John BennettFilmography

The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells

Actors: Tom Ward, Eve Best, Katy Carmichael, Nicolas Rowe, Matthew Cottle

Synopsis: In this tribute to the man considered by many to be the father of the science fiction genre, a reporter interviewing author H.G. Wells makes a startling revelation that could forever change mankind's relationship with the universe. Upon arriving at Wells' London home on a fog enshrouded evening in Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Apocalypse Rising

Synopsis: Season Five of Deep Space Nine got under way with this episode, which orignally aired September 30, 1996. Acting upon Odo's suspicion that Klingon leader Gowron (Robert O'Reilly) is really a Changeling impersonator, Sisko is given the go-ahead by Starfleet Command to expose the phony (if Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Past Tense, Part I

Synopsis: On January 2, 1995, Deep Space Nine belatedly rang in the New Year with part one of this two-part adventure. A transporter accident sends Sisko, Bashir, and Dax hurtling back to 21st Century San Francisco. Upon their arrival, they are forced to confront the plight of the city's homeless and Read More

Priest

Actors: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Cathy Tyson, James Ellis, Robert Carlyle

Synopsis: A priest is torn between church dogma and his personal beliefs in this British drama. Father Greg (Linus Roache) is a Catholic priest who tends to a parish in Liverpool. Like his superior, Father Matthew (Tom Wilkinson), Father Greg is not dealing well with his vow of celibacy. While Matthew has Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The House of Quark

Synopsis: Quark's troubles begin when an inebriated Klingon accidentally dies in his bar. Hoping to improve his business and earn a little respect, Quark claims that he killed the man in combat. Unfortunately, Klingon law demands that Quark marry Grilka (Mary Kay Adams), the dead man's widow, a situation Read More

Cadfael: The Leper of St. Giles

Synopsis: This 90-minute Cadfael mystery gets under way when the lovely Iveta (Tara Fitzgerald) balks at the prospect of her arranged marriage to the wealthy and powerful Baron Huon. Amateur sleuth Brother Cadfael (Derek Jacobi) of Shrewbury Abbey is drawn in to the situation when both the Baron and Iveta's Read More

NYPD Blue: From Hare to Eternity

Synopsis: Christmas may be a little late for Lt. Fancy (James McDaniel), who faces the wrath of Borough Commander Haverill (James Handy) -- until Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) unexpectedly come to the rescue. Elsewhere, the Yuletide season is rudely interrupted by the kidnapping of a wealthy young girl, and by Read More

Split Second

Actors: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan, Michael J. Pollard, Alun Armstrong

Synopsis: The year is 2008 and something is terrorizing the streets of London, leaving numerous heartless corpses behind. Fortunately detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) is on the case and discovers that the murderous monster behind the killings is just that. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Antonia & Jane

Actors: Saskia Reeves, Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, Alan Corduner, Brenda Bruce

Synopsis: From director Beeban Kidron, Antonia & Jane is a look at an enduring friendship between a pair of decidedly opposite people. Beautiful, sophisticated, and self-assured, Antonia (Saskia Reeves) has it all -- or so it seems to the pudgy wallflower Jane (Imelda Staunton), who secretly resents the Read More

Prisoner of Honor

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth, Jeremy Kemp, Brian Blessed

Synopsis: Directed by Ken Russell, Prisoner of Honor is a made-for-cable retelling of the 1894 court-martial of French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus. The historical drama stars Richard Dreyfuss (no relation) as the head of counter-intelligence who uncovers several damning pieces of evidence. It turns out that Read More

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

Actors: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett, Engelbert Humperdinck

Synopsis: In this mystery, Holmes and Watson travel to lovely old Vienna to investigate a murder and find themselves embroiled in a tangled web of terrorism, and romance. Originally the film was a three hour television miniseries. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hunter: The Nightmare

Synopsis: McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) comes home to find that her young Latino cleaning woman has been murdered. Curiously, the woman's body shows signs of torture--torture that obviously occurred several years earlier. Investigating, Hunter (Fred Dryer) manages to link the murder to an outwardly respectable Read More

