10 Rillingham Place 1971  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, Isobel Black, Andre Morell, Robert Hardy, Basil Dignam, Sam Kydd, Bernard Lee
Excellent performances highlight this tension-filled drama about a necrophiliac, John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough), whose next intended victims–Beryl Evans (Judy Geeson) and her husband Timothy (John Hurt)–live in the upstairs apartment.
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Berserk! 1968  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jim O'Connolly
Cast: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough, Judy Geeson, Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Keen, Bryan Pringle, Milton Reid, Marianne Stone
Monica Rivers (Joan Crawford) faces financial ruin when a series of murders take place within her circus troupe.
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Bertie & Elizabeth 2002  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Giles Foster
Cast: James Wilby, Juliet Aubrey, Alan Bates, Eileen Atkins, Charles Edwards, Amber Rose Sealey, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Hannah Wiltshire, Robert Hardy, Paul Brooke, Jeremy Child, David Ryall
This British made-for-TV entry is the love story of Bertie and Elizabeth who were married in 1923 and became England's Queen Elizabeth (Juliet Aubrey) and King George VI (James Wilby) in 1936 when his brother Edward VIII abdicated. George provided the leadership needed by his country during World War II but died of cancer in 1952. Elizabeth became the "Queen Mum" and lived until 2002 as a well-loved member of the royal family.
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Dark Places 1973 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Robert Hardy, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin, Carleton Hobbs, Jennifer Thanisch, Michael McVey, Jean Marsh, Martin Boddey, Linda Gray, Roy Evans
Edward (Robert Hardy) is the former director of a mental hospital who inherits a house where multiple murders occurred. Believing there is a treasure in gold hidden inside the house, Edward enters the old house determined to find the gold. But, he is not alone in his quest; Dr. Mandeville (Christopher Lee), his sister Sarah (Joan Collins), and the estate's lawyer Prescott (Herbert Lom) also appear on the scene to claim the treasure for themselves. There is one little problem: the house is rumored to be haunted, and Edward now appears to be possessed by the evil spirit of the original owner and will stop at nothing to get the treasure for himself.
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Demons of the Mind 1972  R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blood Evil
Nightmare of Terror
Director: Peter Sykes
Cast: Patrick Magee, Paul Jones, Yvonne Mitchell, Robert Hardy, Gillian Hills, Michael Hordern, Kenneth J. Warren, Shane Briant, Virginia Wetherell, Thomas Heathcote
A 19th-century baron (Robert Hardy) keeps his grown children locked up because he thinks they are possessed by demons–which were passed on from their deceased mother. But the good baron has more skeletons in the closet, and Dr. Falkenberg (Patrick Magee) tries to find out what is going on. Another Hammer Films mood piece.
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Edward the King 1975 TV, 520 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Gorrie
Cast: Timothy West, Annette Crosbie, Helen Ryan, Robert Hardy, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Jane Lapotaire, Charles Sturridge, Michael Hordern, Simon Gipps-Kent, Charles Dance
This made-for-TV British miniseries covers the life of Queen Victoria's and Prince Albert's eldest son, "Bertie," who ascended to the throne as King Edward VIII. The biography involves the time span from his birth in 1840 until his death in 1910.
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The Far Pavilions 1984 TV, 318 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Blade of Steel
Director: Peter Duffell
Cast: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Benedict Taylor, Rossano Brazzi, Saeed Jaffrey, Robert Hardy, Omar Sharif, John Gielgud, Jennifer Kendal, Felicity Dean, Peter Arne
This HBO miniseries is set in 19th-century British controlled India and involves the ill-fated romance between English soldier Ashton Pelham-Martyn (Ben Cross) and the Indian Princess Anjuli (Amy Irving).
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Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Director: Stephen Weeks
Cast: Murray Head, Nigel Green, Ciaran Madden, Robert Hardy, David Leland, Anthony Sharp, Ronald Lacey, Murray Melvin, George Merritt, Peter Copley
An English legend is brought to the screen in this cheap, but watchable, film of Sir Gawain (Murray Head) who has lost his wager with the Green Knight (Nigel Green) and now must solve the Green Knight's riddle or lose his head.
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Gulliver's Travels 1996 TV, 188 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Ned Beatty, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, John Standing, Alfre Woodard, Geraldine Chaplin, Peter O'Toole, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Phoebe Nicholls, Karyn Parsons, Edward Petherbridge, John Wells
An all-star cast, Jim Henson's special effects, and good performances make this made-for-TV miniseries a joy to watch and is probably the most faithful retelling of the Jonathan Swift social satire. Lemuel Gulliver (Ted Danson) returns home to Mary (Mary Steenburgen) after a long absence and acts out his wild adventures that include the tiny Lilliputians, the huge Brobdingnags, the Laputas (the no-common-sense scientists), and the intelligent horses surrounded by wild humans.
