Edward HardwickeFilmography

Love Actually

Actors: Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson, Andrew Lincoln

Synopsis: All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis' first directorial effort. Billed as "the ultimate romantic comedy," Love Actually involves more than a dozen main characters, each weaving his or her way into another's heart over the course of Read More

Enigma

Actors: Matthew MacFadyen, Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Synopsis: The true story of a major breakthrough in intelligence technology created during World War II provides the backdrop for this blend of mystery, romance, and espionage, based on the novel by Robert Harris. Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) is a gifted mathematician who is working with the British Read More

David Copperfield

Synopsis: Hot on the heels of the BBC's multipart 1999 adaptation of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel David Copperfield came this American-financed version, prepared for the TNT cable network as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Child actor Max Dolbey and adult performer Hugh Dancy share the Read More

The Alchemists

Actors: Edward Hardwicke, Ruth Gemmell, Aneirin Hughes, Grant Show, Ken Drury

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Peter James, the British TV miniseries The Alchemists focused on a one-man crusade conducted by American Connor Molloy. Posing as a patent lawyer, Molloy sets out to prove that the powerful firm of Bentik-Lange Pharmaceuticals was responsible for the death of his father. He Read More

Elizabeth

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough

Synopsis: This British-made historical drama depicts the rise of young Elizabeth Tudor to Queen of England, a reign of intrigue and betrayals. In 1554, Queen Mary I (Kathy Burke) tries to restore Catholicism as England's single faith. With no heir to the crown, she maneuvers to keep her Protestant Read More

Parting Shots

Actors: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley

Synopsis: Michael Winner directed this British comedy-thriller about the disappointing life of wedding photographer Harry Sterndale (singer-actor Chris Rea). Betrayed by his wife, Harry had his ideas stolen by his best friend Maurice Walpole (John Cleese), was fleeced by shady businessman Gerd Layton (Bob Hoskins Read More

Appetite

Synopsis: George Milton directed and co-wrote this quirky and riveting British thriller set in a crumbling old hotel run by a suspicious-looking manager named Jay (Trevor Eve, who played Harker in the 1979 Dracula). A group of strangers, gathered by an obnoxious young sailor (Christien Anholt) to celebrate Read More

Photographing Fairies

Actors: Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber, Philip Davis

Synopsis: Featuring neat special effects, this romantic fantasy is loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies, a tale of two cousins who, in 1917, swore that they had photographed the magical wee folk dancing in their garden. The story the girls told captured the war-weary imagination of Read More

Hollow Reed

Actors: Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson, Ian Hart, Jason Flemyng, Sam Bould

Synopsis: Violence and anti-gay prejudice combine to make a heated custody battle all the more ugly in this tense domestic drama. Hannah Wyatt (Joely Richardson) is a single mother who lives with her nine-year-old son Oliver (Sam Bould) and her boyfriend Frank Donally (Jason Flemyng). Hannah was married to Read More

The Scarlet Letter

Actors: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky, Edward Hardwicke

Synopsis: Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel of hypocrisy among America's pilgrims was brought to the screen by director Roland Joffe in this 1995 feature. Demi Moore stars as Hester Prynne, a new arrival to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666. Prynne, who interacts freely with slaves and Quakers and Read More

Richard III

Actors: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey, Jr., Nigel Hawthorne

Synopsis: Richard Loncraine takes Shakespeare's classic tale of treachery, Richard III, and transplants it to the 1930s. Ian McKellen is Richard who, as the film opens, begins plotting against his brother Edward, who has just ascended to the throne after a bloody civil war. Richard begins by seducing and Read More

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective

Synopsis: Part of the long-running British mystery series Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett, "The Dying Detective" originally aired in the U.K. in 1994 during the seventh season. In this episode, a scientist studying disease is accused of posing a threat to a married couple. Adelaide Savage (Susannah Read More

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Red Circle

Synopsis: What starts as a nuisance call turns out to be something a great deal more serious in this episode from the mystery series The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and his assistant Watson (Edward Hardwicke) are called upon by one Mrs. Warren (Betty Marsden), the landlady of Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre

Actors: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Roy Marsden

Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes goes from investigating mere murder and mayhem to a fiend of possibly supernatural origin in this made-for-TV thriller. In the 1790's, a wave of murders hits the small British community of Lamberley; as the victims are young women who suffer severe wounds and bleeding from their Read More

Shadowlands

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, Michael Denison, John Wood

