Movies by Denholm Elliott
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Noises Off! (1992)
Cast: Nicolette Sheridan, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Theater director Lloyd Fellowes (Michael Caine) is told he must bring a British hit play to the American stage with a cast including a feature actor (John Ritter), a washed-up star (Carol…
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Toy Soldiers (1991)
Cast: Sean Astin, Louis Gossett Jr., Wil Wheaton …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie Jr.
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders…
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A Murder of Quality (1991)
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson …
Directed by: Gavin Millar
Legendary undercover agent George Smiley (Denholm Elliott) comes out of retirement to help solve a baffling murder at a cloistered, all-male boarding school. As the inscrutable Smiley digs…
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Scorchers (1991)
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, James Earl Jones …
Directed by: David Beaird
This dramedy interweaves two stories that take place in the sizzling Cajun town of Bayou La Teche, La. On her wedding night, reluctant bride Splendid (Emily Lloyd) becomes hysterical at the…
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A Green Journey (1990)
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Denholm Elliott, Cynthia Nixon …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
After recent clashes with a new bishop (Robert Prosky), weary Catholic schoolteacher Agatha McGee (Angela Lansbury) ends her years of selfless service, leaving behind Minnesota for a getaway…
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Fedora and whip at the ready, Indiana Jones sets off on his third cinematic outing accompanied by none other than his father, Henry, to explore the cradle of civilization on a perilous hunt…
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Killing Dad (1989)
Cast: Anna Chancellor, Denholm Elliott, Michael Austin …
Directed by: Michael Austin
Denholm Elliott stars as the unfortunate titular character in this comedy about a grown man who decides to knock off the dad who abandoned him 23 years earlier. Determined to protect his…
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The Bourne Identity (1988)
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle …
Directed by: Roger Young
In this 1988 television adaptation of author Robert Ludlum's thriller, an injured man (Richard Chamberlain) washes ashore on the beach of a small French village with no memory of his…
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Maurice (1987)
Cast: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves …
Directed by: James Ivory
Set in pre-war I England, this Merchant-Ivory drama (based on the controversial E.M. Forster novel written in 1914 but not published until 1971) is about the coming of age of two young…
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September (1987)
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Mia Farrow shines as Lane, a woman trying to recover from attempted suicide and to blot out a traumatic event from adolescence in auteur Woody Allen's Chekhovian drama. During a rainy…
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Scoop (1987)
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Gavin Millar, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Gavin Millar
William Boot is a nature writer who is mistakenly posted to Africa to cover a civil war. As he deals with a gallery of eccentric characters, Boot improbably stumbles onto a major journalistic…
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Defense of the Realm (1986)
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: David Drury
Reporter Nick Mullen (Gabriel Byrne) "stumbles" on a story that links a prominent member of Parliament to a KGB agent and to a near nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an…
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A Room with a View (1986)
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis …
Directed by: James Ivory
In this adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, Lucy travels to Florence with her chaperone in tow. There, she falls for a fellow countryman's moody son. But like any proper…
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Bibi Besch, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: George Schaefer
Widow Margaret Delafield (Katharine Hepburn) shocks her uptight family when she reveals her new boyfriend in this comedic made-for-TV movie. After the death of her husband, Margaret boldly…
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The Whoopee Boys (1986)
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: John Byrum
After moving from New York to Florida with his buddy Barney in tow, Jake tries his best to tame his coarseness and win the heart of a pretty teacher named Olivia by helping her raise enough…
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The Razor's Edge (1984)
Cast: Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks …
Directed by: John Byrum
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel. Larry Darrell returns from the battlefields of World War I a changed man. His fiancee, Isabel resigns herself to a delayed wedding when…
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A Private Function (1984)
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Malcolm Mowbray
Set during the lean years after World War II, this comedy follows the schemes of a malcontent wife who goads her placid husband into stealing a pig that their country village -- contrary to…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Cast: Donald Churchill, Ian Richardson, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Originally made for television, this adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mystery sees master detective Sherlock Holmes (Sir Ian Richardson) called upon to solve another of…
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Trading Places (1983)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy …
Directed by: John Landis
Eddie Murphy established himself as a comedy superstar playing streetwise hustler Billy Ray Valentine, who trades places with wealthy investment executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) to…
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The Missionary (1982)
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Richard Loncraine directs this offbeat British comedy about a missionary (Michael Palin), the Rev. Charles Fortescue, who makes it his personal calling to save the souls of "ladies of the…
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Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
Cast: Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Sting stars in this 1982 thriller (a Grand Prize winner at the Montreal Film Festival) about a grifter who insinuates his way into a family and promptly wreaks havoc. Based on a play by Denis…
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
When Dr. Indiana Jones -- the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist and adventurer -- is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the…
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Bad Timing (1980)
Cast: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel …
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
In Cold War-era Vienna, Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) becomes consumed by an erotic affair with the mercurial Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell). When the lovers' passion takes an…
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Rising Damp: The Movie (1980)
Cast: Don Warrington, Christopher Strauli, Frances de la Tour …
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
