Bleak House 1985  TV, 391 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ross Devenish
Cast: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, T.P. McKenna, Philip Franks, Brian Deacon, Robert Urquhart, Lucy Hornack, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sumpter, George Sewell, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Coleridge, Suzanne Burden, Chris Pitt, Robin Bailey
This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel revolves around doddering lawyers who are handling the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case at the Court of the Chancery in London. As the inheritance case drags on and ruins lives, the lawyers still collect money.
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Dead Cert 1974  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Scott Antony, Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Nina Thomas, Julian Glover, Mark Digham, John Bindon, Joseph Batchley, Ian Hogg, Sean Lynch, Geoffrey Bateman, Bill Fraser
After his friend Bill Davidson (Ian Hogg) dies from injuries suffered during a steeplechase accident, Alan York (Scott Antony) investigates the accident and, with the help of Bill's widow (Judi Dench), finds more than a little corruption going on behind the scenes.
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Escape from the Dark 1977  G, 104 min.
Genre: Family
aka: The Littlest Horse Thieves
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne, Susan Tebbs, Andrew Harrison, Prunella Scales, Jeremy Bulloch, Duncan Lamont, Ian Hogg, Richard Warner
Pet ponies are scheduled for slaughter when the owner of a Yorkshire coal mine decides to modernize. But, three children come to the ponies' rescue. Pretty good Disney.
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Hennessy 1975 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Eric Porter, Peter Egan, Ian Hogg, John Hallam, Patrick Stewart
An Irish Republican Army officer, Hennessy (Rod Steiger), plots to assassinate the Royal family while avenging the death of his own family members.
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 King Lear 1971 PG, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Susan Engel, Anne-Lise Gabold, Jack MacGowran, Alan Webb, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Tom Fleming, Ian Hogg, Soren Elung Jensen, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Barry Stanton
Paul Scofield plays the aging King Lear, father of three very ambitious daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia (Irene Worth, Susan Engel, and Anne-Lise Gabold). Lear bases the decision for whom to leave his kingdom to on who loves him the most. Cordelia won't play her father's game, and he exiles her. Now, Goneril and Regan deceive Lear and plot to take away all of his power. Meanwhile, Gloucester (Alan Webb) and his two sons Edmund and Edgar (Ian Hogg and Robert Langdon Lloyd) have their own problems, which are also based on unfaithfulness and scheming against the father. This intricate Shakespeare play is staged in an interesting manner.
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Lady Jane 1986  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Trevor Nunn
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern, Jill Bennett, Jane Lapotaire, Patrick Stewart, Joss Ackland, Lee Montague, Richard Johnson, Warren Saire, Sara Kestelman, Ian Hogg, Richard Vernon, David Waller
When Henry VIII died, he left the English throne to his sickly son Edward (Warren Saire) who died a short time later. On his death, 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) became Queen of England. Her right to the crown was immediately challenged, and this is the story of her battle for what was hers.
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The Last Valley 1971 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: James Clavell
Cast: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport, Per Oscarsson, Arthur O'Connell, Madeleine Hinde, Yorgo Voyagis, Miguel Alejandro, Christian Roberts, Brian Blessed, Ian Hogg
Set during the Thirty Years War, this story takes place in a peaceful, hidden valley whose inhabitants are visited by a former teacher, Vogel (Omar Sharif), and then by an army led by The Captain (Michael Caine). Both men are looking for a reprieve from the outside world. They winter over in the valley and then go on their way–leaving the valley and its inhabitants in peace.
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The Legacy 1978 R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Legacy of Maggie Walsh
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing, Ian Hogg, Margaret Tyzack, Charles Gray, Lee Montague, Roger Daltrey, Hildegarde Neil, Marianne Broome, William Abney, Patsy Smart, Mathias Kilroy, Reg Harding
Maggie Walsh (Katharine Ross) and Pete Danner (Sam Elliott) travel to England, and, when their car is forced off the road, they stay in a mansion where Satanic followers reside. Gruesome, demonic rites occur.
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| 1. Bleak House (1985)
2. Dead Cert (1974)
3. Escape from the Dark (1977)
aka: The Littlest Horse Thieves
4. Hennessy (1975)
5. King Lear (1971)
6. Lady Jane (1986)
7. The Last Valley (1971)
8. The Legacy (1978)
aka: The Legacy of Maggie Walsh
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