Juliet Harmer Movies
British playwright David Hare both wrote and directed the complicated political melodrama Paris By Night. Charlotte Rampling plays a Tory member of the European parliament, who lets absolutely nothing get in way of her ambitions. At present, Rampling is convinced that she is being blackmailed by her ex-business partner Andrew Ray. Upon accidentally meeting Ray, Rampling impulsively murders the man. In a deliciously ironic turn of events, she is approached by Ray's daughter Sinead Cusack, who hopes that Rampling will help her locate her missing dad. Rampling eventually finds out Ray had been innocent all along-but a greater shock awaits her at home, at the hands of her long-neglected husband Michael Gambon. Paris By Night contains far too many cute coincidences to be credible, but this fact doesn't immediately sink in as the audience revels in the film's superlative performances and David Hare's adroit manipulation of people, places and events. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, (more)
The last of four "medical" entries in the Carry On series is also the lewdest; whether it's the funniest is a matter of taste (taste?) The action takes places at Finisham Maternity Hospital. If you liked that "Finisham" gag, you'll adore such characters as Susan Ball, Miss Willing, and Mrs. Putzova. Oh, yes, we must have a plot somewhere. It seems that a group of thieves hope to steal a huge shipment of contraceptives from the hospital. Alas and alack for them, Matron (Hattie Jacques) and head doctor Sir Bernard Cutting (Kenneth Williams) remain forever underfoot. Other stalwart Carry On-ers in the cast, many in surprisingly fleeting roles, include Kevin Connor, Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
This science fiction/fantasy is loosely based on a story by John Wyndham (best known for The Day of the Triffids). Scientist Collin (Tom Bell) stumbles across a parallel world in which President Kennedy is not shot, Vietnam hasn't happened, and Ottilie (Joan Collins), the woman he loves, dies unexpectedly of a heart condition. While he is happy enough with the rest of his new world, he can't stand by and let his true love die in his original world, and he determines to return to his own place and time to save her. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1967
In this drama, a singer on her husband's weekly television show suddenly decides to begin a new life without him. She then quits her job and moves into the house of another man, a good friend, not a lover. When she learns that her husband is looking for a replacement singer, she does her best to stop him. The couple eventually reunites after the husband saves her from the attack of a lascivious drunken Australian during a wild party. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wendy Craig, Francis Matthews, (more)
- 1966
Adam Adamant Lives was first screened on BBC1 on June 23, 1966, and ran for two seasons. Over the 29 episodes this quirky fantasy -- the BBC's answer to The Avengers, conceived by Sydney Newman, the creator of Doctor Who -- became a household name, and family favorite. Adam Adamant, a much-celebrated hero of the Edwardian era (played by RADA-trained actor Gerald Harper), had been frozen in time in 1902 by his archenemy, The Face, only to be discovered by accident, unearthed from a building site in 1966. After initial confusion the out-of-time gentlemen soon finds trusty companions: Swinging '60s Londoner Georgina Jones (Juliet Harmer), and the eccentric entertainer William Simms (Jack May), both of whom help him solve a series of mysterious crimes in '60s London. ~ Jon Mills, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gerald Harper, Juliet Harmer, (more)
- 1965
Diana Rigg made her first Avengers appearance as lissome "amateur agent" Emma Peel in this episode, which was originally broadcast on October 2, 1965. Written by Brian Clemens, the episode takes place in the village of Little Bazeley by the Sea, where several agents have vanished without a trace. Steed and Emma head to the tiny community, where they meet a wall of resistance from the locals. . .and a potentially horrible death during a nocturnal badger hunt. Scattered prints still exist of the unbroadcast version of this episode, in which Elizabeth Berridge played Emma. Curiously, "Town of No Return" was not the first Avengers installment to be telecast in America; instead, it was shown as the 21st in the series, on September 1, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
