Movies by Nigel Havers
As part of the cast:
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Manchild (2002)
Cast: Ray Burdis, Nigel Havers, Anthony Head …
This BBC sitcom follows the randy adventures of four successful friends living in London who try to postpone their impending midlife crises by reliving the freewheeling lifestyles of their…
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Element of Doubt (1996)
Cast: Nigel Havers, Gina McKee, Judy Parfitt …
Directed by: Christopher Morahan
Beth (Gina McKee) is a devoted schoolteacher happily married to Richard (Nigel Havers), an apparently successful businessman … whom none of her friends trust. After receiving a bizarre…
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The Catherine Cookson Collection: The Glass Virgin (1995)
Cast: Nigel Havers, Christine Kavanagh, Brendan Coyle …
Directed by: Sarah Hellings
This romantic tale stars Emily Mortimer (Match Point) as Annabella Lagrange, a wealthy young socialite whose life is dramatically altered when she learns that she is, in fact, the daughter of…
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Farewell to the King (1989)
Cast: Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez …
Directed by: John Milius
After fleeing his Japanese captors in Borneo during World War II, American prisoner of war Learoyd (Nick Nolte) hides out in the jungle, where he's taken in by a tribe of headhunters who…
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directs a young Christian Bale in a stunning feature-film debut as Jim, a British expatriate who's separated from his parents when the Japanese army invades Shanghai at…
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The Whistle Blower (1987)
Cast: Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers …
Directed by: Simon Langton
Frank Jones (Michael Caine) is a distinguished army veteran; his son, Robert (Nigel Havers), is a talented linguist who translates wiretapped Russian phone conversations for the British…
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A Little Princess (1986)
Cast: Maureen Lipman, Amelia Shankley, Nigel Havers …
Directed by: Carol Wiseman
In the wake of her father's sudden death, a privileged boarding school student (Amelia Shankley) is forced to trade her pampered life for that of a pauper. But the one possession…
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Burke & Wills (1985)
Cast: Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi …
Directed by: Graeme Clifford
Director Graeme Clifford re-creates the tragic 1860 expedition that took the lives of explorers Robert Burke (Jack Thompson) and William Wills (Nigel Havers) in their attempt to be the first…
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A Passage to India (1984)
Cast: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft …
Directed by: David Lean
Adventurous young Englishwoman Adela Quested (Judy Davis) journeys to colonial India with open-minded Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft). Ignoring English customs, the women accompany a "native"…
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Chariots of Fire (1981)
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers …
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Two very different runners -- hotshot Jewish Cambridge scholar Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and rigid Presbyterian missionary Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) -- compete for the British team in…
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Mrs. Reinhardt / Soft Targets (1981)
Cast: Helen Mirren, Lucy Aston, Brad Davis …
Directed by: Piers Haggard, Charles Sturridge
Renowned actress Helen Mirren stars in these two early productions from the BBC archives. In Mrs. Reinhardt, part of the "BBC2 Playhouse" television series, Mirren plays a separated woman who…