Roy Kinnear
Roy Mitchell Kinnear (January 8, 1934 – September 20, 1988) was an English character actor and comedian. He was known for his acting roles in movies such as Henry Salt in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Algernon in The Beatles' Help! (1965), Clapper in How I Won the War (1967) and Planchet in The Three Musketeers (1973). He reprised the role of Planchet in the 1974 and 1989 sequels, and died following an accident during filming of the latter.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9063 |
| Birthday | 1934-01-08 |
| Place of Birth | Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Roy Mitchell Kinnear, |
1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
7.483/4071
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bu...
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1964
French Dressing
5.536/14
A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.
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French Dressing
1973
The Three Musketeers
6.733/378
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Ara...
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The Three Musketeers
1968
Only When I Larf
7.1/5
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
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Only When I Larf
1982
Anyone for Denis
10/1
Anyone for Denis? is a British video-taped television version of the stage play of the same name broadcast by the ITV network on 28 December 1982. The...
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Anyone for Denis
1965
The Hill
7.532/262
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objec...
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The Hill
1980
Hawk the Slayer
4.8/69
Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to liv...
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Hawk the Slayer
1974
The Four Musketeers
6.472/230
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
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The Four Musketeers
1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
6.26/50
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1982
Hammett
6.2/81
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living...
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Hammett
1970
Scrooge
6.799/169
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
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Scrooge
1967
How I Won the War
5.6/39
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
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How I Won the War
1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula
6.098/198
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula'...
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Taste the Blood of Dracula
1974
Juggernaut
6.276/147
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship. Ins...
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Juggernaut
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
6.2/162
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt,...
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The Return of the Musketeers
1991
The Princess and the Goblin
5.816/49
The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.
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The Princess and the Goblin
1967
The Deadly Affair
6.286/96
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife...
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The Deadly Affair
1965
Help!
6.9/359
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off)....
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Help!
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
6.664/70
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warre...
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1955
Oh... Rosalinda!!
6.1/15
Pseudonym Dr. Falke follows his wife through disguises and deceptions in postwar Vienna.
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Oh... Rosalinda!!
1967
The Mini-Affair
9/1
A leading pop star is kidnapped in swinging London.
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The Mini-Affair
1982
The Boys in Blue
5.469/16
Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. When the station is threatened with clo...
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The Boys in Blue
1963
Sparrows Can't Sing
5.34/25
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up wi...
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Sparrows Can't Sing
1975
Eskimo Nell
4/24
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic m...
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Eskimo Nell
1981
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
6.333/3
A Boy Scout troupe led by their scoutmaster (Sykes) is on a field trip to a seemingly-peaceful English woodland. However, the woods are actually teemi...
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If You Go Down in the Woods Today
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
9.5/2
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1978
The Talking Parcel
7/5
The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from co...
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The Talking Parcel
1988
A Man for All Seasons
7/13
Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integri...
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A Man for All Seasons
1972
The Pied Piper
5.9/36
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter...
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The Pied Piper
1976
Not Now, Comrade
5.9/11
Not Now, Comrade tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the chaos that befalls those who try to help him... not l...
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Not Now, Comrade
1963
A Place to Go
6.4/9
Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-cl...
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A Place to Go
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
6/3
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
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Lock Up Your Daughters
1979
Quincy's Quest
6/5
It's the night before Christmas, and all the toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a...
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Quincy's Quest
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
8/5
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplate...
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Hamlet at Elsinore
1963
Heavens Above!
6.571/28
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby parishioner...
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Heavens Above!
1963
The Informers
6.846/13
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to wa...
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The Informers
1980
Rhubarb Rhubarb
8/7
During a game of golf between a police inspector and a vicar the inspector cheats by having a constable move his ball into favourable positions and th...
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Rhubarb Rhubarb
1988
Mr. H Is Late
7/6
A team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time. An undertaker is in charge of moving a coffin from a home to the church. The...
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Mr. H Is Late
1971
Melody
7.038/65
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.
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Melody
1972
That's Your Funeral
4.25/4
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
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That's Your Funeral
1978
Watership Down
7.195/733
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a...
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Watership Down
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
5.802/53
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese...
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
5.933/362
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie...
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Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1963
County of the Clyde
0/0
Life in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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County of the Clyde
1984
This Office Life
0/0
On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled. There was a luncheon voucher scheme, a pension fu...
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This Office Life
1962
The Boys
7.5/6
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of...
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The Boys
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
6.089/129
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1963
The Small World of Sammy Lee
6/21
Soho strip club compère Sammy Lee struggles to stay one step ahead of the notorious bookie, to whom he owes £300.
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
1987
Casanova
4.1/12
The life story of an 18th century womanizer who's arrested, not so much for his crimes, but because he's viewed as an undesirable by the husbands and...
