Movies by Judi Dench
As part of the cast:
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Jane Eyre (2011)
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Cary Fukunaga
Driven from her post at Thornfield House by her love for her brooding employer and his secret past, young governess Jane Eyre reflects on her youth and the events that led her to the misty…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Cunningly clumsy Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) meets his match when mysterious beauty Angelica (Penélope Cruz) forces the pirate to join her in search of the Fountain of Youth in the…
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy …
Directed by: John Madden
To make the most of their meager retirement savings, a group of British seniors relocates to India to live out their golden years at the Marigold Hotel. But upon arrival, they discover that…
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Angelina Ballerina: Pop Star Girls (2011)
Cast: Finty Williams, Charlotte Spencer, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Kitty Taylor, Davis Doi, Roger McIntosh …
Ballet is still the bomb, but determined-to-dance mouse Angelina decides that hip-hop is cool too when she joins forces with the Pop Star Girls to direct a hip-hop musical in this animated…
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My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh …
Directed by: Simon Curtis
While filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a young Brit for a week of self-discovery and frivolity. The story that ensues is based on the real-life…
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J. Edgar (2011)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this riveting biopic as J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime FBI director as notorious for his overzealous methods of law enforcement as for the rumors regarding his…
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Angelina Ballerina: Love to Dance (2010)
Cast: Judi Dench, Finty Williams, Charlotte Spencer …
Directed by: Kitty Taylor, Roger McIntosh
Preschool-aged viewers will sing and dance to these episodes from the animated series in which ballet-crazy mouse Angelina moves to a new school; learns some jazz, tap and hip-hop dance…
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Nine (2009)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) faces a midlife crisis and struggles to complete his latest movie while juggling relationships several women -- including his wife (Marion…
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Rage (2009)
Cast: Jude Law, Steve Buscemi, John Leguizamo …
Directed by: Sally Potter
A young blogger attempts to document the inner workings of a top New York fashion house in the week leading up to a major show, but his behind-the-scenes interviews take on much greater…
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Masterpiece Classic: Cranford: Return to Cranford (2009)
Cast: Judi Dench, Julia McKenzie, Imelda Staunton …
In this charming follow-up to the beloved BBC miniseries, Cranford -- a mid-19th- century traditional English village populated by gossips and eccentrics -- now faces impending modernization…
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Quantum of Solace (2008)
Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric …
Directed by: Marc Forster
Picking up an hour after the events of 2006's Casino Royale, this James Bond adventure finds 007 tracking a traitor who's infiltrated MI6. The trail leads to the head of a world…
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Doogal (2006)
Cast: Chevy Chase, Judi Dench, Jimmy Fallon …
Directed by: Frank Passingham, Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval …
When a magic roundabout at the center of the Enchanted Village is frozen solid, the future depends on whether a foursome of unlikely heroes, including a pup named Doogal, can checkmate chilly…
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Casino Royale (2006)
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green …
Directed by: Martin Campbell
The 007 franchise revisits its roots with Daniel Craig making his debut as newly minted secret agent James Bond, who's pitted against an infamous financier of international terrorism in…
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Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Richard Eyre
When pottery instructor Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) dives into an illicit affair with one of her teenage students, she crafts a sticky situation that spells turmoil for herself and puts a…
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Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance (2005)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Adrienne Posta …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Angelina Ballerina, the main character from the celebrated children's books by Katharine Holabird, comes to life in this animated series. Tag along with the playful little mouse and her…
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Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn …
Directed by: Joe Wright
In this retelling of Jane Austen's novel set in 19th-century England, Mrs. Bennet (Brenda Blethyn) is all atwitter in hopes of marrying her daughters to prosperous gentlemen callers,…
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Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance (2005)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Keith Wickham …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Sporting her signature tutu and slippers, Angelina Mouseling (voiced by Finty Williams) is determined to become a prima ballerina. To reach her dream, she studies tirelessly under her idol…
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Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Cast: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Having already cultivated an offbeat reputation among high society in 1930s London, Laura Henderson (Judi Dench) embarks on her newest adventure: transforming an old movie theater into the…
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Angelina Ballerina: Follows Her Dreams (2005)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Keith Wickham …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Decked out in her characteristic tutu and toe shoes, Angelina Mouseling follows her dream to become a prima ballerina, studying tirelessly under her mentor, Miss Lilly. But the aspiring…
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Home on the Range (2004)
Cast: Roseanne, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly …
Directed by: Will Finn, John Sanford
In this animated adventure, three dairy cows are clued in to what awaits them when the dairy's new owner, the bad-news Alameda Slim, takes over and makes callous plans to send them all…
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The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Cast: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton …
Directed by: David Twohy
Five years after the events in sci-fi film Pitch Black, escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war waged by Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), the…
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Angelina Ballerina: In the Wings (2004)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Adrienne Posta …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Follow the adventures of Angelina, an ambitious, headstrong young mouse who dreams of becoming a prima ballerina. Features the stories "Angelina in the Wings," "Treasure Tandems," "Two Mice…
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Funny Ladies of British Comedy (2004)
