Roger Hume Movies
In his native Britain, Roger Hume is best remembered for portraying Bert Fry on the long-running BBC radio drama The Archers. His film credits include A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and Car Trouble (1986). Hume also appeared on a few television shows, including John Cleese's classic comedy Fawlty Towers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi- 1999
Still escaping from the PeaceKeepers, the living starship Moya and her crew are shielded from detection by an instellar phenomenon, the handiwork of an insectoid race called the Drak. Partly out of necessity, partly out of gratitude, the crew agrees to protect the Drak queen during her spawning period. Unfortunately, the queen can only deposit her eggs under extremely high temperatures -- so high that they may prove fatal to renegade PeaceKeeper Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black). The third filmed episode of Farscape, "Exodus From Genesis" was the second episode to be broadcast, on March 26, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1996
Empty-nest syndrome confronts some harried parents in this BBC made-for-television movie. When two sets of parents go off to Cambridge for college enrollment interviews for their children, the realization that the kids are grown up and moving on finally hits home. The film has some touching moments with its somewhat familiar theme. It was followed by a sequel the following year, Cold Enough For Snow. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi
In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese -- and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael Palin, Cleese's former Monty Python cohort, plays a stuttering mob flunkey who continually messes up his one big assignment: killing a little old lady (it isn't that he has any qualms about knocking off the old dear; it's just that her pet dogs keep getting in the way). A Fish Called Wanda was scripted by star John Cleese. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, (more)
In this comedy, Julie Walters and Ian Charleson play a married couple, Jacqueline and Gerald, who somehow endure a fractious relationship that would have sent others running to divorce court in a second. One point of contention is Gerald's new Jaguar, a car he would take over Jacqueline any day. When she is trapped inside the new car with an amorous salesman in a compromising clinch, the police have to cut up the Jag in order to get them out. From that point onward, Gerald has murderous designs on his wife, and the comedy thins out even more. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Julie Walters, Ian Charleson, (more)
- 1974
In Anatomy of Terror, a made-for-TV spy mystery thriller, a Korean war vet (Paul Burke) discovers that he is the victim of brainwashing and must depend on the help of his girlfriend (Polly Bergen) to learn the truth. The plot has some interesting twists, but the cast gives uniformly lackluster performances -- not aided by the poor production values and direction of this low-budget thriller. Viewers are advised to watch The Manchurian Candidate which covers much of the same material with more interesting results. Anatomy of Terror was also released as An Echo of Teresa. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- 1973
An Echo of Theresa was the first 90-minute entry in the ABC-TV late-night anthology Wide World Mystery. Billed as a "psychological thriller," the videotaped drama stars Polly Bergen and Paul Burke. Bergen and Burke portray a middle-aged couple on their blissful second honeymoon. Ere long, however, the couple is plunged into a nightmare by the spectre of a dead woman -- who seems to know the husband quite well. William Job, Roger Hume and Dinsdale Landen co-star. First telecast January 15, 1973, An Echo of Theresa was rebroadcast several times thereafter. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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