Movies: Peter Benson

  • 1979
    Tess

    Tess (1979)

    Tess

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    A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences....

    Tess
  • 1978
    The First Great Train Robbery

    The First Great Train Robbery (1978)

    The First Great Train Robbery

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    In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train....

    The First Great Train Robbery
  • 1978
    The Shout

    The Shout (1978)

    The Shout

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    A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host....

    The Shout
  • 1980
    Hawk the Slayer

    Hawk the Slayer (1980)

    Hawk the Slayer

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    Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors...

    Hawk the Slayer
  • 1970
    Cry of the Banshee

    Cry of the Banshee (1970)

    Cry of the Banshee

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    In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknow...

    Cry of the Banshee
  • 1969
    Putney Swope

    Putney Swope (1969)

    Putney Swope

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    Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman....

    Putney Swope
  • 1983
    The Tragedy of Richard III

    The Tragedy of Richard III (1983)

    The Tragedy of Richard III

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    Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward has hi...

    The Tragedy of Richard III
  • 1980
    Hamlet

    Hamlet (1980)

    Hamlet

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    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....

    Hamlet
  • 1983
    Henry VI Part 1

    Henry VI Part 1 (1983)

    Henry VI Part 1

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    The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts....

    Henry VI Part 1
  • 1983
    Henry VI Part 3

    Henry VI Part 3 (1983)

    Henry VI Part 3

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    The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts....

    Henry VI Part 3
  • 1981
    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale (1981)

    The Winter's Tale

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    The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. W...

    The Winter's Tale
  • 1983
    Henry VI Part 2

    Henry VI Part 2 (1983)

    Henry VI Part 2

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    The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts....

    Henry VI Part 2
  • 1992
    The Count of Solar

    The Count of Solar (1992)

    The Count of Solar

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    The true story of mysterious deaf-mute boy Joseph in France just before the revolution....

    The Count of Solar
  • 1978
    The Dancing Princesses

    The Dancing Princesses (1978)

    The Dancing Princesses

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    A made-for-TV retelling of the story "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," directed by Ben Rea, featuring Jim Dale as the Soldier, Freddie Jones as the destitute King, and Gloria Grahame as the Witch. Significant changes were made to the story, including ...

    The Dancing Princesses
  • 1978
    The Sailor's Return

    The Sailor's Return (1978)

    The Sailor's Return

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    Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community....

    The Sailor's Return
  • 1994
    Requiem Apache

    Requiem Apache (1994)

    Requiem Apache

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    Alan Bleasdale's comic crime caper for Channel 4 about a former getaway driver desperate to leave his life of crime behind. Featuring Alfred Molina, David Ross, Amanda Mealing, Andrew Schofield and Julie Walters. Raymond Murtagh's Requim Apache tell...

    Requiem Apache
  • 1975
    Waiting at the Field Gate

    Waiting at the Field Gate (1975)

    Waiting at the Field Gate

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    Lightning Gallat is the village slaughterer and a man of distinction. Where does he draw the line?...

    Waiting at the Field Gate
  • 1983
    The Battle of Waterloo

    The Battle of Waterloo (1983)

    The Battle of Waterloo

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    For the infantrymen, old hands and raw recruits, 36 hours of forced march and a night in pouring rain are followed by a day in a muddy cornfield, facing cannon, cavalry, and infantry. If they're still standing as the day ends, they've won....

    The Battle of Waterloo
  • 1985
    The Burston Rebellion

    The Burston Rebellion (1985)

    The Burston Rebellion

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    Drama reconstructing the events of a strike by the schoolchildren of a Norfolk school in 1914, who refused to accept the dismissal of their teachers, Tom and Annie Higdon, who were both socialists....

    The Burston Rebellion
  • 1978
    Night People

    Night People (1978)

    Night People

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    A classical string quartet stop at a motorway cafe in early hours. Among the people they meet are a football supporter, a commercial traveller and an elderly couple on their way to Gretna Green to get married....

    Night People