Joss Ackland – RareFilm

Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) Ferdinand Fairfax, Jason Connery, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:15:36 +0000

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books and movies.

Also Known As (AKA): La Vie secrète de Ian Fleming, Spymaker: la vita segreta di Ian Fleming, La vida secreta de Ian Fleming, Das geheime Leben des Ian Fleming

IMDB

File Name : Spymaker The Secret Life of Ian Fleming.1990.mkv
File Size : 1.12 GB / 1150.34 MB
Resolution : 708×540
Duration : 01:35:47
Video : AVC, 1 500 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 160 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: United States
Genre: Adventure, Biography, War

Spymaker_The_Secret_Life_of_Ian_Fleming.1990.mkv

A Murder of Quality (1991) Gavin Millar

rarefilm — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 21:47:04 +0000

Taken from the book by John le Carré, George Smiley rallies to the aid of his former intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley, to investigate a mysterious letter from a junior master’s wife at Carne School, a boy’s school. When Smiley goes to Carne to investigate, he finds the junior master’s wife brutualy murdered, with her husband as one of the suspects. Smiley begins to scratch at the surface of the closed-knit society of Carne, and soon begins to find that things are not as they seem. Secret societies, sexual abuse, and a mysterious boy, Timothy Perkins, who is either another suspect, witness, or victim.

Also Known As (AKA): Les chandelles noires, Der Mörder mit den Silberflügeln, Un delitto di classe, Assassinato de Qualidade, Asesinato de calidad

IMDB

File Name : A Murder of Quality 1991.mkv
File Size : 1.52 GB / 1553.9 MB
Resolution : 700×576 @ 746×576
Duration : 01:43:06

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Crime, Mystery

A_Murder_of_Quality_1991.mkv

Operation: Daybreak (1975) Lewis Gilbert, Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:00:52 +0000

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.

Also Known As (AKA): Alvorada Sangrenta, Sept hommes à l’aube, Das Sonderkommando – Tötet Heydrich, E l’alba si macchiò di rosso, O Último Amanhecer, Siete hombres al amanecer, The Price of Freedom

IMDB

File Name : Operation Daybreak.1975.mkv
File Size : 1.42 GB / 1456.47 MB
Resolution : 720×400
Duration : 02:02:39

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, United States
Genres: Drama, History, War

Operation_Daybreak.1975.mkv

The Palermo Connection / Dimenticare Palermo (1990) Francesco Rosi, Jim Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:08:25 +0000

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.

Also Known As (AKA): Armadilhas do Poder, Oublier Palerme, Palermo vergessen, Esquecer Palermo?, To Forget Palermo

IMDB

File Name : Dimenticare Palermo.avi
File Size : 705.52 MB
Resolution : 624×336
Duration : 01:40:15

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Italian
Subs: None
Country: Italy, France
Genres: Thriller

Dimenticare_Palermo.avi

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981) Val Guest, Bernard Cribbins, Bill Maynard, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:53:35 +0000

Det. Const. “Dangerous” Davies is not known for his finesse, but often finds himself on the receiving end of violence in various forms. Only thrown into cases where others fear to tread, or to shake up the natives with his bumbling, he is given a mission to find and flush out a local criminal recently returned from abroad, possibly for “a big job”. In his research he inadvertently stumbles upon a 15 year-old case, long considered cold, of the disappearance a young girl. His compassion for the missing girl and her parents draws him into an obsession with solving the case, which ultimately results in unexpected repercussions.

IMDB

File Name : Dangerous Davies The Last Detective.avi
File Size : 1490.59 MB
Resolution : 640×480
Duration : 01:45:20

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family

Dangerous_Davies_The_Last_Detective.avi

Giorgino (1994) Laurent Boutonnat, Jeff Dahlgren, Mylène Farmer, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 22:40:07 +0000

October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgio Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war began. However, soon the searching becomes a part of hide-and-seek with death. Giorgio finds a village bordered with a treacherous marsh and rumours of wolves. There he also meets the mysterious Catherine….

IMDB

File Name : Giorgino.avi
File Size : 1.37 GB / 1407.02 MB
Resolution : 608×256
Duration : 02:55:32

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English, French (2 tracks)
Subs: French (.sub)
Country: France
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller

Giorgino.rar

The Bridge (1991) Syd Macartney, Saskia Reeves, David O’Hara, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:24:59 +0000

When Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence in the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic. But the arrival of Phillip Wilson Steer for his annual painting visit launches a chain of events that will change their lives forever. Overcome by his first sight of Isobel, Steer immediately decides to capture her on canvas – and as the painting grows, so does their love for each other. But jealousy and tragedy eventually force them to confront reality.

