Edward Bennett Movies
As the BBC forensics drama Waking the Dead enters into its second series, the Cold Case team attempts to capture a frightening copycat serial killer, delves deep into the dangerous London criminal underworld, attempt to solve the murder of a prominent Home Officer Advisor while being audited by the Home Office, and makes a series of unfortunate mistakes while attempting to finally bring closure to an unsolved murder case. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2000
During a Monopoly match with Hastings, Poirot is interrupted by an aristocratic banker to investigate the disappearance of a client. The client, who was supposed to sell the bank a map to a lucrative silver mine, is found murdered, and a young stockbroker is implicated in the crime. Poirot works his way through a convoluted web of clues to confront the killer at an opium den. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Suchet
- 1995
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David Suchet once again takes on the role of Agatha Christie's super sleuth Herecule Poirot in Hercule Poirot's Christmas. Although he planned on an enjoyable holiday at home, Poirot accepts a job offer from a wealthy man after discovering his apartment will be without heat. Soon the detective must solve a murder and uncover some dark family secrets. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1994
Two years after losing both her husband and an unborn baby in a single week, Alice (Julie Walters) hopes to satisfy her maternal urges by adopting a baby. Unfortunately, the adoption agencies in Britain and the Continent are unable to match up Alice with her much-coveted newborn child. Dragging her reluctant new boyfriend along, Alice heads to the poverty-stricken inner regions of Venezuela, there to find a baby by whatever means possible, legal or otherwise. First telecast on Britain's BBC1 under its original title Bambino Mio, this 90-minute film has been released to video in Europe as Mon Enfant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
In a small Cornish town, a wife suspects her dentist husband of slowly poisoning her because he's got the hots for his young, blond assistant. When Poirot (David Suchet) steps in to investigate, he finds that the wife is partially correct, but solving the real mystery is more complicated than it first appeared. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Suchet
- 1990
Following a jewelry heist, Poirot (David Suchet) is approached by an enigmatic veiled lady who requests his help in thwarting a blackmailer. His investigative tactics place him briefly on the wrong side of the law, and Poirot is thrilled to learn his fame as a detective has reached the criminal classes. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Suchet
- 1988
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Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing was first aired in the U.K. in 1988. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the disappearance of missing teenager Valerie Craven (Melissa Simmonds). After visiting her acquaintances at the Homewood School for Girls, Morse believes she was murdered. Before they can solve the case, headmaster Cheryl Baines (Suzanne Bertish) turns up dead. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- 1986
In this comedy, a band of financiers attempt to break a Russian gangster out of Soviet prison and use him to manipulate the London Stock Exchange. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1983
An interesting approach to the English-Irish tensions, this is the first feature film done by British documentary filmmaker Edward Bennett. The story revolves around a young woman from a wealthy family who protests the horrors she witnesses in her life by the increasing debility of her own body. When her brother is killed, she loses the use of her right arm. When the Catholics and Protestants demonstrate increasing violence and tension, she becomes mute. It is an interesting metaphor, but leaves the audience only visually involved in the storyline as the girl can no longer articulate what it is that is causing her to have these emotional schisms with her own body. Set just after WWI, it is still a powerful statement regarding the alienation found on common soil and the profound emotional effects it has on those who must live with it. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Julie Covington, Ian Charleson, (more)
- 1965
The Yankees and the Rebels must stop fighting over a stolen gold shipment and join forces to save a New Mexico fort from a major Indian attack in this western. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rory Calhoun, James Philbrook, (more)
In this crime drama, a naive young woman receives an unpleasant wake-up call when she learns that her seemingly wonderful beau is a notorious gangster. After he is sent to prison, she marries a charming assistant district attorney. Trouble comes when her old flame is paroled and comes looking for a reconciliation. A murder ensues and the woman's brother is framed for the crime, causing her to go up against her own spouse in court to prove that her brother is innocent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, (more)
Talented B-picture director Joseph H. Lewis wasn't yet in the "auteur" class when he helmed the PRC quickie Criminals Within. Eternal juvenile Eric Linden plays Greg, an Army draftee accused of stealing a top-secret document. Escaping from the stockade, Greg tries to clear himself by exposing the real criminal, who turns out to be a foreign spy. He is aided in this endeavor by intrepid girl reporter Linda, played by the talented Ann Doran in one of her few feature-film starring assignments. The "gimmick" in Criminals Within is a dangerous new explosive formula-and this was four years before Hiroshima! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eric Linden, Ann Doran, (more)
