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John Bennett is a Actor and Producer British born on 8 may 1928 at Beckenham (United-kingdom)
John Bennett (8 May 1928 – 11 April 2005) was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, the Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to London's West End.
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John Bennett
Birth name John David Bennett
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 may 1928 at Beckenham (United-kingdom)
Death 11 april 2005 (at 76 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 may 1928 at Beckenham (United-kingdom)
Death 11 april 2005 (at 76 years) at London (United-kingdom)
John Bennett (8 May 1928 – 11 April 2005) was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, the Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to London's West End.
^ "British Film Institute: John Bennett". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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, 3hDirected by Peter Sasdy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett, Michael Siberry, Dominic Jephcott
Roles Sigmund Freud
Rating57%
Un ingénieur autrichien, le Dr Froelich, met au point un détonateur télécommandé, offrant un important avantage technique à l'État qui le possédera. Froelich offre cette invention à l'ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni, Sir Reginald, mais le prototype ainsi que les plans sont volés par deux inconnus. Un papier tombé d'une poche indique que les bandits vont se rendre à l'opéra le soir même. Froelich s'y rend pour récupérer son invention, rencontre l'un des voleurs, mais leur confrontation se termine par la chute fatale de l'ingénieur depuis les coulisses techniques en hauteur.
Minority Report (2002)
, 2h25Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Action, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Transport films, Time travel films, Films about automobiles, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Road movies, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Chase films, Anticipation
Actors Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Kathryn Morris, Steve Harris
Roles Adulation #4
Rating75%
In April 2054, Washington, D.C. has a special police force called PreCrime that stops murderers before they act. Murders are predicted using three Precogs, mutated humans who "previsualize" crimes by receiving visions of the future. Over the past six years, PreCrime has successfully reduced the city's murder rate to zero, and the Federal government is on the verge of adopting it, even though the public finds it controversial. Captain John Anderton (Tom Cruise), the head of PreCrime, has been suffering from drug addiction since the unresolved disappearance of his son, Sean, which led to his wife, Lara (Kathryn Morris), divorcing him. With PreCrime poised to go nationwide, the system is being audited by Danny Witwer (Colin Farrell), an agent from the United States Department of Justice. In the middle of the audit, the Precogs generate a new prediction, one saying that Anderton will murder a man named Leo Crow in thirty-six hours. Anderton does not know Crow, but flees the area as Witwer begins a manhunt.
The Pianist (2002)
, 2h24Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes French war films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about religion, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Piano, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Michał Żebrowski
Roles Dr. Ehrlich
Rating84%
In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland which caused the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory, Szpilman celebrates with his posh family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. German troops soon enter Warsaw and the Nazi authorities implement measures to identify, isolate, financially ruin and reduce the Jewish population in Warsaw. Jews are ordered to provide their own identifying armbands with the Star of David.
Bridge of Dragons (1999)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Dolph Lundgren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, John Bennett, Scott L. Schwartz, Jo Kendall, Bashar Rahal
Roles The Registrar
Rating47%
The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training and upbringing, the greedy General Ruechang. Ruechang is planning to take over the country by marrying Princess Halo. But Halo discovers that Ruechang killed her father to gain more power than he had working for the King, so she decides to run away. Warchild is the one who has to bring her back to Ruechang, but the one thing no one counted on happens...
The Fifth Element (1997)
, 2h6Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Space adventure films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Ian Holm, Charlie Creed-Miles
Roles Priest
Rating75%
In 1914, aliens known as Mondoshawans arrive at an ancient Egyptian temple to collect, for safekeeping, the only weapon capable of defeating a great evil that appears every 5,000 years. The weapon consists of four stones, representing the four classical elements, and a sarcophagus containing a fifth element in the form of a human, which combines the power of the other four elements into a divine light capable of defeating the evil. The Mondoshawans promise their human contact, a priest from a secret order, that they will come back with the element stones in time to stop the great evil when it returns.
