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Clare Sutcliffe Movies

1983  
R  
A writer displays a troubling streak of opportunism in his personal and professional lives in this British drama. As the Falkland Islands war rages, journalist and aspiring historical writer James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) is working on a book that will examine the 1965 Suez crisis in a manner compatible with the current political climate. James is also pursuing Susan Barrington (Charlie Dore), a documentary filmmaker whose mother Ann (Rosemary Harris) is a noted expert on the Suez crisis and an outspoken leftist. While James has assured his publisher that his book will take a conservative view, he tells Susan and Ann that he's a socialist and that his book will reflect that position as he attempts to glean information from them. James also sleeps with Ann as his relationship with Susan hits a rough patch, but he isn't especially forgiving when he discovers that Susan has had a fling with Jeremy Hancock (Tim Curry), a tabloid journalist who has worked with both of them. The Ploughman's Lunch includes a sequence where the characters attend the 1982 Conservative Party conference, which was shot at the actual event (and includes a speech Margaret Thatcher delivered to the assembled Tories). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Jonathan PryceTim Curry, (more)
 
1972  
 
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business was also released as The Best Pair of Legs in Town. Both titles succinctly encapsulate the film's seedy showbiz ambience. The story is set at a British holiday camp, where a troupe of third-rate entertainers do their best to keep the patrons happy, staging musical revues, beauty contests and the like. Essentially a comedy, the film has an inner lining of pathos: like Archie Rice in The Entertainer, the main characters are losers but won't admit it. Reg Varney and Diane Coupland top the cast. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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1970  
 
When two teenage girls fantasize about their sexual yearnings, one is stalked by a psychopathic murderer. Wynne (Jenny Agutter) is adopted by a family and soon has a massive crush on her stepbrother George (Bryan Marshall). Her friend Corrine (Clare Sutcliffe) is Wynne's virginal friend who alludes to being sexually experienced. The two go into the woods where Corrine is raped and killed by an unknown assailant who has terrorized the countryside with his brutal carnage. When George is accused of the crime, Wynne must prove he is innocent in this thrilling slasher feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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Starring:
Jenny AgutterBryan Marshall, (more)