Movies by Michael Byrne
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Outpost: Black Sun (2011)
Cast: Richard Coyle, Clive Russell, Michael Byrne …
Directed by: Steve Barker
Two Nazi chasers team up with a Special Forces unit to track down a World War II-era machine that rendered Nazi soldiers invincible -- and immortal. The machine and its creator must be…
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Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
Cast: Gianna Jun, Masiela Lusha, Allison Miller …
Directed by: Chris Nahon
A top-secret government agency sends a 16-year-old half-vampire to an American military base to ferret out a powerful demon who's masquerading as a student in this live-action version of…
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Beyond the Sea (2004)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman …
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey directs and stars in this biopic of Bobby Darin, a hipster in the Frank Sinatra tradition and singer of pop hits such as "Splish Splash." Darin moved on to performing jazz…
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The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell …
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Why are three missing Russian nuclear scientists holed up in the Ukraine, communicating with neo-Nazis? CIA agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) digs up more information than the U.S. government is…
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Cast: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker …
Directed by: Roger Christian
In the year 2000, an alien race known as the Psychlos devastated Earth and turned it into a wasteland. In the year 3000, the aliens -- led by the horrific Terl (John Travolta) -- still hold…
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Gunshy (1998)
Cast: William Petersen, Michael Wincott, Diane Lane …
Directed by: Jeff Celentano
While attempting to drink himself to death in Atlantic City, failed writer Jake (William Petersen) befriends small-time mobster Frankie (Michael Wincott). As Jake starts slipping into a life…
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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (1997)
Cast: Colin Buchanan, Jayne Ashbourne, Hermione Norris …
Directed by: Charles Beeson
Ruth Madoc, Jean Marsh, Colin Buchanan and Michael Byrne star in this thriller based on novelist Agatha Christie's work. Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the…
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The Island on Bird Street (1997)
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Jordan Kiziuk, Jack Warden …
Directed by: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Amidst the Nazi occupation of Poland, 11-year old Alex is separated from his family and finds shelter in an abandoned house. Kept company by a mouse and comforted by his father's promise…
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Agatha Christie: The Pale Horse (1997)
Cast: Colin Buchanan, Jayne Ashbourne, Hermione Norris …
Directed by: Charles Beeson
Ruth Madoc, Jean Marsh, Colin Buchanan and Michael Byrne star in this thriller based on novelist Agatha Christie's work. Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the…
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Deadly Voyage (1996)
Cast: David Suchet, Omar Epps, Joss Ackland …
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Seeking asylum in France, nine Ghanaians find danger at sea when they stow away on a Ukrainian cargo ship in this thriller. Aware of France's tough stance on illegal immigration, the…
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The Infiltrator (1995)
Cast: Arliss Howard, Alan King, Peter Riegert …
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Oliver Platt heads the cast as investigative reporter Yaron Svoray, who travels to Germany to research an article about neo-Nazis. Seizing an opportunity when he's taken for a…
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Hildegard (1994)
Cast: Patricia Routledge, Janet Suzman, Peter Vaughan …
Directed by: James Runcie
An abbess, visionary, naturalist, playwright and composer, Hildegard of Bingen (played by Patricia Routledge) was a remarkable woman of the Middle Ages, her legacy comprising some of the most…
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The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
Cast: Brad Davis, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Ian Richardson …
Directed by: Lawrence Schiller
Brad Davis stars as Wehrmacht Col. Count Claus von Staufenberg in this fact-based historical drama about a 1944 attempt by German High Command officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler by planting…
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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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Buster (1988)
Cast: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb …
Directed by: David Green
Pop star Phil Collins makes his cinema debut as small-time thief Buster Edwards, who -- along with 14 of his cohorts -- pulls off the biggest train robbery in England's history and flees…
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The Good Father (1987)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter …
Directed by: Mike Newell
Anthony Hopkins stars as Bill Hooper, a man embittered by his divorce and loss of custody of his son. Feeling betrayed personally and politically, Bill finds an outlet for his anger in his…
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud …
Directed by: Jerry London
This riveting drama is based on the true-life story of Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck), who helped allied P.O.W.s escape from Nazi-occupied Rome. O'Flaherty…
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Richard III (1983)
Cast: Peter Aldwyn, Peter Benson, Brian Binns …
Directed by: Jane Howell
A self-described villain, the pathetic Richard of Gloucester sets his sights on the monarchy, currently led by his brother Edward IV. Richard resorts to subterfuge, deceit and murder to…
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Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983)
Cast: Frank Barrie, Tesse Peake-Jones, Hetta Charnley …
Directed by: Don Taylor
John Hudson and Joanne Pearce star in this BBC production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy about two friends who travel to Milan and fall in love with the same woman. Proteus and…
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Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Cast: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach …
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
In this World War II action thriller, an unlikely group of commandos and partisans must overcome scant supplies and thwart a traitor to destroy a bridge vital to the Germans. Based on a novel…
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Cast: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: John Sturges
In an elaborate plot to kidnap Winston Churchill during World War II, a contingent of elite German paratroopers disguised as a Polish unit descend on an eastern coastal village where the…
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Butley (1974)
Cast: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan …
Directed by: Harold Pinter
This witty adaptation of Simon Gray's play tracks a day in the life of Ben Butley, an embittered English professor who learns that his homosexual lover is leaving him for another man and…
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Vampyres (1974)
Cast: Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown …
Directed by: José Ramón Larraz
In this controversial cult classic (also known as Daughters of Dracula), two beautiful bisexual women -- played by Marianne Morris and Anulka -- roam the English countryside, luring…