
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White Men Are Cracking Up
Overview: Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishization of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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