Dennis Potter’s controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery Read More »
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Red Monarch (1983) Jack Gold, Colin Blakely, David Suchet, Carroll Baker
About Stalin’s inner circle who he starts seeing as untrustworthy. Read More »
Decline and Fall… of a Birdwatcher (1968) John Krish, Robin Phillips, Felix Aylmer, Colin Blakely
A naive young man, sent down from university, blunders through a series of bizarre adventures Read More »
The National Health (1973) Jack Gold, Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron
The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. Read More »
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet (1976) Eric Till, John Alderton, Colin Blakely, Lisa Harrow
Comedy-drama based on the books by James Herriot about a Yorkshire Read More »
Legend of the Champions (1983) Cyril Frankel, Stuart Damon, Colin Blakely, Alexandra Bastedo
A secret agent is interrogated by his superiors on suspicion of being a double agent and being involved with a Tibetan guru who has supernatural powers. Read More »
The Dogs of War (1980) John Irvin, Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely
Jamie Shannon is a soldier of fortune — a mercenary who will stage a coup or a revolution for the right price. Read More »
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) Billy Wilder, Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely
Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. Read More »
Galileo (1975) Joseph Losey, Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Biography, Drama
This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Read More »
Charlie Bubbles (1967) Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw, Comedy, Drama
Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous Read More »
Love Among the Ruins (1975) George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Drama, Comedy, Romance
An aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover and is still in love with her, although she doesn’t know it. Read More »
EQUUS (1977) Sidney Lumet, Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Drama, Mystery
Sidney Lumet directed this film version of Peter Shaffer’s dramatic play, transforming theatrical symbolism into cinematic realism. Richard Burton received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Martin Dysert, a psychiatrist determined to unravel the disturbed mind of Alan Strang (Peter Firth), a young stableboy. In a fit of rage, Strang has blinded a stable of six horses. The court then assigns Dysert to probe the young man’s mind in order to understand why he committed such a violent act. But the doctor, who is battling demons of his own, wonders if he can save the boy–and whether saving him at all is the right thing to do. Joan Plowright stands out as Dora Strang, the young boy’s mother.
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