Frank Finlay
Actor
- Othello (1965)
- Dir. Stuart Burge
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith…
- Laurence Olivier transposes his stage performance of Othello for the screen with able supporting cast.
- A Study in Terror (1965)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. John Neville, Robert Morley, Donald Houston…
- Carefully crafted, though at times crude and bloody, Sherlock Holmes mystery (not by Conan Doyle), with the sleuth pursuing the murderous Jack the…
- Robbery (1967)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Sir Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth…
- Topnotch heist film is a tension filled reconstruction of "The Great Train Robbery" with Stanley Baker in the Ronnie Biggs role.
Film gets off to…
- Inspector Clouseau (1968)
- Dir. Bud Yorkin
Feat. Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Patrick Cargill…
- This little known entry in the "Pink Panther" series of films was made by the Mirisch company in spite of Peter Sellers and director Blake Edwards…
- Molly Maguires, The (1970)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar…
- An ambitious drama set in the squalor of the 1870s Pennsylvania coalmine towns, and the underground group of Irish saboteurs 'The Molly Maguires' who…
- Casanova (1971)
- Dir. Mark Cullingham, John Glenister
Feat. Frank Finlay, Norman Rossington
- Adventurous Dennis Potter biopic of libertine Casanova, concerned chiefly with his imprisonment and escape from Venice, though not forgetting to shed…
- Gumshoe (1972)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay…
- Paying sly homage to Bogart, Chandler and Hammett, this sly detective spoof is the directorial debut of prolific British director Stephen Frears.…
- Four Musketeers, The (1973)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain…
- Similarly irreverant follow–up to dir. Lester's THREE MUSKETEERS with the same cast continuing in the swashbuckling vein. Excellent cast with a…
- Bouquet of Barbed Wire (TV Mini-Series) (1976)
- Dir. Tony Wharmby
Feat. Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, James Aubrey…
- Quease–inducing drama of a middle–class family being torn apart by a father's obsessive love for his manipulative daughter. Shocking for…
- Count Dracula (TV Mini-series) (1977)
- Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon…
- Faithful 70's adaptation of the classic horror novel by Bram Stoker, this critically–acclaimed BBC version utilises London's Highgate Cemetery…
- Another Bouquet (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. John Frankau
Feat. Frank Finlay, James Aubrey, Deborah Grant…
- So–so follow up to Andrea Newman's painful chronicle of incestual desire is set six months later, and the repercussions are still being felt.
- Return of the Solider, The (1982)
- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret…
- Alan Bates stars as a returning WWI soldier rendered catatonic by the horrors of the battlefield, with no memory of his wife. Somewhat overwrought…
- Key, The (La Chiave) (1983)
- Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Frank Finlay, Stefania Sandrelli, Franco Branciaroli…
- Saucy art–house romp from the dir. of CALIGULA, surrounding his tale of a straying marriage in nationalistic pre–WW2 Venice with…
- Christmas Carol, A (1984)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence…
- Faithful adaptation of the Charles Dickson classic with George C. Scott as the DEFINITIVE Ebenezer Scrooge. Faultless Christmas fare.
- Lifeforce (1985)
- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay…
- London descends into chaos following an invasion of space vampires, in this 80's sci–fi box–office bomb from director Tober Hooper and…
- Stiff Upper Lips (2000)
- Dir. Gary Sinyor
Feat. Prunella Scales, Sean Pertwee, Frank Finlay…
- Genuinely cheeky lampoon of the “Merchant–Ivory” costume–drama with Prunella Scales, Sean Pertwee, Frank Finlay and Peter…
- Sins, The (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Feat. Pete Postlethwaite, Geraldine James, Frank Finlay…
- BBC miniseries with Pete Postlethwaite playing an aging getaway driver who decides to go straight – after one last robbery.
A light hearted…
- Pianist, The (2002)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay
- Boldly visualised, fact–based drama concerning the Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who evaded Poland’s Nazi authorities during WW2, living…
- Life Begins (TV Series) (2004)
- Dir. David Caffrey, Charles Palmer
Feat. Caroline Quentin, Alexander Armstrong, Frank Finlay…
- Charming British series concerning a woman who must face life as a single middle–age woman after the sudden departure of her husband.…
- Waiting Room, The (2007)
- Dir. Roger Goldby
Feat. Anne-Marie Duff, Ralf Little, Rupert Graves…
- Brit romantic drama follows two strangers whose accidental meeting causes them to believe in love at first sight, however first they must face the…