Michael Hordern

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Futtocks End
6.4

Futtocks End

Feb. 01, 1970

Futtocks End

Entirely silent, with a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story revolves around a weekend gathering at the decaying ...
The Spaniard’s Curse
5.7

The Spaniard’s Curse

A convicted murderer uses an ancient curse to take his revenge on those responsible for sending him to prison.
Danny the Champion of the World
6.7

Danny the Champion of the World

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on ...
The Trouble with Spies
4.4

The Trouble with Spies

George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. ...
Comrades
7.2

Comrades

Aug. 23, 1987

Comrades

The story of “The Tolpuddle Martyrs”. A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and ...
Lady Jane
7.1

Lady Jane

Feb. 07, 1986

Lady Jane

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to ...
Yellowbeard
5.9

Yellowbeard

Jun. 24, 1983

Yellowbeard

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, ...
Oliver Twist
6.6

Oliver Twist

Mar. 23, 1982

Oliver Twist

The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
King Lear
7.6

King Lear

Sep. 19, 1982

King Lear

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, ...
Ivanhoe
6.7

Ivanhoe

Feb. 23, 1982

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince ...
The Missionary
6.2

The Missionary

Nov. 02, 1982

The Missionary

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new ...
All’s Well That Ends Well
6.9

All’s Well That Ends Well

Helena loves Bertram, but he’s of noble birth, while she’s just a doctor’s daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of ...
Romeo and Juliet
6.6

Romeo and Juliet

Dec. 03, 1978

Romeo and Juliet

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes ...
The Medusa Touch
6.9

The Medusa Touch

Apr. 13, 1978

The Medusa Touch

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. ...
Joseph Andrews
5.6

Joseph Andrews

Mar. 09, 1977

Joseph Andrews

Lady Booby alias ‘Belle’, the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent ...
The Slipper and the Rose
6.9

The Slipper and the Rose

Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the prince to wed no matter what. When ...
Lucky Lady
5.2

Lucky Lady

Dec. 25, 1975

Lucky Lady

When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a ...
Theatre of Blood
7.1

Theatre of Blood

Mar. 16, 1973

Theatre of Blood

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
The MacKintosh Man
6.3

The MacKintosh Man

Nov. 08, 1973

The MacKintosh Man

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to ...
The Pied Piper
6.3

The Pied Piper

Dec. 27, 1972

The Pied Piper

Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the ...
The Possession of Joel Delaney
5.7

The Possession of Joel Delaney

Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving bizarrely and he seems to have been friends with a ...
Girl Stroke Boy
6.1

Girl Stroke Boy

Aug. 12, 1971

Girl Stroke Boy

Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian.
Demons of the Mind
5.3

Demons of the Mind

Nov. 05, 1972

Demons of the Mind

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web ...
Where Eagles Dare
7.6

Where Eagles Dare

Dec. 04, 1968

Where Eagles Dare

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that’s ...
Some Will, Some Won’t
5.8

Some Will, Some Won’t

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
The Bed Sitting Room
6.1

The Bed Sitting Room

Jun. 01, 1969

The Bed Sitting Room

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a ‘nuclear misunderstanding’ is producing strange mutations amongst the ...
Anne of the Thousand Days
7.4

Anne of the Thousand Days

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Whistle and I’ll Come to You
7.3

Whistle and I’ll Come to You

A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, ...
How I Won the War
5.5

How I Won the War

Oct. 18, 1967

How I Won the War

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.