Neil McCarthy
Eugene Neil McCarthy was an English actor known for his dramatic physical appearance caused by acromegaly.
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Ten Little Indians
An unknown judge invites a guilty governess and others to a 1930s safari, for justice one by one.
Time Bandits
Time Bandits is a fantasy comedy from Great Britain in which a young boy begins an adventurous travel in time where he meets prominent people from history. The film came from the production company, Handmade Films, that also produced Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
The Monster Club
Introduction: Famished vampire Eramus vanquishes his thirst (being sure not to bite deeply enough to cause his donor to be turned) only to discover that he's just fed on the blood of his favorite horror novelist...
Clash of the Titans
A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda.
Shogun
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
The Incredible Sarah
Director Richard Fleischer's 1976 film biography of legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt stars Glenda Jackson in tht title role. The cast also includes Daniel Massey and Yvonne Mitchell.
Operation Daybreak
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
Steptoe and Son Ride Again
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare.
Follow Me
When a strait-laced British accountant marries a free-spirited American, he starts trying to change her. His wife doesn't keep regular hours, so he suspects an affair and hires a detective (Topol).
Catweazle
A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970.
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 nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
The Cuckoo Patrol
A well-named Scout troop played by a real life pop group jumps through good turn-hoops, but keeps landing in the soup.
The Hill
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
Zulu
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift. Based on a true story.
Two Left Feet
Every time Alan Crabbe tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a stumble. But then he meets Eileen, who signals unmistakable messages at Alan with her large, inviting eyes.
The Cracksman
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!
We Joined the Navy
.A British comedy film based on the novel of the same name by John Winton.
The Pot Carriers
James Rainbow is a first time offender sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. Redband, a trusty and Mouse, a diminutive housebreaker take him under their wing.
Solo for Sparrow
A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewelry shop where she works.
Offbeat
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
The Criminal
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Sands of the Desert
In this British comedy set in Saudi Arabia, a gentle British travel-agency clerk decides that it would be a smashing idea to open up a desert resort in Arabia. He heads to the desert and immediately finds himself on the bad side of a local sheik as the fellow tries to build his resort atop oil-rich land.