Emrys James

Dragonslayer (1981)

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The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robbins
CAST:  Peter MacNicol  •  Caitlin Clarke  •  Ralph Richardson  •  John Hallam

The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robbins
CAST:  Peter MacNicol  •  Caitlin Clarke  •  Ralph Richardson  •  John Hallam

Eureka (1983)

An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Roeg
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Theresa Russell  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Mickey Rourke

An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Roeg
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Theresa Russell  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Mickey Rourke

The Sign of Four (1987)

Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hammond
CAST:  Jeremy Brett  •  Edward Hardwicke  •  Jenny Seagrove  •  Ronald Lacey

Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hammond
CAST:  Jeremy Brett  •  Edward Hardwicke  •  Jenny Seagrove  •  Ronald Lacey

Giro City (1982)

Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Francis
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Jon Finch  •  Kenneth Colley  •  James Donnelly

Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Francis
CAST:  Glenda Jackson  •  Jon Finch  •  Kenneth Colley  •  James Donnelly

Hamlet (1980)

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Bennett
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Claire Bloom  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Eric Porter

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Bennett
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Claire Bloom  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Eric Porter

The Castiglioni Brothers (1958)

Based on Alberto Colantuoni's play, with the first feature film appearance of Peter O'Toole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Dunlop
CAST:  Sheila Allen  •  Valerie Gearon  •  Daphne Heard  •  Pat Heywood

Based on Alberto Colantuoni's play, with the first feature film appearance of Peter O'Toole.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Dunlop
CAST:  Sheila Allen  •  Valerie Gearon  •  Daphne Heard  •  Pat Heywood

Gauguin the Savage (1980)

Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentment in Tahiti.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Barrie Houghton  •  Flora Robson

Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentment in Tahiti.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Barrie Houghton  •  Flora Robson

Antony & Cleopatra (1981)

Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Miller
CAST:  Colin Blakely  •  Jane Lapotaire  •  Ian Charleson  •  Esmond Knight

Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Miller
CAST:  Colin Blakely  •  Jane Lapotaire  •  Ian Charleson  •  Esmond Knight

Pygmalion (1973)

The most famous and beloved of Shaw's plays, Pygmalion is a witty exploration of class and gender, Professor Henry Higgins bets his friend that they can take a poor flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, and pass her off as a duchess. They teach her perfect English, mannes, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cedric Messina
CAST:  Lynn Redgrave  •  James Villiers  •  Ronald Fraser  •  Emrys James

The most famous and beloved of Shaw's plays, Pygmalion is a witty exploration of class and gender, Professor Henry Higgins bets his friend that they can take a poor flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, and pass her off as a duchess. They teach her perfect English, mannes, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cedric Messina
CAST:  Lynn Redgrave  •  James Villiers  •  Ronald Fraser  •  Emrys James

The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)

The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Newell
CAST:  Richard Chamberlain  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Louis Jourdan

The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Newell
CAST:  Richard Chamberlain  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Louis Jourdan

Brecht and Co (1979)

Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vas
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Emrys James  •  Nick Brimble  •  Barry Stanton

Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vas
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Emrys James  •  Nick Brimble  •  Barry Stanton

Doctor Who: The Mind Robber (1968)

To escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis, the Second Doctor uses an emergency unit. It moves the TARDIS out of normal time and space. The travellers find themselves in an endless void where they are menaced by white robots. Having regained the safety of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Maloney
CAST:  Patrick Troughton  •  Frazer Hines  •  Hamish Wilson  •  Wendy Padbury

To escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis, the Second Doctor uses an emergency unit. It moves the TARDIS out of normal time and space. The travellers find themselves in an endless void where they are menaced by white robots. Having regained the safety of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Maloney
CAST:  Patrick Troughton  •  Frazer Hines  •  Hamish Wilson  •  Wendy Padbury

Doctor Who: State of Decay (1980)

Still trapped in E-Space, the Doctor, Romana, Adric and K9 encounter a medieval civilisation dominated by the Three Who Rule, vampires who govern from their mighty castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Moffatt
CAST:  Tom Baker  •  Lalla Ward  •  Matthew Waterhouse  •  John Leeson

Still trapped in E-Space, the Doctor, Romana, Adric and K9 encounter a medieval civilisation dominated by the Three Who Rule, vampires who govern from their mighty castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Moffatt
CAST:  Tom Baker  •  Lalla Ward  •  Matthew Waterhouse  •  John Leeson

The Mark of Satan (1980)

Edwyn sees the number nine everywhere and is convinced that forces of evil are at work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Leaver
CAST:  Peter McEnery  •  Georgina Hale  •  Emrys James  •  Antony Brown

Edwyn sees the number nine everywhere and is convinced that forces of evil are at work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Leaver
CAST:  Peter McEnery  •  Georgina Hale  •  Emrys James  •  Antony Brown

Out Of Love (1988)

The shy, hard-working farmer Thomas Price, whose life is dominated by his father Emrys, is strongly attracted to the independent Englishwoman Ruth and they become drawn into a passionate love affair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Houldey
CAST:  Juliet Stevenson  •  Dafydd Hywel  •  Emrys James  •  Gwenllian Davies

The shy, hard-working farmer Thomas Price, whose life is dominated by his father Emrys, is strongly attracted to the independent Englishwoman Ruth and they become drawn into a passionate love affair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Houldey
CAST:  Juliet Stevenson  •  Dafydd Hywel  •  Emrys James  •  Gwenllian Davies