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Neil McCarthy is a Actor British born on 26 july 1932 at Lincoln (United-kingdom)
Neil McCarthy (26 July 1932 – 6 February 1985) was a British actor known for his dramatic physical appearance caused by acromegaly. He was also a gifted linguist and pianist.
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Birth name Eugene Neil McCarthy
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 july 1932 at Lincoln (United-kingdom)
Death 6 february 1985 (at 52 years) at Fordingbridge (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 july 1932 at Lincoln (United-kingdom)
Death 6 february 1985 (at 52 years) at Fordingbridge (United-kingdom)
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The Deal (2008)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about suicide
Actors William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, Jason Ritter, Elliott Gould, LL Cool J, David Hunt
Roles Glenn
Rating56%
Struggling Hollywood film producer Charlie Berns is on the verge of suicide when his aspiring screenwriter nephew Lionel arrives from New Jersey with a script about 19th century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Charlie agrees to make the film, but only when he converts the literate PBS-style script (that he didn't read) into an action adventure Middle Eastern espionage film, Ben Disraeli: Freedom Fighter.
Hotel Rwanda (2005)
, 2h2Directed by Terry George
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte, Jean Reno, David O'Hara
Roles Jean Jacques
Rating80%
Tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples lead to a war in Rwanda, where corruption and bribes between politicians are routine. Paul Rusesabagina (Cheadle), the manager of the Sabena owned Hôtel des Mille Collines, is Hutu, but his wife Tatiana (Okonedo), is Tutsi. His marriage is a source of friction with Hutu extremists, most prominently Georges Rutaganda (Kae-Kazim), a friendly goods supplier to the hotel who is also the local leader of Interahamwe, a brutal Hutu militia.
Ten Little Indians (1989)
, 1h38Directed by Alan Birkinshaw
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Donald Pleasence, Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom, Warren Berlinger, Paul L. Smith
Roles Anthony Marston
Rating47%
A group of ten disparate people, strangers to each other, have all been summoned by a mysterious host named Mr. Owen to travel to Africa and join him on a safari he is hosting. Things turn ominous from the beginning, however. First their native guides abandon them, then more natives cut a bridge line across a deep ravine (their only way in and out of camp). As a result, the ten guests find themselves isolated in their hunting camp. In addition, their host, Mr. Owen, is strangely absent. Following their dinner, by means of a gramophone recording, an inhuman voice accuses each person of a murder that they each had caused and escaped justice. Events go from being unsettling to deadly when the guests start dying one by one in the fashion of the English Nursery Rhyme 'Ten Little Indians'. As each death occurs, the ten small Indian dolls that adorn the centre of the dining table disappear as each person dies which leads the guests to realize that they are being executed at the hands of a homicidal maniac among them - and that perhaps Mr. Owen is, in fact, one of them.
Time Bandits (1981)
, 1h56Directed by Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Sean Connery, Katherine Helmond, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Transport films, Time travel films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Craig Warnock, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond
Roles Robber #2
Rating68%
Eleven-year-old Kevin has a vivid imagination and is fascinated by history, particularly Ancient Greece; his parents ignore his activities, having become more obsessed with buying the latest household gadgets to keep up with their neighbours. One night, as Kevin is sleeping, an armoured knight on a horse bursts out of his wardrobe. Kevin is scared and hides as the knight rides off into a forest setting where once his bedroom wall was; when Kevin looks back out, the room is back to normal and he finds one of his photos on the wall similar to the forest he saw. The next night he prepares a satchel with supplies and a Polaroid camera, but is surprised when six dwarves spill out of the wardrobe. Kevin quickly learns the group has stolen a large, worn map, and are looking for an exit from Kevin's room before they are discovered. They find that Kevin's bedroom wall can be pushed, revealing a long hallway. Kevin is hesitant to join until the visage of a menacing head – the Supreme Being – appears behind them, demanding the return of the map. Kevin and the dwarves fall into an empty void at the end of the hallway.
Clash of the Titans (1981)
, 1h58Directed by Desmond Davis
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Giant monster films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Children's films, Robot films, Disaster films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Burgess Meredith
Roles Calibos
Rating68%
King Acrisius of Argos (Donald Houston) imprisons his daughter Danaë (Vida Taylor), jealous of her beauty. When the god Zeus (Laurence Olivier) impregnates her, Acrisius sends his daughter and his newborn grandson Perseus to sea in a wooden coffin. In retribution, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders Poseidon (Jack Gwillim) to release the last of the Titans, a gigantic sea monster called the Kraken, to destroy Argos. Meanwhile, Danaë and Perseus safely float to the island of Seriphos, where Perseus grows to adulthood.
The Monster Club (1981)
, 1h37Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Vincent Price, Donald Pleasence, John Carradine, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Steel, Britt Ekland
Roles Watson
Rating59%
A fictionalised version of author R. Chetwynd-Hayes (John Carradine) is approached on a city street by a strange man (Vincent Price) who turns out to be a starving vampire named Eramus. Eramus bites the writer, and in gratitude for the small "donation", takes his (basically unharmed but bewildered) victim to the titular club, which is a covert gathering place for a multitude of supernatural creatures. In between the club's unique music and dance performances, Eramus introduces three stories about his fellow creatures of the night.
