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Rental > Television: 2821 Films to Rent
Moonlighting (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd
- The softly ironic, comedy–romance TV–series that made Bruce Willis a star, and almost revived Cybill Shepherd, set around a Private…
Mussolini - The Untold Story (1985)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. George C. Scott, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Downey Jnr.…
- Based on the memoirs of his eldest son this memorable mini–series begins with Mussolini's rise to power in 1922 and follows his political and…
North and South (TV Series) (1985)
- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie Alley…
- Heavyweight Civil War tome starring Patrick Swayze and James Read as young men caught up in the winds of American revolution, conflict and…
Oliver Twist (Mini-series) (1985)
- Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Robert Middlemass, Lysette Anthony, Michael Attwell…
- Quality BBC adaptation of the beloved Dickens story starring Ben Rodska as the eponymous orphan, ably supported by older British thespian brass.
P.D. James Collection, The (TV Series) (1985-1998)
- Feat. Roy Marsden
- Award winning drama collections written by P.D. James detailing the challenges of a disciplined detective commander solving a series of scandalous…
Pickwick Papers, The (Mini-series) (1985)
- Feat. Nigel Stock, Clive Swift, Ray Brooks…
- BBC televison production stars Nigel Stock as the titular Mr Samuel Pickwick who – with his pals Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and…
Price, The (TV Mini-series) (1985)
- Feat. Peter Barkworth, Harriet Walter, Aingeal Grehan
- UK miniseries building a chilling web of intrigue around a priviledged dilettante wife (Harriet Walter) who finds herself caught between IRA thugs…
Ray Bradbury Theater, The (TV Series) (1985-1992)
- An HBO–originated fantasy anthology series entirely scripted by the eponymous (and prolific) author, based on his short stories and novels. A…
Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (1985-1993)
- Feat. Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke
- The long–running British TV Series which comprehensively stages the various cases of proto–detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan…
Starfleet (TV Series) (X Bomber) (1985)
- Dir. Go Nagai
- Heavily influenced by Gerry Anderson's supermarionation series, this sci–fi Japanese production from manga creater Go Nagai kicks off when an…