Night Angel

Actors: Isa Anderson, Karen Black, Linden Ashby, Debra Feuer, Helen Martin

Synopsis: In this horror film, a vamp masquerades as a fashion model and uses her feminine wiles to suck the souls and life from wimpy men. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hell Comes to Frogtown

Actors: Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, Brian Frank, Cec Verrell, William Smith, Rory Calhoun

Synopsis: The great nuclear holocaust has come and gone, and humanity is hanging on a string. Women rule what's left, and the world is filled with giant mutant humanoid frogs who have started their own communities. Fertile human males have become one of the rarest things on Earth. This really low-budget Read More

The Bretts

Synopsis: This British television miniseries centers around the Brett family, local darlings of London's theater world in the 1920s. Directed by Ronnie Wilson, David Reynolds, Bill Hays, and John Bruce, this two-disc collection includes the series' original eight episodes and features Barbara Murray, Norman Rodway Read More

Tai-Pan

Actors: Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton, Tim Guinee, Bill Leadbitter

Synopsis: Daryl Duke directed this epic adventure, based on James Clavell's best-selling novel, concerning the battle for control of the China trade in early 19th-century Hong Kong. The film takes place in 1842 on the China Coast, where the Chinese object to the British imperialist policy of buying opium Read More

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Actors: Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Linda McCartney

Synopsis: Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the sole copy of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath (John Bennett Read More

Stranger's Kiss

Actors: Peter Coyote, Victoria Tennant, Blaine Novak, Dan Shor, Richard Romanus, Linda Kerridge

Synopsis: Strangers Kiss stars Peter Coyote as an obsessive independent filmmaker who will allow nothing to interfere with the completion of his B-flick "masterpiece." Gangster Richard Romanus agrees to bankroll the film, provided that his girlfriend Victoria Tennant is cast in the leading role. Aware that Read More

The Plague Dogs

Actors: John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: Like Watership Down, Plague Dogs is an animated cartoon feature based on a novel by Richard Adams and produced by Martin Rosen. And also like Watership Down, it is more appropriate for an older audience. Two dogs escape from a British government research lab. As the authorities hunt down the Read More

Eye of the Needle

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen, Christopher Cazenove

Synopsis: Having already been seen spying for the Nazis in 1979's The Eagle Has Landed, Donald Sutherland once more infiltrates wartime England on behalf of Der Fuhrer in Eye of the Needle. Willing to kill even the most innocent of bystanders to complete his task, Sutherland manages to remain in Britain Read More

The Mirror Crack'd

Actors: Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin

Synopsis: Angela Lansbury takes over the legacy of Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's dogged sleuth Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd. The story takes place on a film set in a small British town in the 1950s. Elizabeth Taylor plays a washed-up actress trying to make a comeback but is plagued by a Read More

Blakes 7: Weapon

Actors: Gareth Thomas, Sally Knyvette, Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, David Jackson

Synopsis: Blake (Gareth Thomas) wants to get his hands on the stolen weapon Imipak, which is capable of dispensing destruction over great distances. Likewise anxious to gain control of Imipak, Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) creates a clone of Blake as a means to her ends. Unfortunately for all concerned, the Read More

The Greek Tycoon

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert, James Franciscus

Synopsis: The producers of The Greek Tycoon insisted that their film was not based on any "actual persons, living or dead." Yeh, right. Anthony Quinn stars as Greek shipping-magnate Theo Tomassis, who becomes the second husband of socialite Liz Cassidy (Jacqueline Bisset). It seems that Liz is the widow of Read More

Watership Down

Actors: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Simon Cadell

Synopsis: Unique in the annals of animated films, Watership Down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. It doesn't pull any punches. Death -- violent, disturbing death -- is ever present, portrayed in a manner that is astonishingly Read More

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Episode 1

Actors: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Deep Roy

Synopsis: "The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Episode 1" of this six-part Doctor Who adventure, was originally broadcast February 26 1977. The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) materialize in Victorian London, where they are plunged into a murder investigation involving what seems to be a pack of Read More

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Episode 5

Actors: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Michael Spice

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part Doctor Who adventure "The Talons of Weng-Chiang," 51st century war criminal Magnus Greel (Michael Spice) has materialized in Victorian London, assuming the guise of Chinese Tong leader Weng-Chiang. Hoping to retrieve his precious time cabinet, currently in the Read More

