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1. Voyage 'Round My Father (1984)
directed by Alvin Rakoff
featuring Laurence Olivier, Alan BatesJohn Mortimer's autobiographical play Voyage 'Round My Father was given a class-A TV adaptation in 1984. Mortimer, best known for his Rumpole of the ... More
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2. Hard Times (1994)
directed by Peter Barnes
featuring Richard E. Grant, Alan BatesThe difficult realities of life in Britain during the early Industrial Age are explored in this made-for-television adaptation of the novel by ... More
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3. The Grotesque (1995)
directed by John Paul Davidson
featuring Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, StingThe Grotesque (aka Grave Indiscretion , aka Gentleman Don't Eat Poets ) is a very black, very British comedy that puts an unusual and perversely ... More
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4. Pack of Lies (1987)
directed by Anthony Page
featuring Alan Bates, Daniel Benzali, Ellen BurstynAdapted from the one-act play by Hugh Whitemore, Pack of Lies originally aired as a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation on April 26, 1987. Emmy ... More
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5. The Caretaker (1963)
directed by Clive Donner
featuring Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert ShawThe Guest is a filmed adaptation of the Harold Pinter play of the same name. Donald Pleasence plays a laconic tramp, who is invited to stay in the ... More
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6. Zorba the Greek (1964)
directed by Michael Cacoyannis
featuring Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Georges FoundasIf ever there was a role that Anthony Quinn was born to play, it was the lusty, life-affirming title character in Zorba the Greek. The scene is the ... More
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7. Hamlet (1990)
directed by Franco Zeffirelli
featuring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian HolmFranco Zeffirelli directs his third Shakespeare adaptation (after Romeo and Juliet and Otello) with this film version of the tragedy Hamlet. The ... More
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8. Royal Flash (1975)
directed by Richard Lester
featuring Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed, Britt EklandNovelist George MacDonald Fraser penned the script for this swashbuckling, picaresque adventure tale. The story is based on one of the books in his ... More
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9. Georgy Girl (1966)
directed by Silvio Narizzano
featuring James Mason, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling, Rachel KempsonGeorgy Girl is a bittersweet comedy drama about Georgy (Lynn Redgrave), a slightly overweight, working-class virgin in her early twenties who shares ... More
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10. Women in Love (1969)
directed by Ken Russell
featuring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Eleanor BronWomen in Love is set in 1920s England, where free-spirited artist Gudrun (Glenda Jackson) and her schoolteacher sister Ursula (Jennie Linden) make ... More
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11. Bertie & Elizabeth (2002)
directed by Giles Foster
featuring James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, Eileen Atkins, Charles EdwardsList of all editionsThe fascinating story of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth is recounted in this British made-for-TV effort. It all begins in 1920, when the then ... More
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12. Quartet (1981)
directed by James Ivory
featuring Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani, Anthony Higgins, Daniel ChattoList of all editionsNo relation to the 1949 Somerset Maugham "omnibus" film of the same name, 1981's Quartet is based on the roman a clef by Jean Rhys. Though the ... More
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13. Spartacus (2004)
directed by Robert Dornhelm
featuring Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus MacFadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeiceList of all editionsThis television miniseries tells the familiar story of Spartacus, played in this endeavor by ER regular Goran Visnjic. Spartacus, who was enslaved by ... More
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14. Far From the Madding Crowd (1967)
directed by John Schlesinger
featuring Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Prunella RansomeList of all editionsThis 1967 version of Thomas Hardy's novel should have done better at the box office than it did, given the star power of Julie Christie and the ... More
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15. The Return of the Soldier (1982)
directed by Alan Bridges
featuring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret, Ian HolmList of all editionsThe returning soldier is amnesia victim Alan Bates, who remembers nothing of his life before suffering shell-shock--not even his long-term marriage ... More
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16. An Unmarried Woman (1978)
directed by Paul Mazursky
featuring Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman, Pat QuinnList of all editionsA New York wife learns about the satisfactions of single life in this landmark 1970s "woman's film." Unlike her dysfunctional friends, vibrant Erica ... More
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17. The Go-Between (1971)
directed by Joseph Losey
featuring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Michael GoughList of all editionsThe third collaboration between director Joseph Losey and writer Harold Pinter, following The Servant and Accident, continues their exploration of ... More
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18. Oliver's Travels (1995)
directed by Giles Foster
featuring Sinéad Cusack, Alan Bates, Mollie Sugden, Bill Paterson, Miles AndersonList of all editionsThe title character in this five-part British miniseries was a university lecturer (Alan Bates) with a fondness for anagrams and crossword puzzles. ... More
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19. In Celebration (1975)
directed by Lindsay Anderson
featuring Alan Bates, James Bolam, Brian Cox, Constance Chapman, Gabrielle DayeList of all editionsOne of the more cinematic entries in the mid-1970s American Film Theatre series, In Celebration is adapted from the play by David Storey. Lindsay ... More
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20. The Sum of All Fears (2002)
directed by Phil Alden Robinson
featuring Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Alan BatesList of all editionsThe successful franchise of Paramount motion pictures based on novelist Tom Clancy's techno-thrillers featuring heroic CIA intelligence analyst Jack ... More
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21. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1971)
directed by Peter Medak
featuring Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish, Joan HicksonList of all editionsThe plight of an English couple struggling to raise a disabled child is given a darkly humorous treatment in this English comedy. Based on the ... More
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22. Nicholas' Gift (1998)
directed by Robert Markowitz
featuring Jamie Lee Curtis, Alan Bates, Gene Wexler, Hallie Kate EisenbergList of all editionsIn 1994, an American family made international headlines when, during a trip to Italy, their son was shot in the head by bandits. Left brain dead ... More
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23. The Shout (1978)
directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
featuring Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim CurryList of all editionsAn asylum director begins telling a visitor to a cricket game the story of one of his "better" patients, Crossley (Alan Bates) who is able to compete ... More
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24. An Englishman Abroad (1983)
directed by John Schlesinger
featuring Alan Bates, Coral Browne, Charles Gray, Harold Innocent, Vernon DobtcheffList of all editionsThe BBC-produced An Englishman Abroad was first offered to American viewers October 27, 1984, as part of PBS' Great Performances series. Alan Bates ... More
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25. We Think the World of You (1988)
directed by Colin Gregg
featuring Alan Bates, Gary Oldman, Max Wall, Liz Smith, Frances BarberList of all editionsSet in sexually repressive 1950's London, We Think the World of You features actor Alan Bates as Frank, a gay middle-aged businessman whose lover ... More







