6 Movies Starring Polly Walker

Sliver

Sliver

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (21381 Reviews)

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Ira Levin (novel)

Joe Eszterhas (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Carly Norris is a book editor living in New York City who moves into the Sliver apartment building. In the apartment building, Carly meets two of her new neighbors, author Jack Lansford who writes thriller novels and Zeke Hawkins, the handsome owner of the apartment building. Carly finds that some of the women living in the apartment building have been murdered and the police suspect that there is a serial killer in the apartment building. Carly has a passionate and seductive love affair with Zeke, unaware Zeke has secretly wired the apartment building with hidden cameras and he has been watching the lives of each tenant living in the apartment building including Carly. Carly begins to suspect Zeke or Jack may be the serial killer responsible for the murders in the apartment building and she may be the killer's next victim.

Restoration

Restoration

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-08

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (7191 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Hoffman

Cast:

Writer:

Rose Tremain (novel)

Rupert Walters (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of a spaniel dear to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry one of the King's mistresses in order to divert the suspicions of another one of his mistresses. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.

Talk of Angels

Talk of Angels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-30

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (675 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Hamm

Cast:

Writer:

Ann Guedes (screenplay)

Frank McGuinness (screenplay)

Kate O'Brien (novel)

Fullplot:

This is the story of a young Irish woman who comes to Spain to escape from the pressures she feels about her impending marriage to a political activist in Ireland. But in Spain in the 1930's, taking a job of governess in a wealthy family, she finds the same kinds of political unrest. In fact, it isn't long before she finds herself attracted to a married man who is similarly involved in the struggle against fascism and Franco. This awakens her to her nature that brings her to such men and resolves for her what she must do about the life she left in Ireland.

Dark Harbor

Dark Harbor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-12-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1765 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Adam Coleman Howard

Gretchen Hayduk-Wroblewski (script development)

Justin Lazard

Fullplot:

A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road after much argument they stop, only to find a young boy battered and bruised. An offer of summoning the police firmly rejected, the two help the boy as best they can although it certainly means missing the ferry... and so starts this thriller: a tale of twisted sexual attraction and ulterior motives.

The Gambler

The Gambler

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-11-07

Languages:

English, Hungarian

Countries:

Netherlands, Hungary, UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (297 Reviews)

Director:

Kèroly Makk

Cast:

Writer:

Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel)

Katharine Ogden (screenplay)

Charles Cohen (screenplay)

Nick Dear (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky must write a novel in 27 days in a deal to pay off his gambling debts, and feverishly dictates the novel 'The Gambler'.

Bandyta

Bandyta

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-11-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

Poland, France, Germany

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (606 Reviews)

Director:

Maciej Dejczer

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

In the start of the 90'ies the British government decided to send prisoners with short sentences to serve abroad. Some went to Rumania, to serve in schools, orphanages and hospitals. Some were brutal beasts.

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