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Lassie 2005 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch, Steve Pemberton, Jonathan Mason, Hester Odgers, Jemma Redgrave, Peter Dinklage, Gregor Fisher, Edward Fox, Kelly Macdonald, John Standing, Robert Hardy
After the financially troubled Carracloughs–Joe (Jonathan Mason), Sarah (Samantha Morton), and son Sam (John Lynch)–sell their pet dog, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole) on the eve of World War II, the Duke takes Lassie to his castle in Northern Scotland. With help from the Duke's niece Cilla (Hester Odgers), Lassie breaks free and takes off on an incredible 500-mile journey to reach the Carraclough family in Yorkshire in time for Christmas.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Romance
aka: Frankenstein
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Aidan Quinn, Ian Holm, Richard Briers, John Cleese, Robert Hardy, Cherie Lunghi, Celia Imrie, Mark Hadfield, Trevyn McDowell, Gerard Horan, Joanna Roth
When 19-year-old Mary Shelley's husband, Lord Byron, challenged her to write a ghost story, she master-minded "Frankenstein" with the underlying message warning scientists to be careful of future implications from their experiments. To that end, she showed the dangers involved when Dr. Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) creates a living creature (Robert De Niro).
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The Master Blackmailer 1992 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Hammond
Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Robert Hardy, Norma West, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Colin Jeavons, Nickolas Grace, Serena Gordon, David Mallinson, Sarah McVicar
Based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverto," this made-for-TV offering brings Jeremy Brett back as master sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Art dealer Milverto (Robert Hardy) is also a master blackmailer who has high society Londoners under his control. Sherlock Holmes goes undercover as a plumber to get the goods on Mr. Milverto. Faithful to Doyle's story with some additional, but unnecessary, material added.
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Middlemarch 1994  TV, 375 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Juliet Aubrey, Douglas Hodge, Trevyn McDowell, Robert Hardy, Rufus Sewell, Patrick Malahide, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Hordern, Caroline Harker, Clive Russell, Jonathan Firth, Judi Dench
The BBC TV presented this miniseries based on George Eliot's classic novel, which is set in the English festival town of Middlemarch just before the Industrial Revolution during the 1830s. The lives of Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey), the Rev. Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide), Dr. Tertius Lydgate (Douglas Hodge), and Rosamond Vincy (Trevyn McDowell) interweave in the midst of social and political reform.
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Northanger Abbey 1986 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Giles Foster
Cast: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy, Googie Withers, Geoffrey Chater, Cassie Stuart, Jonathan Coy, Ingrid Lacey, Greg Hicks, Philip Bird, Helen Fraser
Naive, young Catherine (Katharine Schlesinger) loves gothic novels, which gives her a false sense of the real world as she moves from the country to the harsh life of the city. There she meets Henry (Peter Firth) who may bring the love and wealth she seeks. Based on Jane Austen's novel. Made for TV.
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 Sense and Sensibility 1995 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Greg Wise, Imogen Stubbs, Emilie Francois, Harriet Walter, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Gemma Jones, Robert Hardy, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Laurie
Jane Austen's tale is brought to the screen in this witty film with an Oscar-winning screenplay by Emma Thompson. It is the story of an attempt by the women of the Dashwood family to balance sense with sensibility in 19th-century British society. When they are left with nothing because the estate passed to the eldest son, sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) is the daughter who sees the farce of courtship to attain social status through marriage. In addition to the Oscar, the film had six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet).
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The Shooting Party 1985 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Bridges
Cast: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud, Cheryl Campbell, Gordon Jackson, Judi Bowker, Robert Hardy, Thomas Heathcote, Sarah Badel
Invited for a weekend shooting party as guests of their host (James Mason), members of the British aristocracy personify a myriad of destructive behaviors.
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Thunderpants 2002  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Paul Giamatti, Ned Beatty, Bruce Cook, Rupert Grint, Bronagh Gallagher, Victor McGuire, Adam Godley, Leslie Phillips, Robert Hardy, John Higgins
Ten-year-old Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook) emits powerful farts that cause others, including his own family, to steer clear of him. His one friend Alan (Rupert Grint) happens to be a scientific genius with no sense of smell. Alan supports him and helps Patrick learn to control his "special" powers and work toward his dream of becoming an astronaut.
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Torpedo Run 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones, L.Q. Jones, Philip Ober, Don Keefer, Robert Hardy, Paul Picerni, Richard Carlyle
In this submarine drama, the captain (Glenn Ford) must torpedo the ship on which his family is sailing. The action sequences were filmed in the waters around San Diego where the destroyer U.S.S. Tingey fired depth charge salvos under the direction of Lieutenant Ray Wyatt.
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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981 N/R, 390 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Cast: Robert Hardy, Sian Phillips, Nigel Havers, Chloe Salaman, Tamsin Murray-Leach, Katherine Levy, Tim Pigott-Smith, David(2) Swift, Sherrie Hewson, Moray Watson, Paul Freeman
Based on a biography by Sir Martin Gilbert, this good made-for-British TV miniseries covers an important 10 years (1929-1939) before the start of World War II. Winston Churchill was out of power and was a lone voice trying to warn the population and leadership of the threat posed by Hitler's re-arming of Germany. He returned to power after his warnings were proven to be valid.
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| 1. 10 Rillingham Place (1971)
2. Berserk! (1968)
3. Bertie & Elizabeth (2002)
4. Dark Places (1973)
5. Demons of the Mind (1972)
aka: Blood Evil
aka: Nightmare of Terror
6. Edward the King (1975)
7. The Far Pavilions (1984)
aka: Blade of Steel
8. Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
aka: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
9. Gulliver's Travels (1996)
10. Lassie (2005)
11. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
aka: Frankenstein
12. The Master Blackmailer (1992)
13. Middlemarch (1994)
14. Northanger Abbey (1986)
15. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
16. The Shooting Party (1985)
17. Thunderpants (2002)
18. Torpedo Run (1958)
19. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
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