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Tag Archives: Joss Ackland
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981) Val Guest, Bernard Cribbins, Bill Maynard, Joss Ackland
Det. Const. “Dangerous” Davies is not known for his finesse, but often finds Read More »
Giorgino (1994) Laurent Boutonnat, Jeff Dahlgren, Mylène Farmer, Joss Ackland
October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgio Volli searches Read More »
The Bridge (1991) Syd Macartney, Saskia Reeves, David O’Hara, Joss Ackland
When Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence Read More »
It Couldn’t Happen Here (1987) Jack Bond, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland
Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across Read More »
A Midsummer Night’s Dream AKA Sen noci svatojánské (1959) Jirí Trnka, Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Read More »
The Mumbo Jumbo (2000) Stephen Cookson, Jamie Walters, Brian Blessed, Joss Ackland
A cynical young American, Thomas Doubting, stumbles upon a magical amulet Read More »
White Mischief (1987) Michael Radford, Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, Greta Scacchi
A millionaire past his prime, and his young wife, arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates Read More »
The Little Prince (1974) Stanley Donen, Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Joss Ackland
Based on the story by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, this magical musical fable begins as a pilot makes a forced landing on the barren Sahara Desert. Read More »
The Sicilian (1987) Michael Cimino, Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland
Giuliano robs from the rich conservative landowners to give to the poor, serf-like peasants, who in turn hail him as their savior. Read More »
Operation: Daybreak (1975) Lewis Gilbert, Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Drama, History, War
In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The terror and oppression that follow cause Allied authorities in London to authorize a secret mission to kill the man who has come to be known as “The Butcher of Prague”. The film explores shows the operation leading up to Heydrich’s death as well as the massive German reprisals that followed it.
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