Nicholas Jones — Actor (21)
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The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
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actor: Hayley Mills / Holly Aird …
other title: Land des Feuerbaums / Los árboles de Thika …
Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I, and the changes it brings.
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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990)
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Clive Donner actor: Ed Begley Jr. / Brian Protheroe …
other title: Es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt
Four victims of a stock swindle meet and plot to get their money back from the crooked financier responsible. Each man, an Oxford professor, a Harley Street physician, an art dealer and a British aristocrat deploy their individual talents in elaborate stings to get back "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less"
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Sharpe's Company (1994)
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Tom Clegg actor: Sean Bean / Daragh O'Malley …
other title: Die Scharfschützen - Kommando ohne Wiederkehr / La compañia de Sharpe
Spain, 1812. The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe's past uses a beautiful woman to revenge himself on Sharpe, now the father of her child. Sharpe has reason to be happy, he holds his daughter for the first time and is given command of the Light Company again, together with his captaincy. But will his happiness be short lived?
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The Blockhouse (1973)
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Clive Rees actor: Peter Sellers / Charles Aznavour …
other title: Il Bunker / Der Bunker …
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food, but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom, illness, and jealousy during their entrapment. Based on the Novel 'Le Blockhaus' by Jean Paul Clebert
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Lipstick on Your Collar (1993)
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Dennis Potter actor: Giles Thomas / Ewan McGregor …
other title: Du rouge à lèvres sur ton col / Lippenstift am Kragen
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.
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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
In the Heart of the Sea
Ron Howard actor: Chris Hemsworth / Benjamin Walker …
other title: Heart of the Sea - Le origini di Moby Dick / I havets hjerte …
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
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Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
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Ted Childs actor: John Thaw / Nicholas Jones …
other title: Kavanagh
James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills to the test regularly.
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The Children Act (2018)
The Children Act
Richard Eyre actor: Emma Thompson / Stanley Tucci …
other title: The Children Act - Il verdetto / Dommerens valg …
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
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Darkest Hour (2017)
Darkest Hour
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Joe Wright actor: Gary Oldman / Stephen Dillane …
other title: L'ora più buia / A Hora Mais Negra …
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.