Barry Foster

Maurice

Admin — Fri, 21 Aug 1987 00:00:00 +0000

After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.

Sweeney!

Admin — Fri, 14 Jan 1977 00:00:00 +0000

Based on the TV series the film follows DI Regan and DS Carter as they became embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the government, Charles Baker (Ian Bannen) is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC stabilising the world oil market and boosting Britain’s position within it. Baker is the rising star of government, regarded a future prime minister, who is closely controlled by his urbane, manipulative American press secretary Elliot McQueen (Barry Foster). When Regan investigates the mysterious death of a prostitute as a favour to one of his informants, he becomes aware that Baker and McQueen might be involved. A spate of killings follow – which sees Regan take on both the criminals and the hierarchy of the Metropolitan Police and British security services.

Frenzy

Admin — Thu, 25 May 1972 00:00:00 +0000

A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.

Ryan’s Daughter

Admin — Wed, 09 Dec 1970 00:00:00 +0000

An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.

Twisted Nerve

Admin — Tue, 15 Oct 1968 00:00:00 +0000

Hywel Bennett stars as Martin Durnley, a rich but damaged Oxford University drop-out with a hatred of his banker stepfather, played by Frank Finlay. His mum babies the boy, a consequence of Martin’s elder brother, a Down Syndrome sufferer (or ‘Mongoloid’ – or even ‘mentally backward’ as they say here), being in full-time care, and the doctors having warned Martin’s parents not to have any more children – just to be on the safe side. Too late: troubled mummy’s boy Martin, with his cuddly toys and penchant for smashing his own reflection, appears to have proved the doctors misgivings.

Robbery

Admin — Tue, 01 Aug 1967 00:00:00 +0000

A dramatization of the Great Train Robbery. While not a ‘how to’, it is very detail dependent, showing the care and planning that took place to pull it off.