Also Known As (AKA): El puente, A Prisioneira do Amor

IMDB

File Name : The.Bridge.1992.mkv
File Size : 1.5 GB / 1533.93 MB
Resolution : 720×384 @ 710×384
Duration : 01:36:39

Quality: WEBRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United Kingdom
Genres: Drama, Romance

The.Bridge.1992.mkv

It Couldn’t Happen Here (1987) Jack Bond, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:26:36 +0000

Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England – but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of Mrs Thatcher’s late-eighties England? Along the way they come across many familiar (and sinister) faces. The movie also features some of the Pet Shop Boys’ most popular records.

Also Known As (AKA): Jornada Fabulosa, A Hard Day’s Shopping

IMDB

File Name : It.Couldnt.Happen.Here.1987.mkv
File Size : 2.51 GB / 2569.62 MB
Resolution : 1024×552
Duration : 01:25:48

Quality: BRRip
Language: English + commentary
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United Kingdom
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Musical

It.Couldnt.Happen.Here.1987.mkv

A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Sen noci svatojánské (1959) Jirí Trnka, Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton

rarefilm — Wed, 18 May 2022 20:22:35 +0000

The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jirí Trnka’s work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

Also Known As (AKA): Sonhos de uma noite de verão, Ein Sommernachtstraum, Le songe d’une nuit d’été, Sogno di una notte d’estate, El sueño de una noche de verano

IMDB

File Name : A.Midsummer.Nights.Dream.1959.mkv
File Size : 1.1 GB / 1126.21 MB
Resolution : 716×334 @ 850×334
Duration : 01:15:22

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Czech
Subs: English, Japanese (embedded)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

A.Midsummer.Nights.Dream.1959.mkv

The Mumbo Jumbo (2000) Stephen Cookson, Jamie Walters, Brian Blessed, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:59:53 +0000

A cynical young American, Thomas Doubting, stumbles upon a magical amulet which takes him on a mysterious journey to the island of Sinmouth. The eccentric locals believe he is the lost legend of “Mumbo Jumbo” – an entity who will restore their fortunes and rescue the beautiful Princess Vanilla. On his journey, the Mumbo Jumbo discovers Sinmouth’s dark secret and saves the inhabitants from their greatest enemy and his villainous slave.

IMDB

File Name : The.Mumbo.Jumbo.2000.avi
File Size : 0.68 GB / 699.98 MB
Resolution : 560×416
Duration : 01:21:56
Video : MPEG-4 Visual, 1 065 kb/s, 25.000 FPS
Audio : MPEG Audio, 116 kb/s (VBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom, Germany
Genres: Comedy

The.Mumbo.Jumbo.2000.avi

White Mischief (1987) Michael Radford, Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, Greta Scacchi

rarefilm — Wed, 06 May 2020 18:11:33 +0000

A millionaire past his prime, and his young wife, arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large, as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered, and all the evidence points to the husband.

Also Known As (AKA): Incontrolável Paixão, Sur la route de Nairobi, Misfatto bianco, Adeus, África, Pasiones en Kenia, Die letzten Tage in Kenya

IMDB

File Name : White.Mischief.mkv
File Size : 1881.07 MB
Resolution : 716×554 @ 1018×554
Duration : 01:43:08

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

White.Mischief.mkv

The Little Prince (1974) Stanley Donen, Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:41:51 +0000

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. He is befriended by a “little” prince from the planet Asteroid B-612. In the days that follow, the pilot learns of the small boy’s history and planet-hopping journeys in which he met a King, a businessman, an historian, and a general. It isn’t until he comes to Earth that the Little Prince learns the secrets of the importance of life from a Fox, a Snake, and the pilot.

Also Known As (AKA): O Pequeno Príncipe, Le petit prince, Il piccolo principe, O Principezinho, Der kleine Prinz

IMDB

File Name : The Little Prince 1974 720p.mkv
File Size : 2794.73 MB
Resolution : 1280×720
Duration : 01:28:26

Quality: WEBRip
Language: English
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi

The_Little_Prince_1974_720p.mkv

The Sicilian (1987) Michael Cimino, Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland

rarefilm — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:01:53 +0000

Giuliano robs from the rich conservative landowners to give to the poor, serf-like peasants, who in turn hail him as their savior. As his popularity grows, so does his ego, and he eventually thinks he is above the power of his backer, Mafia Don Masino Croce. The Don, in turn, sets out to kill the upstart by convincing his cousin and closest advisor Pissciota to assassinate him.

Also Known As (AKA): Le sicilien, Il siciliano, O Siciliano, Der Sizilianer

IMDB

File Name : The.Sicilian.1987.720p.mkv
File Size : 3151.44 MB
Resolution : 1280×720
Duration : 02:26:29

Quality: BRRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

The.Sicilian.1987.720p.mkv