Richard Johnson — Actor (41)
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Breaking the Code (1996)
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Herbert Wise actor: Derek Jacobi / Alun Armstrong …
other title: Der codierte Mann / Descifrando el código
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.
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Oedipus the King (1968)
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Philip Saville actor: Christopher Plummer / Lilli Palmer …
other title: König Oedipus / Edipo rey …
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
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Sin (1971)
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George P. Cosmatos actor: Raquel Welch / Richard Johnson …
other title: Femmina violenta / Heisskaltes Blut …
When Orestes returns to his Greek island homeland after several years in London to settle his late father's estate, he begins an affair with Elena, who is married to his childhood friend Yanni. Their adultery soon leads to violence and tragedy.
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Happy Days (2000)
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Patricia Rozema actor: Rosaleen Linehan / Richard Johnson
An adaptation of Samuel Beckett's absurdist drama. An ordinary woman lives her humdrum life half-buried in a pile of dirt; her husband is partially visible behind her. She goes through her daily routines, ever hopeful that this is going to be a happy day.
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Beyond the Door (1974)
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Ovidio G. Assonitis / Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli actor: Juliet Mills / Gabriele Lavia …
other title: Chi sei? / Wer bist Du? …
Jessica Barrett, wife and mother of two young children, begins to show signs of demonic possession while pregnant with her third child. As she seeks help from her husband and doctor, a mysterious man approaches her and seems to have some answers.
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The Night Child (1975)
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Massimo Dallamano actor: Richard Johnson / Joanna Cassidy …
other title: Il medaglione insanguinato (Perche?!) / Émilie, l'enfant des ténébres …
The titular medallion is a gift presented to young Nicole Elmi. Once the girl places the gift around her neck, she is possessed by the spirit of a dead child who was a murderess.
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The Witch (1966)
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Damiano Damiani actor: Richard Johnson / Rosanna Schiaffino …
other title: La strega in amore / Hexe der Liebe …
A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.
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The Aerodrome (1983)
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Giles Foster actor: Peter Firth / Dominic Jephcott …
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner's 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by 'The Air Force.' Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.
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BASEketball (1998)
BASEketball
David Zucker actor: Trey Parker / Kevin Michael Richardson …
other title: Sem Trapaça Não Tem Graça / Die Sportskanonen …
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
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Cameraperson (2016)
Cameraperson
Kirsten Johnson actor: Kirsten Johnson / Jacques Derrida …
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.
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Treasure Island (1990)
Treasure Island
Fraser Clarke Heston actor: Charlton Heston / Christian Bale …
other title: L'isola del tesoro / Skatteøen …
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
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Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Kirsten Johnson actor: Richard Johnson / Kirsten Johnson …
other title: Dick Johnson è morto / Descansa En Paz Dick Johnson …
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
★ 4.6 9 ratings
Simon West actor: Angelina Jolie / Iain Glen …
other title: Lara Croft - Tomb Raider / Lara Croft : Tomb Raider
Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As an extremely rare planetary alignment is about to occur for the first time in 5,000 years, the fearless tomb raider will have to team up with rival adventurers and sworn enemies to collect the pieces, while time is running out. But, in the end, who can harness the archaic talisman's unlimited power?
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Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Zombi 2
★ 7.0 7 ratings
Lucio Fulci actor: Tisa Farrow / Ian McCulloch …
other title: Zombi 2 / Woodoo - Rædslernes Grønne Ø …
After an abandoned boat sails into New York harbor with a zombie aboard, a reporter teams up with the daughter of the boat's missing owner to investigate the island where he was last seen conducting research—the site of an alleged zombie outbreak.
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The Monster Club (1981)
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Roy Ward Baker actor: Vincent Price / Pat Roach …
other title: Il club dei mostri / Monster Club …
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him with three stories, each interspersed with musical performances at the club.
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The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2012)
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Mark Evans actor: Robert Webb / Katherine Parkinson …
A Victorian comedy adventure in the style of Charles Dickens following shop owner Jedrington Secret-Past. Jedrington teams up with a seemingly charming new business partner, Harmswell Grimstone. As the Secret-Past family's fortunes rise, it looks like they are built on crumbling foundations indeed, especially when it is revealed that Conceptiva too has a secret that turns out to be even darker than Jedrington's own.