Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.

Inspector Clouseau

1968

English

4.8

♡ 14

Robert Stevenson Director

Aileen Lewis as Highland Fair Extra

Alan Arkin as Insp. Jacques Clouseau

Richard Pearson as Shockley

Michael Ripper as Steven Frey

Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave. What they don't count on, however, is having more than one Clouseau on the job.

Royal Flash

1975

English

6.3

♡ 7

50%

Richard Lester Director

Britt Ekland as Duchess Irma

Richard Pearson as Duchy Chamberlain

Roger Hammond as Master

David Jason as The Mayor

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own agenda. At their urging, Flashman agrees to re-create himself as a bogus Prussian nobleman to woo a beautiful duchess. But the half-baked plan quickly comes unraveled, and he's soon on the run from several new enemies who are all calling for the rapscallion's head.

Love Among the Ruins

1975

English

7.7

♡ 6

79%

George Cukor Director

Richard Pearson as Druce

Joan Sims as Fanny Pratt

John G. Heller as Headwaiter

Colin Blakely as J.F. Devine

An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.

Five Angles on Murder

1950

English

6.8

♡ 5

73%

Anthony Asquith Director

Jean Kent as Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot

Duncan Lamont as Barney

Richard Pearson as Detective

Ian Fleming as Doctor

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.

The Wind in the Willows

1983

English

7.6

♡ 14

74%

Mark Hall Director

Una Stubbs as Jailer's Daughter / Rosemary

Richard Pearson as Mole

David Jason as Toad

Edward Kelsey as (voice)

One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.

Catch Me a Spy

1971

English

5.2

♡ 3

33%

Dick Clement Director

Aileen Lewis as Guest at Hungarian Reception

Richard Pearson as Haldane

Trevor Howard as Sir Trevor Dawson

Bernard Blier as Webb

While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture and trade in exchange for her husband, but she develops an attraction to the one she thinks is a good candidate.

Whoops Apocalypse

1987

English

5.9

♡ 5

63%

Action

british empire

Comedy

government corruption

Tom Bussmann Director

Raymond Forchion as Conference Guard

Murray Hamilton as Jack 'Kill the Commies' Preston

Richard Pearson as Michael Sumpter

John Sessions as Mr. Sweetzer

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it's the American President, but her closest ally the British Prime Minister appears to have gone stark raving mad.

A Christmas Carol

1951

English

8.1

♡ 15

86%

89%

Action

based on novel or book

Brian Desmond Hurst Director

Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge

Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber

Richard Pearson as Mr. Tupper

Glyn Dearman as Tiny Tim

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

Water

1985

English

6.0

♡ 3

Dick Clement Director

Michael Caine as Baxter

Richard Pearson as Foreign Secretary

Alfred Molina as Pierre

Felicity Dean as Sarah

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

Pirates

1986

English

6.0

♡ 25

27%

Roman Polanski Director

Roy Kinnear as Dutch

Daniel Emilfork as Hendrik

Richard Pearson as Padre

Michael Elphick as Sentry

The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.

The Comedy Man

1964

English

6.8

♡ 6

actor

based on novel or book

Drama

Alvin Rakoff Director

Richard Pearson as Advertising Man

Ronald Lacey as First Assistant Director

Aileen Lewis as Theatre Audience

Dennis Price as Tommy Morris

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.

Tess

1979

English

7.3

♡ 25

81%

77%

Action

based on novel or book

Roman Polanski Director

Peter Firth as Angel Clare

Patsy Smart as Housekeeper

Nastassja Kinski as Tess

Richard Pearson as Vicar of Marlott

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.

Macbeth

1971

English

7.4

♡ 26

78%

73%

11th century

Action

based on play or musical

husband wife relationship

rise to power

scotland

War

Roman Polanski Director

Martin Shaw as Banquo

Richard Pearson as Doctor

Jon Finch as Macbeth

Alf Joint as Old Seyward

Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

English

6.2

♡ 16

62%

Guy Hamilton Director

Pierce Brosnan as Actor playing 'Jamie'

Richard Pearson as Doctor Haydock

Geraldine Chaplin as Ella Zielinsky

Nigel Stock as Inspector Gates

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Asterix the Gaul

1967

French

6.6

♡ 10

46%

René Goscinny Director

Richard Pearson as Getafix

John Clive as Narrator / Caligula Minus

Geoffrey Hughes as Phonus Balonus / Various

Peter Butterworth as Vitalstatistix

In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.

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How I Won the War

Charlie Bubbles

Inspector Clouseau

Royal Flash

Love Among the Ruins

Five Angles on Murder

The Wind in the Willows

Catch Me a Spy

Whoops Apocalypse

A Christmas Carol

Water

Pirates

The Comedy Man

Tess

Macbeth

The Mirror Crack'd

Asterix the Gaul