Biography: Jon Finch |
British actor Jon Finch's splendid reputation in Shakespearean repertory led to his being cast in the 1970 Roman Polanski film version of MacBeth. Finch's ability to convey "cross purposes" by having his voice say one thing and his eyes another,... more
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Tags: Supernatural Horror Horror
Length: 89min
This compelling low-budget horror-fantasy from Welsh filmmaker Julian Richards made a splash at several fantasy film festivals, where it often garnered a more favorable reception than Hollywood big-budget product. The plot follows the investigations...
Length: 137min
Doktor Faustus was adapted from Thomas Mann's epic novel of the same name about a composer, Adrian Leverkuehn (Jon Finch), who sells his soul to the devil for the acquisition of genius in his lifetime. Leverkuehn intentionally contracts syphilis from...
Gary Cooper, Que Estas En Los Cielos (1981)
Cast: Pilar Miro Carmen Maura
Length: 100min
In the three days before an operation on the cancer that is threatening to kill her, a film director (Mercedes Sampietro) remembers a few of the most poignant and meaningful relationships and dreams of her life. The premise for this partially...
Cast: Glenda Jackson Jon Finch
Length: 102min
Comparatively unknown, the British And Nothing But the Truth is a blistering indictment of government-sanctioned corruption, as well as the "facts of life" of the television industry. Filmmaker Glenda Jackson and reporter Jon Finch head to South...
Cast: Anthony Quayle
Tags: Historical Film Drama Biopic
Length: 151min
Part of a television series entitled "The Shakespeare Plays," this second of the Henry IV series has young Prince Hal diligently applying himself to his future role of leadership. This episode ends with the death of Henry IV and the coronation of...
Cast: Fernando Rey
Length: 110min
A young inquisitor is assigned to investigate the near-fatal accident of the Spanish Inquisitor General at a royal palace. Suspicion swifly falls on a washerwoman and her mother, and despite the young man's best efforts (for he has fallen in love with...
Cast: William Shakespeare
Tags: Biopic Drama Historical Film
Length: 147min
Part of a television series entitled "The Shakespeare Plays," this is the story of Prince Hal -- an apparent wastrel who spends his youth in the pubs around London. When the King and the rebels enter the battle of Shrewsbury, the heir to the throne,...
Cast: Roger Vadim Claude Renoir
Tags: Romantic Drama Erotic Drama Drama
Length: 92min
In this modern retelling of the classic Dangerous Liaisons, a virtuous young woman becomes the target of the schemes of an amoral womanizer who is in the habit of wooing women and killing their lovers and husbands in duels. When she finally succumbs...
Cast: Jonathan Pryce
Tags: Rock Musical Drama Showbiz Drama Musical Drama
Length: 94min
This British rock musical tells a tale older than dirt -- the saga of the rise to fame of an eager young star, only to discover that fame is not all that it is cracked up to be. Hazel O'Connor is a young punk-rocker, singing her angry diatribes on the...
Cast: Carol Kane Simon Ward Ángela Molina Harriet Andersson
Length: 105min
A British writer goes to live in a Spanish village while he looks into the mysterious life of a 19th century wanderer who was allegedly slain by La Sabina, a mythical lady dragon. The writer becomes lovers with an American visitor and then falls in...
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