Alien Nation: Millennium (1996)
, 1h30Directed by Kenneth Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Jason Behr, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland, David Faustino
Roles Officer Laskau
Rating62%
The plot follows human detective Matthew Sikes and his Tenctonese partner George Francisco as they investigate a mind-altering Tenctonese artifact being used to lure followers into a deadly cult. The artifact used in this movie was the same one from Alien Nation episode Generation to Generation.
Priest (1995)
, 1h50Directed by Antonia Bird
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films about religion, LGBT-related film
Actors Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Brad Dourif, Cathy Tyson, Christine Tremarco
Roles Father Redstone
Rating70%
Father Greg Pilkington, newly assigned to St. Mary's parish in inner-city Liverpool, is startled to discover Father Matthew Thomas is engaged in a sexual relationship with rectory housekeeper Maria Kerrigan. Moreover, Father Thomas is a left-wing radical and an outspoken proponent of Liberation Theology, leading him to constant clashes and bickering with the Bishop—who nevertheless appreciates his abilities.
Split Second (1992)
, 1h30Directed by Ian Sharp, Tony Maylam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Environmental films, Films set in the future, Disaster films
Actors Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan, Michael J. Pollard, Alun Armstrong, Pete Postlethwaite
Rating59%
In the year 2008, heavy rainfall has flooded large areas of London. Rookie police officer Dick Durkin (Duncan) is assigned to partner Harley Stone (Hauer), a burnt-out and highly cynical homicide detective who, according to his commanding officer, survives on "anxiety, coffee and chocolate" after being unable to prevent the murder of his partner by a serial killer several years previously. Now however, the murders have begun again and Stone and Durkin are assigned the case. After investigating the scenes of several killings, they appear no closer to identifying the killer, with their only clues being that the murders seem to be linked to the lunar cycle, and that the killer has multiple recombinant DNA strands, having absorbed the DNA of the victims.
Antonia and Jane (1990)
Directed by Beeban Kidron
Genres Drama
Actors Imelda Staunton, Saskia Reeves, John Bennett, Maria Charles, Brenda Bruce, Alfred Marks
Roles Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
Rating17%
Les rapports au quotidien, alternant chamaillerie et copinerie, de deux amies d'enfance, la belle Antonia et la boulotte Jane, leurs déboires sentimentaux et professionnels, le tout ponctué de séances de psychanalyse…
Tai-Pan (1986)
, 2h7Directed by Daryl Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, Tim Guinee, Russell Wong, John Stanton, Kyra Sedgwick
Roles Orlov
Rating55%
The film begins following the British victory of the First Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
, 1h48Directed by Peter Webber
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Tracey Ullman, Ralph Richardson
Roles Mr. Rath
Rating52%
Paul (Paul McCartney) is driving around the countryside when he gets a call from Steve (Bryan Brown) that Harry (Ian Hastings), a reformed criminal, is missing along with the master tapes he was supposed to give to the factory the previous day. Paul races to the studio to find that the police are already there investigating the matter, thinking that Harry is back to his old ways and plans to bootleg the tapes. The news gets worse when Mr. Rath (John Bennett), whom the studio owes loans from, arrives with the news that he will take over the studio if the tapes aren't found by midnight. Following the meeting, the film follows a day in the life of Paul and his work with wife Linda McCartney and friend Ringo Starr, which includes filming two videos, rehearsing in a loft, and playing for the BBC. In between this, Paul wonders what Harry might have done: did he give the master tapes to be bootlegged, did he just run off, or was he murdered? Once the day is done, Paul goes out driving around London while the studio braces for the take over as midnight approaches. While driving towards Broad Street, Paul remembers the last time he saw Harry, proclaiming that he was "off to Broad Street". He gets an idea and goes inside Broad Street, where he sits next to the train tracks, and then sees the blue case containing the tapes in the seat right next to him. In the small maintenance building next to that, he hears cries for help and opens the locked door to see Harry. He reveals that he'd been trapped in the building after the train failed to arrive, and thought the building contained a bathroom. They both laughed, and as they drive off, Paul informs Linda, and Linda later informs the studio, that the tapes have been found and the takeover is averted.
