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Tag Archives: Alan Bates
Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984) Michael Lindsay-Hogg, James Mason, Alan Bates, Greta Scacchi
Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby – to expose human greed. Read More »
The Wicked Lady (1983) Michael Winner, Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Read More »
We Think the World of You (1988) Colin Gregg, Alan Bates, Max Wall, Liz Smith
An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. Read More »
The Cherry Orchard (1999) Michael Cacoyannis, Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Tushka Bergen
Abandoned by her lover and penniless, the charming, aristocratic, and vulnerable Madame Lubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya Read More »
A Prayer For The Dying (1987) Mike Hodges, Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates
Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children. Read More »
The Caretaker AKA The Guest (1963) Clive Donner, Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw
Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. Read More »
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) Bryan Forbes, Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Norman Bird
Little Kathy discovers a man wanted for murder hiding in her family’s barn. Read More »
Hamlet (1990) Franco Zeffirelli, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates
Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet’s uncle Claudius, the new King. Read More »
Women in Love (1969) Ken Russell, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
The battle of the sexes and relationships among the elite of Britian’s industrial Midlands in the 1920s. Read More »