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Episode 4

Actors: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Michael Spice

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part Doctor Who adventure "The Talons of Weng-Chiang," the Doctor (Tom Baker) has followed the bizarre trail of clues in a series of murders in Victorian London to the headquarters of Chinese Tong functionary Weng-Chiang (Michael Spice). It turns out that this Read More

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Episode 3

Actors: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Michael Spice

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part Doctor Who adventure "The Talons of Weng-Chiang," the Doctor (Tom Baker) and 19th century pathologist Prof. Lightfoot (Trevor Baxter) have determined that a prostitution ring and a horde of giant rats are somehow connected to a series of mysterious "Jack the Read More

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Episode 2

Actors: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Deep Roy

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part Doctor Who adventure "The Talons of Weng-Chiang," the Doctor (Tom Baker) becomes involved with a murder investigation in Victorian London. Befriending police pathologist Prof. Lightfoot (Trevor Baxter), the Doctor tries to determine the connection between the Read More

The Message

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka, Michael Forest

Synopsis: This handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed -- who, in accordance with the tenants of Islam, is never seen or heard (any physical depiction of the prophet is considered a heinous sin within the faith). In Mecca in the 7th Read More

Smuga Cienia

Synopsis: Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1976 Polish Film Festival, this drama from director Andrzej Wajda was based on the short story The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad. The film tells the story of a young man who tries his best to helm a foundering boat bound for Singapore. Not only is the boat Read More

The True Story of Eskimo Nell

Actors: Max Gillies, Serge Lazareff, Abigail, Grahame Bond, Paddy Madden

Synopsis: An offbeat Australian comedy filmed in that country and in Canada, this is not the documentary its title suggests. Its unlikely protagonist is a mild-mannered window peeper named Dead-Eye Dick (Max Gillies). Dick spies on a Mexican couple. The husband is very jealous and is about to discover that Read More

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Episode 2

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, John Bennett

Synopsis: In the second episode of the six-part story "Invasion of the Dinosaurs," the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) have returned to London, only to find the all-but-deserted city under martial law. The reason? A herd of dinosaurs is running amok through the London streets, spreading Read More

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Episode 1

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, John Bennett

Synopsis: The six-part Doctor Who adventure "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" begins as the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) arrive in London in the not-too-distant future. The two time travelers are surprised to learn that the city is virtually deserted, and what remains has been placed under Read More

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Episode 3

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, John Bennett

Synopsis: In the third episode of the six-part story "Invasion of the Dinosaurs," the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) discovers the reason that London has been overwhelmed by a herd of huge, hostile dinosaurs. It seems that the "thunder lizards" are the vanguard of a master plan, concocted by a group of zealous Read More

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Episode 6

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, John Bennett

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "Invasion of the Dinosaurs," eco-fanatics Grover (Noel Johnson) and Whitaker (Peter Miles) step up their efforts to hurl the world back to the Prehistoric Era. The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and his UNIT colleagues manage to raid the villains' underground Read More

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Episode 5

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, John Bennett

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the six-part story "Invasion of the Dinosaurs," Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) is kidnapped by the people responsible for the dinosaur attack on London. The villains are a group of environmentalists who hope to thrust the world back into the Prehistoric Era. Can the Doctor (Jon Pertwee Read More

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Episode 4

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, John Bennett

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of the six-part story "Invasion of the Dinosaurs," the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) have uncovered a plot to hurl the world back to the Prehistoric Era with the help of a herd of revitalized dinosaurs. Unfortunately, before they can give this information Read More

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Actors: Richard Fescud, Alec Guinness, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi, Diane Cilento, Gabriele Ferzetti

Synopsis: Alec Guinness plays against stereotype, imbuing his Adolf Hitler with an introverted solemnity in Ennio De Concini's Hitler: The Last Ten Days. Set almost entirely inside Hitler's Berlin bunker, the film chronicles the dying days of the Third Reich as the Allied armies close in on Berlin. Read More

