Alec McCowen

All Movies of Alec McCowen

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 Year

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  7.6
  Gangs of New York
  As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in lower Manhattan's Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon (DiCaprio) returns seeking r...
  Character: Reverendo Raleigh

   2002

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  8.0
  The Age of Innocence
  Set in 1870s New York, Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE examines the tyranny of tradition and family heritage--and the tragic consequences of breaking societys unspoken rules. Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), an upstanding...
   1993

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  7.6
  Henry V
  The gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
  Character: Bishop of Ely

   1989

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  Personal Services
  The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne.
   1987

• 
  6.9
  Cry Freedom
  An epic drama based on the true story of newspaper editor Donald Woods' investigation into the murder of nationalist leader Steven Biko. Mistrustful of each other at first, but joined in their common desire to end apartheid, the b...
  Character: Acting High Commissioner

   1987

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  The Assam Garden
  An embittered, lonely old widow reluctantly tends her late husband's garden and discovers that more than flowers can bloom there when she encounters her East Indian neighbor, a woman with an ailing husband. This touching drama chr...
  Character: Mr. Philpott

   1985

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  6.6
  Never Say Never Again
  A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.
  Character: 'Q' Algy

   1983

• 
  4.7
  Hanover Street
  During the Second World War, an American Pilot stationed in England meets a young British nurse during an air raid on London. The two instantly fall in love, despite the fact that the young Nurse is already married; a secret she k...
  Character: Major Trumbo

   1979

• 
  9.0
  Stevie
  This movie portrays British poet/author Stevie Smith and her life with her beloved aunt through direct dialogue with the audience by Stevie, as well as flashbacks, and narration by a friend. The movie mainly focuses on her relatio...
   1978

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  Private Lives (TV)
  Amanda and Elyot used to be tempestuously married to each other. Now, each has remarried, and they find themselves in adjoining suites at the same hotel.
   1976

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  7.6
  Frenzy
  London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determin...
  Character: Chief Inspector Tim Oxford

   1972

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  7.0
  Travels with My Aunt
  At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
  Character: Henry Pulling

   1972

• 
  6.7
  In the Cool of the Day
  After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. Th...
  Character: Dickie Bayliss

   1963

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  The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
  A Borstal boy has nothing going for him except the ability to run. He is selected to compete against a public school and starts a training programme, during which he relives his troubled past and plans how to show his contempt for
   1962

• 
  7.5
  A Night to Remember
  The crew and passengers of the Titanic fight to survive when the legendary ship strikes an iceberg.
  Character: Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam

   1958

• 
  5.3
  The Silent Enemy
  In the Mediterranean in 1941 the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibraltar to organise defenses, but finds only two British divers availab...
   1958

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  6.0
  Time Without Pity
  Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec's father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writ...
   1957

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  The Good Companions
  A touring variety troupe, the "Dinky Doos" are in financial trouble. An encounter with three strangers - Inigo Jollifant (a romantic, song-writing ex-schoolmaster), Miss Trant (a philanthropic spinster in search of adven...
   1957

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  The Divided Heart
  During World War II, a German woman named Inga (Cornell Borchers, who won a Best Foreign Actress BAFTA Award) goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by childles...
  Character: Reporter

   1954

• 
  7.3
  The Cruel Sea
  At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselve...
  Character: Tonbridge

   1953