George & Mildred (1980)
, 1h29Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy, Stratford Johns, Norman Eshley, Sheila Fearn, Kenneth Cope
Roles Eddie
Rating58%
Mildred decides that she and George will celebrate their wedding anniversary in style at a swanky London hotel - however unhappy George might be at the cost involved. "I'm a traffic warden, not Aristotle Onassis", he tells her. But on arrival, George is taken for a ruthless hit-man by a shady businessman (Stratford Johns), who wants a rival eliminated. Mildred meanwhile remains in blissful ignorance throughout the resulting chaos.
Shōgun (miniseries) (1980)
, 9h7Directed by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yōko Shimada, Damien Thomas, John Rhys-Davies, Michael Hordern
Roles Spillbergen
Rating81%
After his Dutch trading ship Erasmus and its surviving crew is blown ashore by a violent storm at Injiro on the east coast of Japan, Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, the ship's English navigator, is taken prisoner by samurai warriors. When he is later temporarily released, he must juggle his self-identity as an Englishman associated with other Europeans in Japan, namely Portuguese traders and Jesuit priests, with the alien Japanese culture into which he has been thrust and now must adapt to in order to survive. Being an Englishman, Blackthorne is at both religious and political odds with his enemy, the Portuguese, and the Catholic Church's Jesuit order. The Catholic foothold in Japan puts Blackthorne, a Protestant and therefore a heretic, at a political disadvantage. But this same situation also brings him to the attention of the influential Lord Toranaga, who mistrusts this foreign religion now spreading in Japan. He is competing with other samurai warlords of similar high-born rank, among them Catholic converts, for the very powerful position of Shōgun, the military governor of Japan.
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
, 1h42Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Kabir Bedi, Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Frank Finlay, Marina Vlady
Roles le sbire du Vizir
Rating58%
Soon after mysterious death of his father, Prince Taj of Sakkar is persuaded to compete for the hand of Princess Yasmine of Baghdad. He is ambushed by agents of his own Wazir, Jaudur. His royal seal is stolen and an innocent man is murdered in his place. Arriving in Baghdad, dressed in rags and hungry, he befriends Hasani, magician and thief.
The Incredible Sarah (1976)
, 1h46Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Glenda Jackson, Daniel Massey, Yvonne Mitchell, Douglas Wilmer, David Langton, Simon Williams
Roles Sergeant
Rating55%
Trial by Combat (1976)
, 1h28Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors John Mills, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Hershey, David Birney, Margaret Leighton, Peter Cushing
Roles Ben Willoughby
Rating51%
An British organization known as the Knights of Avalon is discontent that so many criminals can evade the law. So they decide to, secretly hunt down these criminals, and battle and execute them with medieval weapons.
Operation: Daybreak (1975)
, 1h58Directed by Lewis Gilbert, Ernest Day
Origin USA
Genres War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett, Anton Diffring
Roles Man at Quarry (uncredited)
Rating69%
En 1942, le gouvernement tchécoslovaque en exil à Londres ainsi que le Royaume Uni décident de mettre en place une opération visant à faire assassiner le protecteur du Reich en Bohème-Moravie, Reinhard Heydrich. Pour ce faire, ils forment et parachutent en Tchécoslovaquie deux agents chargé de s'en occuper : Jozef Gabčík et Jan Kubiš. Arrivés sur place, c'est avec le soutien du reste de la résistance tchèque qu'ils vont mettre en œuvre l'opération Anthropoid jusqu'au jour fatidique du 27 mai 1942 ou ils s'attaquent finalement à Heydrich...
Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
, 1h39Directed by Peter Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors, Milo O'Shea, Neil McCarthy, Bill Maynard
Roles Lennie
Rating65%
The Steptoes have retired their horse - because the horse is lame, after having to pull the cart (and Harold) home from York, after the horse walked into the back of a removal van which then drove off - and plan to buy a new one with Albert's life savings of £80, putting £9 away for "emergencies". Harold sends Albert home and returns several hours later drunk and introduces Hercules the Second, a short sighted racing greyhound. Harold reveals to Albert that he purchased this from local gangster and loan shark Frankie Barrow for the £80 plus a further £200 owing on top. Furthermore, he plans to pay a small fortune to keep it fed on egg and steak.
Follow Me! (1972)
, 1h35Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mia Farrow, Chaim Topol, Michael Jayston, Margaret Rawlings, Annette Crosbie, Dudley Foster
Roles Parkinson
Rating68%
Set in London, it is the story of a wealthy businessman (Michael Jayston), who suspects that his wife (Farrow) is having an affair. He hires a private detective (Topol) to follow her. She becomes aware that she is being followed, and the detective realises that she has found out. However rather than abandoning the case, the detective begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with the complicity of the wife.