Movies by Tom Courtenay
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Gambit (2012)
Cast: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Stanley Tucci …
Directed by: Michael Hoffman
In this remake of the 1966 caper flick, London art curator Harry Deane seeks revenge on his abusive boss and plots to con the wealthy man into buying a fake Monet. But Harry needs an…
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Quartet (2012)
Cast: Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon …
Directed by: Dustin Hoffman
A trio of retired opera singers' annual celebration of Verdi's birthday sours when their estranged fourth member shows up but refuses to sing. Tensions rise and diva drama erupts --…
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The Golden Compass (2007)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green …
Directed by: Chris Weitz
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in…
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Flood (2007)
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Courtenay …
Directed by: Tony Mitchell
Robert Carlyle (28 Weeks Later, The Full Monty) stars in this pulse-raising thriller as Rob Morrison, a top-flight marine engineer who finds himself in the eye of the storm when London is…
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Last Orders (2002)
Cast: Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings …
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Charismatic butcher Jack Dodds (Michael Caine) orders his lifelong friends to make a special journey in the wake of his death by delivering his ashes to the sea. Joined by Jack's son…
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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent …
Directed by: Douglas McGrath
Life in 19th-century England deals Nicholas Nickleby a difficult hand when his father dies and Nicholas, his sister and his mother, now penniless, are forced to seek help from his twisted…
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A Rather English Marriage (1998)
Cast: Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley, Tom Courtenay …
Directed by: Paul Seed
When their wives die on the same day in the same hospital room, two aging British World War II vets -- upper-crust Reggie (Albert Finney) and retired milkman Roy (Tom Courtenay, in a…
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The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
Cast: Peter Ustinov, James Fox, Sally Walsh …
Directed by: Kevin Connor
In this TV adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale, Peter Ustinov assays the role of a lovable but flawed shopkeeper who's forced to flee his home when his landlord learns…
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Let Him Have It (1991)
Cast: Tom Bell, Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston …
Directed by: Peter Medak
When a mentally challenged young man befriends a local thug who lives his life as if it were a gangster film, both their destinies are forever changed. This emotionally charged social…
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The Last Butterfly (1991)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held …
Directed by: Karel Kachyna
Art and real life collide in this gripping drama set in 1940s Germany. Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay) is a Jewish mime who longs to work, so when he's offered an acting job in Terezin --…
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Leonard Part 6 (1987)
Cast: Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker …
Directed by: Paul Weiland
Former CIA spy Leonard Parker finds himself called out of retirement to save the world after vile vegetarian Medusa Johnson unleashes a horde of killer critters that strike a blow against…
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The Dresser (1983)
Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox …
Directed by: Peter Yates
Albert Finney is by turns poignant and darkly comic as an aging lead actor (oddly named Sir) of a touring troupe of thespians who perform "King Lear" throughout war-ravaged England.…
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The Night of the Generals (1967)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
It's 1942 in Warsaw, and tenacious Wehrmacht Intelligence Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) is led to Paris as he attempts to pinpoint who of three generals is responsible for killing and then…
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin …
Directed by: David Lean
A young physician (Omar Sharif) and his beautiful mistress (Julie Christie) get swept up in the danger and drama of the Bolshevik Revolution in this Oscar-winning epic based on the classic…
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King Rat (1965)
Cast: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox …
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
Based on the novel by James Clavell, King Rat deals with a group of allied prisoners incarcerated in the infamous Japanese-run Changi POW camp in Singapore during World War II. In the camp,…
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Operation Crossbow (1965)
Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
As the story goes, three American soldiers (Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp and George Peppard) are ordered to parachute into Germany and destroy a critical Nazi base, a delicate mission that puts…
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Billy Liar (1963)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
In life, Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) lives at home in Bradford with his parents and works for an undertaker (Leonard Rossiter). But in our hero's rich imagination, he is a military…
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Cast: Frank Finlay, James Fox, Michael Redgrave …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) is a cynical young man determined to fight the system at every turn. With no interest in school or in the factory job awaiting him, he turns to a life of petty…
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King and Country / Angels One Five (1952)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Dirk Bogarde, Leo McKern …
Directed by: Joseph Losey, George More O'Ferrall
Though the battles in these two British dramas take place largely off-screen, both films remain riveting tales of war in the first half of the 20th century. King & Country stars Dirk Bogarde…