Crazy House

Synopsis: In this mundane, droll horror spoof, British comedian Frankie Howerd plays a washed-up actor who tries to cash in on his newly-discovered ties to the outrageously wealthy Henderson family. His efforts are stymied by the greed of stern patriarch Ray Milland, whose equally-avaricious offspring go to Read More

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Actors: David Baillie, Peter Clay, Sarah Long, Mark York, Keith Michell, Donald Pleasence, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher, Frances Cuka

Synopsis: Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a feature film based upon the 1971 BBC miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Keith Michell weathers several makeup changes as the much-married titular monarch. While the miniseries was able to explore the political and personal reasons for the selection (and Read More

The House That Dripped Blood

Actors: John Bennett, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Christopher Lee, Jon Pertwee

Synopsis: This anthology picture about a bad-luck mansion is a thriller with four episodes--all framed by a police investigation. A review of the files of the local policeman (John Bennett) shows that everyone who has owned the mansion has died in a horrible fashion. In the first episode, "Method for Read More

Avengers: False Witness

Actors: John Bennett, Tony Steedman

Synopsis: Accused of treason, an agent cannot rely upon the sole witness to his innocence, who insists upon contradicting every one of his previous statements. The cause of this phenomenon is a chemically altered form of milk, which induces people to lie uncontrollably. Steed and Tara attempt to neutralize Read More

The Syndicate

Synopsis: This African adventure is set upon the savannas of Kenya and chronicles the exploits of three people searching for uranium. As they go, their greed makes them dangerous and untrustworthy; mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Actors: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Jack Gilford, Michael Crawford

Synopsis: Director Richard Lester uses the Burt Shevelove/Larry Gelbart/Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical hit as a launching pad for some of his wildest slapstick gaggery. Zero Mostel repeats his stage role as Pseudolus, the cunning Roman slave who'll do anything to win his freedom. The plot hinges on three Read More

Kaleidoscope

Actors: Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter, Murray Melvin

Synopsis: A cardsharp comes up with the ultimate system for beating the casinos at their own game in this high-style caper comedy. Barney Lincoln (Warren Beatty) is a footloose playboy with a taste for gambling and an ingenious scheme for winning at the leading casinos in Europe. Barney discovers that Read More

The Barber of Stamford Hill

Actors: Megs Jenkins, John Bennett, Maxwell Shaw, John Graham, Trevor Peacock

Synopsis: A lonely barber invents an imaginary family for the benefit of his customers. He tells them he is married with two children, but in reality spends his time playing chess with another lonely friend. Barber Figg (John Bennett) believes his marriage proposal to a young widow with two children will Read More

Crooks Anonymous

Synopsis: This comedy features a 12-step Program for habitual hoods. The recovering criminal takes a job as a department store Santa, and again finds himself confronted with temptation. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Avengers: Mission To Montreal

Synopsis: Giving up her career after her stand-in is murdered, alcoholic film star Carla Berotti (Patricia English) takes the first ship to Canada. Here she is blackmailed into acting as a courier for her husband, a double agent. It so happens that Carla's personal physician is Dr. Martin King (Jon Read More

The Pirates of Blood River

Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, Oliver Reed

Synopsis: In this high-seas adventure, a wicked one-eyed, one-armed pirate forces a young man, who was wrongfully imprisoned, to take him and his band to his Caribbean island home where the pirate believes great treasure is buried. Once there, the pirate begins fighting for control of the island and begins Read More

Postman's Knock

Actors: Spike Milligan, Barbara Shelley, John Wood, Archie Duncan, Wilfred Lawson

Synopsis: In this routine, slapstick, frenetic tale, British comic Spike Milligan stars as Harold Petts, a rural mailman with a sudden promotion that ends up getting him into a lot of trouble. Harold is supposed to be trained behind the scenes at London's busiest post office but even after his first day in Read More

It Takes a Thief

Actors: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Peter Reynolds, John Bennett

Synopsis: Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe's blond competition in the late '50s and early '60s, stars in this crime melodrama as Billy, the leader of a gang of thieves. She charms Jim (Anthony Quayle), a widower with a young daughter, into joining the group effort on a particular robbery. After the heist Read More