Synopsis: This lavishly mounted adaptation of the play by William Nicholson tells the true story of the doomed love affair between novelist and noted Christian scholar C.S. Lewis and a Jewish-American poet. Anthony Hopkins stars as C.S. "Jack" Lewis, an Oxford professor and successful author of the Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV movie, a sinister blackmailer is terrorizing London and it is up to Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and his faithful companion Dr. Watson to discover the identity of this master criminal. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Eligible Bachelor

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Jeremy Brett returns as master detective Sherlock Holmes in this adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle short story produced for British television. Hettie Doran (Paris Jefferson) is a wealthy American who has agreed to marry Lord Robert St. Simon (Simon Williams), widely regarded as the most Read More

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Problem of Thor Bridge

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: The Problem of Thor Bridge involves a pretty governess, her master, and his invalid wife. The wife dies under highly questionable circumstances. Before the husband can be brought to the police to "assist them in their inquiries," he disappears. It's up to Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) to put all Read More

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: The gorgeous and graceful Lady Frances Carfax has seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) suspects foul play, but he has only minimum evidence to go on. With his customary brusqueness and diligence, Holmes pinpoints Lady Frances' whereabouts. We can't give Read More

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Creeping Man

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: "The Creeping Man" is a reclusive hunchback who has been making surprise appearances of late. Most recently, the shadowy figure has been nosing around the home of a respected professor. The professor's daughter seems to be the object of the hunchback's snooping -- but why? Once again, Sherlock Read More

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: Shoscombe Old Place

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) spends several days at the races in the Conan Doyle mystery "Shoscombe Old Place." Holmes' client is an English lord who faces ruin at the hands of an old enemy. Murder and extortion are key ingredients in this 50-minute dramatization. Before everything is Read More

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Boscombe Valley Mystery

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes fans are divided as to who was the best on-camera interpreter of "The Master": Basil Rathbone or Jeremy Brett. Partisans of Brett should get their fill, and more, from the Casebook of Sherlock Holmes TV series. Produced in Britain in the '80s and '90s, these irresistible 60-minute Conan Doyle Read More

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Illustrious Client

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) accepts a case involving a sinister Austrian baron and the man's bizarre fiancée. He does this on behalf of a man whose position in the British government is so high that he dare not use his own name in engaging Holmes' services. The great detective discreetly saves Read More

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Hound...

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: The legend of the demonic hound that prowls the Yorkshire moors comes under the scrutiny of Sherlock Holmes when a young man inherits the Baskerville ancestral home and everything that comes with it, both good and ill. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League

Actors: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, John Woodnut, Eric Porter, Roger Hammond

Synopsis: In "The Red-Headed League," an episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (an excellent adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle produced in the Britain for Granada), Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) reprises his excellent portrayal of the famed detective Read More

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: There is certainly nothing wrong with this remake of the Basil Rathbone, Peter Cushing mystery of 1939. The question, however, is why one would want to substitute others when the original was so superlative. Jeremy Brett, however, does a fine job as Sherlock Holms as he investigates strange Read More

The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Actors: Jeremy Brett, David Burke

Synopsis: This is a TV production of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle masterpiece, The Hound of the Baskervilles. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Directed by Peter Hammond and based on one of the short stories originally penned by mystery legend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Sign of Four" follows Holmes and Watson (Jeremy Brett and David Burke) as they struggle not only to find the reason why the beautiful Miss Morstan's father disappeared Read More

Baby... Secret of the Lost Legend

Actors: William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Julian Fellowes, Kyalo Mativo

Synopsis: Eight years before the dinosaur mania created by Jurassic Park, Bill L. Norton released this more dinosaur-friendly story about a 10-foot baby dinosaur in dire straits in Africa because Dr. Eric Kiviat (Patrick McGoohan), an evil paleontologist, is after it with a vengeance. He is the nemesis of Read More

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [TV Series]

Actors: Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Jeremy Brett stars as Conan Doyle's immortal consulting detective Sherlock Holmes in this television mystery series. Originally telecast on the BBC, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes made its American premiere in 1984 as part of PBS' Mystery anthology series. David Burke costars as Dr. Watson Read More

Venom

Actors: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Lance Holcomb

Synopsis: A big black mamba snake that has gotten loose in a townhouse slithers through a kidnapping plot in this film. Based on a novel by Alan Scholefield, Venom features a big name British cast that seems to be slumming in a B-movie project. Dr. Marion Stowe (Sarah Miles) is a toxicologist who has Read More

The Bunker

Actors: Susan Blakely, Cliff Gorman, Piper Laurie, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan

