Richard Vernon Movies
British character actor Richard Vernon specialized in playing dignified, stiff upper-lipped nobles, military officers, and patriarchs in a wide variety of films and television programs. Though he had an uncredited bit part in Indiscreet (1958), Vernon did not make his formal film debut until he played Sir Edgar Hargreaves in Village of the Damned (1960). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi... (read more)British character actor Richard Vernon specialized in playing dignified, stiff upper-lipped nobles, military officers, and patriarchs in a wide variety of films and television programs. Though he had an uncredited bit part in Indiscreet (1958), Vernon did not make his formal film debut until he played Sir Edgar Hargreaves in Village of the Damned (1960). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Loch Ness
PG 1995
A scientist finds himself walking a fine line between reason and fantasy in this family-oriented drama. Dr. Jonathan Dempsey (Ted Danson) is an American scientist who has...
The Borrowers
NR 1994
Based on the famous children's novels by Mary Norton, this BBC production stars the diminutive Ian Holm as the even-more-diminutive patriarch of The Borrowers, a family...
Return of the Borrowers
1993
First telecast by the BBC on November 14, 1993, the two-part British TV movie The Return of the Borrowers is a sequel to the classic children's book by Mary Norton....
A Month in the Country
PG 1987
Pat O'Connor directs this tranquil version of the J. L. Carr novel, adapted for the screen by Simon Gray. The film concerns two emotionally scarred men recovering from the...
Lady Jane
PG13 1985
Lady Jane Grey, the 16-year-old girl who for nine days in the 16th century was Queen of England, is here portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. Lady Jane Grey's sickly...
Night Train to Murder
1983
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Gandhi
PG 1982
It was Richard Attenborough's lifelong dream to bring the life story of Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi to the screen. When it finally reached fruition...
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
From its humble beginnings as a four-character short story, Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution matriculated into a long-running London and Broadway stage hit, as...
Evil Under the Sun
PG 1981
Peter Ustinov makes his second appearance as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie mystery. When noted stage star Arlena...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy began as a 1978 BBC radio series by Douglas Adams, who adapted the material into a bestselling novel in 1979. This six-part BBC television...
Oh, Heavenly Dog!
PG 1980
Any comedy should be suspect when the lead character, in this case Benjamin Browning, is played both by an actor (Chevy Chase) and a lovable dog (Benji). Private eye...
The Human Factor
R 1979
This routine espionage drama is based on a novel by Graham Greene about a low-level British informant who is caught in a trap. Castle (Nicol Williamson) has a desk job in...
Sammy's Super T-Shirt
1978
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
PG 1976
Most Inspector Clouseau fans regard The Pink Panther Strikes Again as the best of the clumsy Parisian detective's "comeback" films of the 1970s. Driven insane by the...
Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride
R 1973
The final installment in Hammer Studios' Dracula series is also the least interesting of the lot. A fairly direct follow-up to Dracula A.D. 1972, this sequel finds the...
Upstairs, Downstairs: Series 03
1973
The third season of the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs sweeps past the Edwardian era to cover the pre-war years between 1912 and 1914. Because actress Rachel...
She'll Follow You Anywhere
1971
She'll Follow You Anywhere concerns two swinging bachelors who discover a love potion that makes women find them irresistible. Son each man learns the truth behind the old...
Persuasion
1971
Adapted from Jane Austen's final novel, the five-part British drama series Persuasion starred Anne Firbank as Anne Elliot, a young woman dangerously close to...
Song of Norway
1970
This musical biography of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (Torval Maurstad) is based on the play of the same name. Living in poverty after graduating from a music conservatory,...
One Brief Summer
1970
A well-to-do widower with a cozy mistress and a country estate falls for his young houseguest, the inexperienced daughter of a friend of his, and marries her. This causes his...