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Casanova
1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge
0/0
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
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The Cobblers of Umbridge
1961
The Wedding
7/1
Class distinctions, inferiority complexes, and social climbing abound as the bride, groom, and their families gather for a wedding banquet. There's a...
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The Wedding
1974
South Riding
0/0
An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel
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South Riding
1978
Kasper's Last Stand
0/0
A TV play by Graeme McCaig set amongst Blackpool's beach entertainers and starring Roy Kinnear
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Kasper's Last Stand
1978
The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
0/0
Rupert Skern's Saturday morning peace is shattered by the arrival of workmen in his garden
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The Day Dumbfounded Got His Pylon
1981
We Had Some Happy Hours
0/0
Prestwich Clough, near Bury, is the setting for a disastrous family cricket match and a picnic that does little to assuage rising tempers.
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We Had Some Happy Hours
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
5.945/55
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the no...
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The Bed Sitting Room
1984
Squaring the Circle
5/2
An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.
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Squaring the Circle
1970
Egghead's Robot
6/2
'Egghead' Wentworth adapts his father's robot paratrooper to perform his chores, but forgets to programme it to keep him out of trouble.
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Egghead's Robot
1980
High Rise Donkey
7/1
The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing...
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High Rise Donkey
1972
Raising the Roof
8/1
Children's Film Foundation comedy.
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Raising the Roof
1962
Tiara Tahiti
6.2/10
James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their person...
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Tiara Tahiti
1976
Zoo Time
0/0
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Zoo Time
1976
Alice Goes Pop
0/0
Mischievous chimpanzee Alice discovers the world of pop music.
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Alice Goes Pop
1976
Airborne
0/0
Josh and his friends visit an airfield to see the gliders and become involved with two lads determined to sabotage the gliders. Alice the Chimp lends...
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Airborne
1976
Waxworks
0/0
The children visit a waxworks museum near closing time, whilst their grandmother does her shopping. Alice the chimp gets lost, and the children hide a...
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Waxworks
1967
The Go-karters
0/0
Josh stands a good chance against Buz, the favourite competitor at the local go-kart junior race. Buz and his friends decide to remove any competition...
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The Go-karters
1976
Treasure Hunt
0/0
Judy, Josh and Joey, with Alice the Chimp, take part in a Wild Life Treasure Hunt and are picked to compete against four boys who put winning before e...
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Treasure Hunt
1976
Holiday Spirit
0/0
Judy, Joey and Josh are left for a night at a guest house run by Mrs. Ada Witty. Her nephews are anxious to obtain the house and decide to scare her o...
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Holiday Spirit
1979
The London Connection
7.833/3
A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of...
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The London Connection
1977
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
9.5/2
During World War I Major Errol Phipps is determined to escape from Stalag Luft 112B but his attempts all fail. However all the other prisoners and the...
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Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
5.98/175
After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help sol...
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1986
Pirates
6.306/320
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
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Pirates
1988
Just Ask for Diamond
5.6/5
Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-c...
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Just Ask for Diamond
The Princess And The Pea
0/0
A telling of the famous fairy tale with actors and voice over
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The Princess And The Pea
1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
5.4/15
Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Qu...
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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1971
The Firechasers
7.667/6
Insurance investigator must find out who is setting fires. Along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter and falls in love.
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The Firechasers
1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
4.417/30
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1971
Everybody Say Cheese
8/1
Comedy play about a seaside photographer, Henry Hunter, who goes to Margate every year to work, staying with his friends Frank and Hylda. However, he...
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Everybody Say Cheese
1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
6.833/6
The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and his band of merry men can save him...for a small fee...
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
2005
The Best Of Dick Emery
0/0
Compilation of classic clips, featuring the best performances from across the much-loved comedian's long BBC career, including examples of Emery's bes...
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The Best Of Dick Emery
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
5.657/51
Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned...
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1975
Three for All
3.3/3
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
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Three for All
1983
Anna Pavlova
4.9/9
The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult...
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Anna Pavlova
1977
The Mayor's Charity
9/1
Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one. But her appointment of Ex-Warrant Officer Higham as Att...
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The Mayor's Charity
1972
Madame Sin
7.2/12
A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
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Madame Sin
1988
Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
7/1
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Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
1986
Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
4/2
Danny La Rue plays Cinderella's wicked stepmother in this grand tradition of a Christmas pantomime.
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Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On
1975
The Amorous Milkman
2.5/4
Davey's milk delivery job offers him scant excitement. But when a few of the lonely housewives, including the alluring Rita, want him to deliver a lit...
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The Amorous Milkman
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
5/8
Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is not only having trouble coping with his new 'home'...
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The Alf Garnett Saga
1985
Urban Jungle
0/0
Bradford. Journalist Tristan Hanley, up from the south, is told by his paper's proprietor to get the story on a missing girl. His trail leads through...
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Urban Jungle
1994
Return of the Ewok
5.25/4
A fictionalized mocumentary about how Warwick Davis got the role of Wicket W. Warrick in Return of the Jedi.
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