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Kim 1984 3 stars

    TV, 150 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Davies
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Ravi Sheth, Julian Glover, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Mick Ford, Bill Leadbitter, Roger Booth, Peter Childs, Noel Coleman, Sneh Gupta, Nadira, Lavlin

  This made-for-TV version of Rudyard Kipling's story provides good viewing as orphaned Kim (Ravi Sheth) is recruited by the British and trained by the British Secret Service's Mahbub Ali (Bryan Brown) for espionage work in India. With mentors Mahbub Ali and a Buddhist monk (Peter O'Toole), Kim cooperates in helping spy on Russian infiltrators in the Himalaya Mountains.

A Married Man 1984 2 and a half stars

    TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Davies, Charles Jarrott
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Tracey Childs, Lise Hilboldt, John Le Mesurier, Julian Sands, Ciaran Madden, Sophie Ashton, Yvonne Coulette

  Barrister John (Anthony Hopkins) is a happily married man who has a brief extramarital affair with disastrous results. A British TV miniseries that delves deeply into the British legal system.

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 1980 2 stars

    TV, 180 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Davies, Tony Wharmby
Cast: Francesca Annis, John Gielgud, James Warwick, Bernard Miles, Eric Porter, Leigh Lawson, Madeline Smith, Robert Longden, Connie Booth, Doris Hare, Joan Hickson

  Based on the Agatha Christie novel, this complicated, made-for-TV film is long and, at times, hard to follow the convoluted plot. With some humor thrown in, it follows Lady Frances Derwent (Francesca Annis) and Bobby Jones (James Warwick) as they solve the mystery.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Kim (1984)
2. A Married Man (1984)
3. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)

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