The Plague Dogs (1982)
, 1h43Directed by Martin Rosen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Political films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton
Roles Don (voice)
Rating77%
Rowf (a Labrador-mix) and Snitter (a smooth fox terrier) are two of many dogs used for experimental purposes at an animal research facility in the Lake District of north-western England. Snitter has had his brain experimented upon while Rowf has been drowned and resuscitated repeatedly. One evening, Snitter squeezes under his cage and into Rowf's, where they discover his cage is unlatched. Eager to escape the tortures of life inside the facility, they explore, knocking over other cages and finally sneaking into the incinerator, where they are nearly killed before escaping.
Eye of the Needle (1981)
, 1h52Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Radio, Political films
Actors Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Bannen, Philip Martin Brown, George Belbin
Roles Kleinmann
Rating70%
A man calling himself Henry Faber is actually a German spy nicknamed "the Needle" because of his preferred method of assassination, the stiletto. He is a coldly calculating sociopath, emotionlessly focused on the task at hand, whether the task is to signal a U-boat or to gut a witness to avoid exposure.
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
, 1h45Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson, Edward Fox, Geraldine Chaplin
Roles Barnsby (‘Murder at Midnight’)
Rating61%
Set in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead, home of Miss Jane Marple (Angela Lansbury), in 1953, a big Hollywood production company arrives to film a costume movie about Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I with two famous movie stars, Marina Rudd and Lola Brewster (Elizabeth Taylor and Kim Novak, respectively). The two actresses are old rivals who despise each other. Marina, making a much heralded comeback after a prolonged "illness" and retirement (due to what was really a nervous breakdown), and her husband, Jason Rudd (Rock Hudson), who is directing the movie they are making, arrive with their entourage. When she learns that Lola will be in the movie as well, she becomes enraged and vents her anger. Lola and her husband, Marty Fenn (Tony Curtis), who is producing the movie, arrive. Excitement runs high in the village as the locals have been invited to a reception held by the movie company in a manor house, Gossington Hall, to meet the celebrities. Lola and Marina come face to face at the reception and exchange some potent and comical insults, nasty one-liners, as they smile and pose for the cameras. The two square off in a series of clever verbal cat-fights throughout the movie.
, 1h38Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Martin Balsam, Chaim Topol, Janet Suzman, Leo McKern, Charles Gray, Nick Mancuso
Roles Aaron Lazar
Rating66%
Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion approves a Mossad operation to be led by Isser Harel to kidnap Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi mass murderer. Harel's team travels to Argentina to track down Ricardo Klement, who they believe is Eichmann. They soon discover that the Klement family moved two months before. Primo, a local contact, goes to their former residence and gets a lead to Dieter, one of Eichmann's sons. They arrange for a bellboy to deliver a parcel to Dieter, addressed to another son, Nicholas. They trail Dieter, but he goes to the dentist instead of his house. Michael, the agent in charge, sends the bellboy back to the Klements' old address, and he learns their new one. Harel is told that Israel has been invited to send a delegation to Argentina's 150th celebration of its independence, so a special flight can be sent, on which Eichmann can be smuggled out of the country. The Mossad finally spot Eichmann, and Harel flies to Argentina to take over the operation. The Mossad rent three houses near Buenos Aires. They snatch Eichmann off the street and take him to one of the houses. Dieter Eichmann contacts other local Nazis for help in finding his father. The Israeli agents watching Eichmann are conflicted: they want to kill him, but their orders are to bring him back alive. The Israeli special plane arrives. Meanwhile, Michael interrogates Eichmann about his role in the Holocaust. Michael thinks they are on the verge of being caught by the police and should kill Eichmann while they can, but the others talk him out of it. When it is time to leave, they drug Eichmann and disguise him as an Israeli mechanic injured in an accident. A policeman in the pay of the Nazis tries to stop the takeoff, but they persuade the airport officials to let the flight proceed. The plane returns to Israel, where Eichmann is tried, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and executed.