Ralph Richardson
Is eol do: Acting
Breithlá: 1902-12-19
Áit bhreithe: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Ar a dtugtar: Sir Ralph Richardson, Ральф Ричардсон, Ralph David Richardson, Ральф Дэвид Ричардсон
Doctor Zhivago
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship...
Scaoileadh : 1965.12.22Coitianta : 25.304
The Movie Orgy
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...
Scaoileadh : 1968.01.01Coitianta : 3.422
Dragonslayer
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...
Scaoileadh : 1981.06.26Coitianta : 17.814
Frankenstein: The True Story
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
Scaoileadh : 1974.09.19Coitianta : 5.813
The Four Feathers
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Scaoileadh : 1939.04.20Coitianta : 8.238
Exodus
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from...
Scaoileadh : 1960.12.15Coitianta : 16.808
Things to Come
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space...
Scaoileadh : 1936.03.31Coitianta : 15.847
The Man in the Iron Mask
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,...
Scaoileadh : 1977.07.17Coitianta : 9.717
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their...
Scaoileadh : 1984.03.30Coitianta : 22.437
Woman of Straw
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he...
Scaoileadh : 1964.04.28Coitianta : 10.181
Oh! What a Lovely War
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench...
Scaoileadh : 1969.03.10Coitianta : 5.614
Witness for the Prosecution
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the...
Scaoileadh : 1982.12.04Coitianta : 4.217
The Fallen Idol
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes...
Scaoileadh : 1948.09.30Coitianta : 9.338
Battle of Britain
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the...
Scaoileadh : 1969.09.15Coitianta : 18.157
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
Scaoileadh : 1972.02.11Coitianta : 7.254
Anna Karenina
Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's...
Scaoileadh : 1948.01.22Coitianta : 8.424
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but...
Scaoileadh : 1960.01.27Coitianta : 9.905
The Bed Sitting Room
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the...
Scaoileadh : 1969.06.01Coitianta : 4.957
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down...
Scaoileadh : 1972.11.20Coitianta : 14.827
The Ghoul
British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death,...
Scaoileadh : 1933.08.01Coitianta : 6.927
Give My Regards to Broad Street
When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his...
Scaoileadh : 1984.11.28Coitianta : 5.152
The Heiress
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who...
Scaoileadh : 1949.10.06Coitianta : 11.026
Khartoum
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians...
Scaoileadh : 1966.06.09Coitianta : 12.967
A Doll's House
Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and...
Scaoileadh : 1973.04.10Coitianta : 2.607
O Lucky Man!
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
Scaoileadh : 1973.03.25Coitianta : 6.545
Time Bandits
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've...
Scaoileadh : 1981.07.13Coitianta : 17.896
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife,...
Scaoileadh : 1962.10.09Coitianta : 5.806
Richard III
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for...
Scaoileadh : 1955.12.13Coitianta : 6.528
Q Planes
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test...
Scaoileadh : 1939.02.21Coitianta : 3.963
The Divorce of Lady X
The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce.
Scaoileadh : 1938.01.15Coitianta : 4.736
The Wrong Box
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Scaoileadh : 1966.06.19Coitianta : 8.166
The Day Will Dawn
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat...
Scaoileadh : 1942.06.08Coitianta : 2.143
The King of Paris
Domineering actor-manager Max Till takes the impoverished Maika Tamara under his wing, turning her into an overnight sensation. But as her fame...
Scaoileadh : 1934.11.05Coitianta : 1.133
Tales from the Crypt
Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic...
Scaoileadh : 1972.03.09Coitianta : 9.404
The Looking Glass War
When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under surveillance. Soon, he’s recruited to...
Scaoileadh : 1970.01.02Coitianta : 4.611
The Lion Has Wings
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the...
Scaoileadh : 1939.11.03Coitianta : 2.6
Moscow in Madrid
When David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to do location shooting in Moscow. Instead, he found a...
Scaoileadh : 1965.12.31Coitianta : 0.774
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
Scaoileadh : 1936.07.23Coitianta : 3.757
The Sound Barrier
Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.
Scaoileadh : 1952.10.10Coitianta : 6.516
The 300 Spartans
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to...
Scaoileadh : 1962.08.01Coitianta : 16.594
School for Secrets
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of...
Scaoileadh : 1946.12.23Coitianta : 1.838
The Citadel
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at...