Synopsis: This exhaustive (and exhausting) 3-hour TV movie dramatizes the last three months of Adolph Hitler's life, spent in his bunker in Berlin. Anthony Hopkins is repulsively riveting as Hitler, while Piper Laurie is even more frightening as fanatical Frau Goebbels. Joseph Goebbels (Cliff Gorman) feeds Read More

The Odd Job

Actors: Graham Chapman, David Jason, Diana Quick, Simon Williams, Edward Hardwicke

Synopsis: In this dark British comedy, a despondent businessman (Graham Chapman) decides to end it all after his wife leaves him. Unfortunately, he lacks the courage to do it to himself and so hires a professional assassin, telling him to do the deed no matter what. A short time passes and things look Read More

Full Circle

Actors: Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett, Robin Gammell

Synopsis: The British/Canadian Full Circle is better known by its American title, The Haunting of Julia. The eponymous Julia, played by Mia Farrow, is driven to near-madness by the death of her daughter. Things don't get much better when Julia and her husband move into a forbidding old mansion. The events Read More

The Black Windmill

Actors: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill, John Vernon

Synopsis: Michael Caine stars as an espionage agent whose young son is kidnapped. Complicating matters is the fact that the kidnappers (John Vernon and Delphine Seyrig) are Caine's own colleagues. They want to secure Caine's aid in rounding up a diamond smuggling ring, and they don't care who they have to Read More

The Day of the Jackal

Actors: Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair, Tony Britton, Terry Alexander

Synopsis: In this involving political thriller, a secret French paramilitary organization plans to assassinate French President Charles De Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) because of their disagreement with his policies during the Algerian War. They hire a professional killer, known only as "The Jackal" (Edward Fox Read More

Escape from Colditz

Synopsis: Escape out of a maximum-security German prison camp to the Swiss border is the goal of a group of Allied POWs. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Otley

Actors: Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel, James Villiers, Leonard Rossiter

Synopsis: Gerald Arthur Otley (Tom Courtenay) is a British secret agent called in to investigate the murder of a suspected influence pedlar and document smuggler. He trails double agents and double martinis at a posh cocktail party before discovering the villains have the cooperation of top government Read More

The Reckoning

Actors: Nicol Williamson, Rachel Roberts, Ann Bell, Lilita de Barros, Tom Kempinski, Kenneth Hendel

Synopsis: Nicol Williamson stars as a Liverpool/Irish layabout who inherits a business from his father. Even in his executive togs, Williamson remains out of step with society. Already a surly sort, Williamson becomes even less likeable as the film progresses, especially when seeking to avenge a long-ago Read More

A Flea in Her Ear

Actors: Rosemary Harris, Louis Jourdan, Rachel Roberts, John Williams

Synopsis: Taken from the 1907 comedy play by Georges Feydeau, A Flea In Her Ear is a comedic sex romp about a wife suspicious of her husband's activities away from home. Gabrielle (Rosemary Harris) is convinced her attorney husband Victor (Rex Harrison) is seeing another woman because of his inattention to Read More

Othello

Actors: Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Derek Jacobi

Synopsis: The 1965 Othello is literally a photographed stage play: a filmed record of the National Theatre Production of 1964, as staged by John Dexter and starring Laurence Olivier. As the easily led, fatally jealous Moor of Venice, Olivier wears thick black-faced makeup and speaks in an Read More

The Invisible Man: The Big Plot

Synopsis: Under his cloak of invisibility, Peter Brady quietly investigates the possibility that Uranium-235 is being smuggled into Great Britain for the purpose of triggering an atomic war. Making Brady's task difficult is the presence of famed pacifist leader Waring (William Squire), who has been duped Read More

Men of Sherwood Forest

Synopsis: This low-budget swashbuckling film is not in the same league with the Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn portrayals, but still fun if the viewer doesn't do comparisons. Standard Robin Hood plot. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Hell Below Zero

Actors: Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney, Stanley Baker, Joseph Tomelty

Synopsis: Hell Below Zero was one of several 1950s films made in Britain by Hollywood's Alan Ladd. The star plays Duncan Craig, who signs onto a whaling ship to get the facts behind the death of Judy Nordahl's (Joan Tetzel) father. While on a whaling expedition near Antarctica, Craig becomes suspicious of Read More

A Guy Named Joe

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore

Synopsis: Opening in England during the middle of World War II, A Guy Named Joe tells the story of Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy), a tough, devil-may-care bomber pilot who's amassed an enviable record in combat, mostly by taking chances that give his C.O. (James Gleason) the shakes, much as he and the top Read More