Leonard Rossiter reprises his role as delightfully detestable boardinghouse proprietor Rupert Rigsby in this big-screen adaptation of Eric Chappell's brilliant 1970s sitcom, regarded as…
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Blade on the Feather (1980)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Tom Conti, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Student Daniel Young (Tom Conti) appears unannounced at the country estate of retired university don Jason Cavendish (Donald Pleasence) claiming to be writing a thesis on one of…
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Saint Jack (1979)
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Peter Bogdanovich, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich directs and co-stars in this engrossing character study about an American pimp in 1970s Singapore. Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) makes a tidy profit pandering to businessmen,…
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Cuba (1979)
Cast: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Viva la Revolución! Director Richard Lester trains his camera lens on the Cuban Revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power in the 1950s. Sean Connery's a British operative sent…
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Zulu Dawn (1979)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster, John Mills …
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Douglas Hickox helms this authentically staged epic dramatizing the clash between thousands of Zulu warriors and a considerably smaller number of British soldiers stationed in Natal, South…
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The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason …
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
In this thriller based on Ira Levin's novel, young Nazi hunter Barry Kohler stumbles on the trail of the infamous "Angel of Death," Dr. Josef Mengele, who is planning to resurrect…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Cast: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Paul Morrissey
Director Paul Morrissey applies a hefty dose of humor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective story in this interpretation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Comedian Peter Cook…
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Robin and Marian (1976)
Cast: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Whatever became of Robin Hood after his famed tale of good deeds ended? Now you can find out, in this sequel that takes place years after Robin and his merry men bested the Sheriff of…
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Cast: Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Honor Blackman …
Directed by: Peter Sykes
A heretic priest (Christopher Lee) plots to use a teenage nun (Nastassja Kinski) in a depraved sexual pact with the forces of darkness. But when an American occult novelist (Richard Widmark)…
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden …
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Richard Dreyfuss stars as Duddy Kravitz, a Jewish teenager from Montreal who dreams of carving out a better life for himself, whether that means waiting tables, selling pinball machines or…
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A Doll's House (1973)
Cast: Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson …
Directed by: Patrick Garland
A young bride reexamines her outwardly perfect life and marriage when her husband takes ill. She ends up forging her father's signature on a bank loan and becomes the victim of…
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Vault of Horror (1973)
Cast: Curd Jürgens, Curt Jurgens, Glynis Johns …
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Trapped in an office building basement, five men reveal their darkest dreams in this compilation of chilling tales pulled from the E.C. Comics archives. In "Midnight Mess," a man stumbles…
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The House that Dripped Blood (1971)
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, John Bryans …
Directed by: Peter Duffell
Scotland's Yard's search for a missing film star leads them to a haunted house, which serves as the framework for four tales of the macabre starring horror icons Peter Cushing,…
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Percy (1971)
Cast: Hywel Bennett, Elke Sommer, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Ralph Thomas
After he's injured in an accident, Edwin (Hywel Bennett) becomes the recipient of the world's first penis transplant in this raunchy 1971 British comedy. But he begins to question…
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An Enemy of the People / The Wild Duck (1971)
Cast: Robert Urquhart, Roy Boyd, Moultrie Kelsall …
Directed by: Gareth Davies, Alan Bridges
The BBC presents adaptations of two Henrik Ibsen plays. In An Enemy of the People, when Dr. Tom Stockman (Robert Urquhart) discovers that the new baths in his small town are contaminated, his…
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Too Late the Hero (1970)
Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
As World War II rages on in Europe, a reluctant squad of British soldiers stationed in the Pacific theater find themselves tasked with destroying a Japanese radio base behind enemy lines.…
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Dracula / The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
Cast: Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Leo Genn …
Directed by: Dan Curtis
This double helping of horror includes two made-for-TV films starring the inimitable Jack Palance: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (directed by Charles Jarrott) is a…
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The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Cast: Jason Robards, Elliott Gould, Britt Ekland …
Directed by: William Friedkin
After fleeing to New York City to escape her rigid Amish father, aspiring dancer Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) lands a job at Minsky's Burlesque House, where she captures the…
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Maroc 7 (1967)
Cast: Gene Barry, Elsa Martinelli, Leslie Phillips …
Directed by: Gerry O'Hara
Suspecting that high-fashion magazine editor Louise Henderson (Cyd Charisse) is actually the mastermind behind a ring of international jewel thieves, debonair spy Simon Grant (Gene Barry)…
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The Spy With a Cold Nose (1966)
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Man's best friend is also a spy in this British espionage spoof from Daniel Petrie, starring Lionel Jeffries as the British counter-intelligence agent who dreams up the wacky idea of…
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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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Hedda Gabler / The Lady from the Sea (1963)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Michael Redgrave, Dilys Hamlett …
Directed by: Alex Segal
The BBC presents two adaptations of Henrik Ibsen plays. Ingrid Bergman stars as Hedda Gabler, newly married to a man she doesn't love (Michael Redgrave), whose jealousy of an old friend…
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The Cruel Sea (1953)
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton …
Directed by: Charles Frend
World War II Lt. Cmdr. Ericson heads a British ship that safeguards convoys making their way across the Atlantic. With an inexperienced crew, Ericson's patience and ability are put to…
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Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952)
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick …
Directed by: David Lean
World War II pilot Tony (Nigel Patrick) marries into the family of wealthy airplane designer John Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson), whose near-reckless pursuit of breaking the sound barrier…