Scaoileadh : 1938.10.29Coitianta : 3.98
On the Night of the Fire
A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
Scaoileadh : 1939.10.26Coitianta : 2.104
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.
Scaoileadh : 1973.01.03Coitianta : 1.567
Bulldog Jack
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to...
Scaoileadh : 1935.09.01Coitianta : 1.088
Outcast of the Islands
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal...
Scaoileadh : 1951.11.15Coitianta : 4.21
The Holly and the Ivy
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
Scaoileadh : 1952.12.03Coitianta : 3.03
Thunder in the City
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Scaoileadh : 1937.04.22Coitianta : 0.938
The Silver Fleet
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to...
Scaoileadh : 1943.03.15Coitianta : 4.152
Bees on the Boat-Deck
Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.
Scaoileadh : 1939.01.11Coitianta : 0.141
South Riding
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity...
Scaoileadh : 1938.08.01Coitianta : 1.337
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.
Scaoileadh : 1934.04.19Coitianta : 1.488
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and...
Scaoileadh : 1962.12.28Coitianta : 1.418
Smiley
Smiley Greevins is a cheeky, mischievous, imaginative little boy who lives in the small town of Murrumbilla in the Australian outback. His father...
Scaoileadh : 1956.06.28Coitianta : 1.451
Charlie Muffin
Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas...
Scaoileadh : 1979.12.11Coitianta : 1.819
Oscar Wilde
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate...
Scaoileadh : 1960.05.29Coitianta : 2.401
No Man's Land
'No Man's Land' is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the...
Scaoileadh : 1978.10.03Coitianta : 0.954
Eagle in a Cage
1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon
Scaoileadh : 1972.01.09Coitianta : 1.793
Midas Run
A veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.
Scaoileadh : 1969.05.07Coitianta : 2.405
The Volunteer
World War II propaganda film.
Scaoileadh : 1944.01.10Coitianta : 0.592
Java Head
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer,...
Scaoileadh : 1934.07.31Coitianta : 0.827
Invitation to the Wedding
An American student arrives in England for the wedding of his room-mate's sister.
Scaoileadh : 1983.01.01Coitianta : 0.986
Twelfth Night
Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John...
Scaoileadh : 1970.07.12Coitianta : 2.532
Home at Seven
Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.
Scaoileadh : 1952.03.16Coitianta : 2.338
Home
David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.
Scaoileadh : 1972.01.06Coitianta : 0.551
Rollerball
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy...
Scaoileadh : 1975.06.25Coitianta : 14.711
Smith
John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the...
Scaoileadh : 1939.06.28Coitianta : 0.525
Watership Down
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a...
Scaoileadh : 1978.10.14Coitianta : 13.001
Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Scaoileadh : 1972.11.22Coitianta : 3.184
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles...
Scaoileadh : 1965.01.01Coitianta : 1.177
Upon This Rock
Drama describing the story of the building of Saint Peter's Cathedral, Vatican, Rome.
Scaoileadh : 1970.01.01Coitianta : 0.826
The Passionate Stranger
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young...
Scaoileadh : 1957.03.04Coitianta : 1.273
Dreyfus
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into...
Scaoileadh : 1931.04.18Coitianta : 0.742
Johnson Over Jordan
Adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s play.
Scaoileadh : 1965.02.04Coitianta : 0.188
David Copperfield
A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin...
Scaoileadh : 1969.12.01Coitianta : 4.581
Chimes at Midnight
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur....
Scaoileadh : 1965.12.22Coitianta : 9.46
Cricket
Through the pattern of this film a ‘Test’ at Lord’s runs like a thread and a broadcast commentary on the match is imposed on the...
Scaoileadh : 1950.11.18Coitianta : 0.297
Come Saturday
Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."
Scaoileadh : 1949.01.02Coitianta : 0.129
Heart to Heart
A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.
Scaoileadh : 1962.12.06Coitianta : 0.882
Eagles of the Fleet
Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."
Scaoileadh : 1950.12.31Coitianta : 0.319
Directed by William Wyler
Documentary about the famed Hollywood director.
Scaoileadh : 1986.05.01Coitianta : 1.896
Friday the Thirteenth
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen...
Scaoileadh : 1933.11.01Coitianta : 2.173
Jesus of Nazareth
Robert Powell stars in the epic 1977 drama chronicling the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. With Laurence Olivier, James Earl...
Scaoileadh : 1977.03.27Coitianta : 3.042