8 Movies Starring Ian Bannen

The Hill

The Hill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-06-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (8797 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Ray Rigby (screenplay)

Ray Rigby (play)

R.S. Allen (play)

Fullplot:

WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, S.M. Wilson, refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams' ferocity.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-03-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (677 Reviews)

Director:

Delbert Mann

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Pulman (screenplay)

Charlotte Brontè (novel)

Fullplot:

Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to Lowood school, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield hall to a girl named Adele. While she is there, many strange things happen and eventually she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfeild and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, a dark secret comes to light, and it will take all of her courage, love and understanding to triumph.

Sweeney!

Sweeney!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-01-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (602 Reviews)

Director:

David Wickes

Cast:

Writer:

Ranald Graham (screenplay)

Ian Kennedy Martin (based on "The Sweeney" created by)

Fullplot:

Cinematic spin-off from the popular TV series. Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend. Framed on a drunk-drive charge and suspended from the force, with his partner and best mate George Carter unable to help, Jack must rely on his wits to evade deadly government hitmen and expose the real villain of the piece.

Gorky Park

Gorky Park

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-01-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (8958 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Apted

Cast:

Writer:

Martin Cruz Smith (novel)

Dennis Potter (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An investigator on the Moscow police force relentlessly pursues the solution to a triple homicide which occurred in Moscow's Gorky Park. He finds that no one really wants him to solve the crime because it is just the tip of a complex conspiracy which involves the highest levels of the Moscow city government.

Defense of the Realm

Defense of the Realm

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-11-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1484 Reviews)

Director:

David Drury

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

A reporter Mullen 'stumbles' on a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent. In fact it is also linked to a near Nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an Americal USAF base. Has there been a Government cover-up,Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam the MP's assistant to find out the truth.

Ghost Dad

Ghost Dad

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-06-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (5973 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Cast:

Writer:

Brent Maddock (story)

S.S. Wilson (story)

Chris Reese (screenplay)

Brent Maddock (screenplay)

S.S. Wilson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his wife illness was very costly and this deal could put them out of the red. However he gets into a cab that is driven by a maniac, and Elliot crashes and the next thing he knows he is floating around and finds himself in the lab of a scientist who studies paranormal. Elliot asks the scientist to send him back so that he could finish the deal and make sure that his children are taken care of.

Alexander Graham Bell: The Sound and the Silence

Alexander Graham Bell: The Sound and the Silence

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-07-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, New Zealand, Ireland

Runtime:

420 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (60 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Tony Foster

John Kent Harrison

William Schmidt

Fullplot:

Waking Ned Devine

Waking Ned Devine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-08

Languages:

English, Latin, Irish

Countries:

UK, Ireland, France, USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (20226 Reviews)

Director:

Kirk Jones

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

The lucky winner of the national lottery is Ned Devine, so taken by his good fortune that he now can't be waked, because he died from the shock of it! News of the win spread quickly in the scenic little Irish village of Tully More, but not the secret news of Ned's demise. With lottery officials closing in to confirm the prize claimed by the deceased Devine, Ned's closest friends scheme to keep the prize money close to home, in memory of Ned of course! But as the plot twists humorously, they learn it is hard is to keep such a secret in a small town.

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