Cast: Chris Barrie, Richard Briers, John Cleese …
Directed by: Duane Huey
This homage to the wittiest and most hilarious female British entertainers to have graced both big and small screens gathers clips from Judi Dench, Dawn French, Felicity Kendal, Prunella…
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Angelina Ballerina: Dance of Friendship (2004)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Adrienne Posta …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Tag along with playful little mouse Angelina Ballerina -- the main character from the celebrated children's books by Katharine Holabird -- and her pals in these friendship-themed…
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Angelina Ballerina: The Magic of Dance (2004)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Jo Wyatt …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Angelina Ballerina, the main character from the celebrated children's books by Katharine Holabird, comes to life in this animated series. Tag along with the playful little mouse and her…
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Angelina Ballerina: Meet Angelina Ballerina (2004)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Angelina Ballerina is a little mouse with big dreams of becoming a world-famous dancer. With the help of her teacher, Miss Lily, and her best friend, Alice Nimbletoes, Angelina may just make…
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Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl …
Directed by: Charles Dance
It's 1936, and two sisters, Janet and Ursula Widdington (Maggie Smith and Judi Dench), are at their beach house in Cornwall for some rest and relaxation. But their idyll is interrupted…
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Bugs!: A Rainforest Adventure (2003)
Cast: Judi Dench
Directed by: Mike Slee
Journey into the Borneo rain forest to cavort with a colorful cast of characters that includes a praying mantis, a butterfly and more than 40 other tropical insects, whose exploits are filmed…
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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor …
Directed by: Oliver Parker
In this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's witty play about mistaken identities, Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star as two proper gentlemen in 1890s London who use the same pseudonym with…
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Die Another Day (2002)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens …
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Pierce Brosnan's fourth (and final) outing as secret agent 007 finds the ever-daring James Bond facing off against a North Korean terrorist in league with a British diamond merchant…
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Angelina Ballerina: Friends Forever (2002)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Jonell Elliott …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Based on the extremely popular children's books by Katharine Holabird, Angelina Ballerina follows the adventures of a pleasant young mouse with a passionate desire to become a Prima…
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Angelina Ballerina: The Lucky Penny (2002)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Jo Wyatt …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
When Angelina finds a lucky penny, she decides she doesn't need to practice for an important audition. But when she loses the penny, she realizes practice makes perfect after all. With…
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Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (2002)
Cast: Judi Dench, Gillian Anderson, Kim Criswell …
This tribute concert features stars from both the Great White Way and London's West End, including Maureen Lipman, Dame Judi Dench, Ruthie Henshall, Lesley Garrett and Kim Criswell. They…
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Angelina Ballerina: Lights, Camera, Action! (2002)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Adrienne Posta …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
Angelina is an aspiring ballerina whose dreams are so big that she'll stop at nothing to become the best ballerina Mouseland has ever seen. Based on the books by Katharine Holabird and…
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Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On: Christmas in Mouseland (2002)
Cast: Finty Williams, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Kitty Taylor, Roger McIntosh
It's yuletide in Mouseland, and everyone at Angelina's school is buzzing about the upcoming holiday production, "Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Whiskers." Angelina yearns for the…
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Angelina Ballerina: Rose Fairy Princess (2002)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Keith Wickham …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
In this collection of stories from the delightful animated series, young dancer Angelina lands the lead role in a high-flying stage production. Other episodes find her at on a carnival boat…
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Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket (2002)
Cast: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Adrienne Posta …
Directed by: Roger McIntosh, Kitty Taylor
In these installments of the kid-friendly, animated series, young ballet student Angelina Mouseling becomes distraught when she realizes that she's lost a prized silver locket borrowed…
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The Shipping News (2001)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Distraught after the disappearance of his estranged wife, Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) and his daughter move into their ancestral home with his long-lost aunt (Judi Dench) in Newfoundland, where…
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Iris (2001)
Cast: Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Iris Murdoch was &NFi;l'enfant terrible&NFi_; of the literary world in early 1950s Britain -- a live wire who thumbed her nose at conformity via a voracious sexual appetite. In this…
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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
Cast: Judi Dench
Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris
Filmmaker Mark Jonathan Harris's Oscar-winning documentary tells the story of an underground railroad -- the Kindertransport -- that saved the lives of more than 10,000 Jewish children…
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Chocolat (2000)
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench …
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
A single mother and her young daughter move into a peaceful French village and open a chocolate shop during the height of Lent. At first, the shop's rich, sensuous desserts scandalize…
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
Cast: Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
While grieving after the loss of her husband, a widow (Judi Dench) finds comfort in an old friend: her saxophone. A chance meeting with a man from her past (Ian Holm) prompts her to reunite…
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Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Cast: Charlie Lucas, Lily Tomlin, Baird Wallace …
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Based on director Franco Zeffirelli's childhood in 1930s Italy, this film follows a group of Englishwomen living in Italy who believe that fascist leader Benito Mussolini will protect…
