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Anna Karenina (BBC) (1990)
6.6/10
Director: Basil Coleman
Starring: Nicola Pagett, Eric Porter, Stuart Wilson
Nicola Pagett stars as Anna Karenina in this wonderful adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's powerful and timeless tale of passion set in Russia in the 1870s. A... Read more
Oliver Twist (BBC) (1985)
6.9/10
Director: Gareth Davis
Starring: Eric Porter, Lysette Anthony, Michael Attwell, Pip Donaghy, Scott Funnell
Exceptional BBC mini-series adaptation of Dickens' timeless tale, the story of the poor boy who asked for more. Born into a miserable workhouse orphan... Read more
Agatha Christie Mysteries: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
Director: Tony Wharmby
Starring: Eric Porter, Francesca Annis, John Gielgud, James Warwick
Meet another pair of the best selling writer's witty crime solvers: Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, out to investigate a murder on a Welsh golf... Read more
The Belstone Fox (1973)
6.7/10
Director: James Hill
Starring: Eric Porter, Jeremy Kemp, Bill Travers, Rachel Roberts, Dennis Waterman
Based on the book 'The Ballad of the Belstone Fox' by David Rook, which was also the source for the Disney classic 'The Fox & The Hound', this live ac... Read more
The Thirty-Nine Steps ( The 39 Steps ) (1978)
6.6/10
Director: Don Sharp
Starring: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills
This suspenseful thriller is much closer to John Buchan's original novel than has been filmed before. With a fine cast of British character actors inc... Read more
Hammer Horror Collection: Vampire Circus / Hands of the Ripper / Twins of Evil (1971)
Director: John Hough, Peter Sasdy, Robert Young
Starring: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, David Prowse, Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Peter...
A Hammer Films triple feature! 'Vampire Circus' (84 mins) - Angry villagers stake to death Count Mitterhaus who swears his revenge on the townsfolk. 1... Read more
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Edward Fox, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Lonsdale, Eric Porte...
A rivetting thriller of an assassin hired to kill Charles De Gaulle, juxtaposing his calm preparation for the shooting against the tense international... Read more
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
7.4/10
Director: Jack Gold
Starring: Rick Schroder, Alec Guinness, Eric Porter, Colin Blakely, Connie Booth, Rachel K...
Ricky Schroder plays Ceddie, a sweet-natured boy living in lower class Manhattan, when his mysterious English grandfather (Alec Guiness) sends for him... Read more
Callan (1974)
7/10
Director: Don Sharp
Starring: Edward Woodward, Eric Porter, Carl Mohner, Catherine Schell, Peter Egan, Russell...
TV viewers first met secret agent Callan in a one-off armchair theatre play "A Magnum for Schneider", in which the disgraced former top secret service... Read more
The Day of the Jackal ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.8/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Alan Badel, Cyril Cusack, Delphine Seyrig, Edward Fox, Eric Porter, Michael Lons...
Based on Frederick Forsyths best-selling novel of political intrigue, The Day of the Jackal, tells of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the Fre... Read more
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
7.3/10
Director: Franklin J Schaffner
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Tom Baker, Michael Bryant, Maurice...
The epic, lavish, yet ultimately tragic true story of Tsar Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), a man who lost an empire because he couldn't say 'no' to his... Read more