3 Movies Directed by Waris Hussein

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-06-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

Ireland

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (402 Reviews)

Director:

Waris Hussein

Fullplot:

In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.

The Possession of Joel Delaney

The Possession of Joel Delaney

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-05-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (680 Reviews)

Director:

Waris Hussein

Cast:

Writer:

Matt Robinson (screenplay)

Irene Kamp (screenplay)

Ramona Stewart (novel)

Fullplot:

A woman begins to suspect that her brother is possessed by a voodoo spirit.

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (464 Reviews)

Director:

Waris Hussein

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ian Thorne (original screenplay)

Fullplot:

On his deathbed Tudor-king Henry VIII remembers his long reign and especially the crucial part his six marriages played in it, without producing the male heir he desired most to prevent civil wars for the succession as England suffered before his father's ascent. His first queen, Spanish princess Kathryn of Aragon, had one fatal flaw: her children died, except daughter Mary, so he pressed Rome for an annulment, and when that failed out went cardinal Wolsey as chief minister and Henry made himself head of the Church of England instead of the papacy and married Anne Boleyn. When she too failed to produce a male heir, just princess Elisabeth, he had her head roll for 'infidelity'. The third queen, gentle Jane Seymour, died giving birth to sickly prince Edward. For diplomatic reasons Henry married minor princess Anne of Cleves, whose utter lack of female charms causes another annulment and the fall of Thomas Cromwell, who recommended her. Fifth is the lovely Catherine Howard, cousin of Anne Boleyn, but again childless and found to have been carnal with servants before and after her royal marriage, so also decapitated. Finally Catherine Parr, a young widow, stands at his deathbed.

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