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The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Greed, revenge, world domination, high-tech terrorism: It's all in a day's work for cunning secret agent James Bond, who's on a mission -- and in a race against time -- to…
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Raymond Briggs' The Bear / The Animal Train (1999)
Cast: Judi Dench, Charlotte Church
Directed by: Hilary Audus, Jimmy T. Murakami
Based on the popular children's book by Raymond Briggs, The Bear tells of the misunderstood yet magical friendship between a little girl and a giant polar bear. Narrated by Dame Judi…
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Judi Dench …
Directed by: John Madden
Young Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman (Gwyneth…
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Mrs. Brown (1997)
Cast: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer …
Directed by: John Madden
Grieving widow Queen Victoria (Oscar nominee Judi Dench) withdraws into sadness for years until plainspoken manservant John Brown (Billy Connolly) disrupts her mourning. But as their…
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Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh …
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Pierce Brosnan stars as suave action hero James Bond in this continuation of the 007 series, this time teaming the secret agent and a sexy Chinese superspy against a megalomaniacal media…
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GoldenEye (1995)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco …
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Pierce Brosnan takes his first turn as suave secret agent James Bond, who -- with his sophisticated gadgets and signature Aston Martin -- investigates the destruction of a Russian satellite…
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Jack and Sarah (1995)
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Ian McKellen …
Directed by: Tim Sullivan
Jack (Richard E. Grant), a recently widowed father, learns that his yuppie lifestyle and workaholic ways don't mesh well with a new baby's needs. Overwhelmed by his parental…
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As Time Goes By (1992)
Cast: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker …
After falling in love in the early 1950s, Lt. Lionel Hardcastle (Geoffrey Palmer) and nurse Jean Pargetter (Judi Dench) part ways when he's sent to Korea and move on with their lives…
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Henry V (1989)
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Simon Shepherd …
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Making his directing debut, Kenneth Branagh does William Shakespeare's play proud in this epic screen adaptation that follows headstrong King Henry V as he leads a heavily outnumbered…
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A Handful of Dust (1988)
Cast: James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Beale …
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
Lord Tony Last (James Wilby) and his wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) have an idyllic union, living on an elegant Victorian estate in 1930s England. But Tony unwittingly initiates a string of…
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84 Charing Cross Road (1986)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench …
Directed by: David Hugh Jones
When feisty New York City writer Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) mails a note to a small London bookshop asking for some rare English classics, reserved bookseller Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins)…
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A Room with a View (1986)
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-Lewis …
Directed by: James Ivory
E.M. Forster's turn-of-the-century novel about Edwardian manners is expertly adapted for the screen. Lucy (Helena Bonham Carter) travels to Florence with her chaperone (Maggie Smith) in…
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Ghosts (1986)
Cast: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Kenneth Branagh …
Directed by: Elijah Moshinsky
Death has at last freed Helene Alving (Judi Dench) from her philandering husband, but her trials are far from over. Having inherited syphilis from his father, Helene's disturbed son…
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Wetherby (1985)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench …
Directed by: David Hare
One evening, a young stranger attends a dinner party at the home of schoolteacher Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave), only to inexplicably go home and kill himself afterward. As the police…
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The Angelic Conversation (1985)
Cast: Judi Dench, Paul Reynolds, Phillip Williamson …
Directed by: Derek Jarman
In his favorite yet "most austere work," visionary filmmaker Derek Jarman juxtaposes dreamlike imagery with 14 Shakespeare sonnets, as read by Judi Dench, to celebrate the love affair between…
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Macbeth (1979)
Cast: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, John Woodvine …
Directed by: Philip Casson
Macbeth (Ian McKellen) is a daring member of the Scottish military who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the King of Scotland. This information…
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Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Annette Crosbie …
Directed by: David Hugh Jones
In this drama based on the novel by Aidan Higgins, Imogen Lagrishe (Judi Dench) is an upper-class property owner who falls in love with Otto Beck (Jeremy Irons), a burdened academic. But the…
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Luther (1974)
Cast: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith …
Directed by: Guy Green
Part of the American Film Theatre series, Luther stars Stacy Keach as Martin Luther, a German religious leader who challenges the Roman Catholic Church and subsequently heads up the…
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Dead Cert (1974)
Cast: Judi Dench, Scott Antony, Michael Williams …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
The action may be on the track, but the drama unfolds behind the scenes in this thriller that exposes the seamy underbelly of British horse racing when jockey Bill Davidson (Ian Hogg) falls…
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Cast: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby …
Directed by: Peter Hall
Peter Hall directs this fine Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of the Bard's most pixilated romantic comedy about a group of amorous adults -- under a fairy's spell -- that…
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The Third Secret (1964)
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough …
Directed by: Charles Crichton
A noted psychologist allegedly commits suicide, devastating his patients and colleagues. At the behest of the doctor's young daughter, Alex Stedman (Stephen Boyd), a journalist and…
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The Cherry Orchard (1962 / 1981) (1962)
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Gray …
Directed by: Cedric Messina, Richard Eyre
Judi Dench stars in these two productions of Anton Chekhov's play about a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who loses her cherry orchard estate to foreclosure. A young Dench is cast…
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Look Back in Anger (1989)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Gerard Horan …
Directed by: Judi Dench
David Jones directs this powerful television adaptation of John Osborne's 1956 provocative play in which bitter and unfulfilled Jimmy Porter (Kenneth Branagh) showers wife Alison (Emma…