Philip JacksonFilmography

Fanny Hill

Actors: Rebecca Night, Samantha Bond, Alison Steadman, Philip Jackson, Hugo Speer

Synopsis: Bridget Jones's Diary screenwriter Andrew Davies adapts John Clelend's controversial 18th Century novel for the screen in this erotic drama starring screen newcomer Rebecca Night as the mischievous, titular nymph. Upon losing her parents to smallpox, wholesome naïf Fanny Hill begins the steady Read More

A Little Trip to Heaven

Actors: Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Renner, Peter Coyote

Synopsis: Three stories of human treachery are given an unexpected link in this dry comedy drama from Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur. Holt (Forest Whitaker) is an insurance investigator who is sent to Minnesota to look into a bus accident; the bus seems to have had significantly more passengers after Read More

The Intended

Actors: Janet McTeer, Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Tony Maudsley, JJ Feild

Synopsis: Danish filmmaker Kristian Levring directs the Dogme 95-inspired period drama The Intended, co-written by leading lady Janet McTeer. Shot with digital video, the film takes place in the Malaysia jungle during the 1920s. Fortysomething British woman Sarah (McTeer) travels with her younger fiancé Read More

Von Trapped!

Actors: Caroline Quentin, Una Stubbs, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson

Second Nature

Actors: Alec Baldwin, Powers Boothe, Louise Lombard, Philip Jackson, Cosima Shaw

Synopsis: The sole survivor of a plane crash that killed his family, Paul Kane (Alec Baldwin) has trouble piecing together memories of his life before the tragedy. Gradually, he comes to accept the fact that he is a professional assassin, working out of London on behalf of the American government. Much to Read More

Poirot: Evil Under The Sun

Actors: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Michael Higgs

Synopsis: First filmed as a theatrical feature in 1982, Agatha Christie's 1940 mystery novel Evil Under the Sun was remade as a two-hour episode of the off-and-on British TV series Poirot. David Suchet is back as the infuriatingly brilliant and fussy Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who after suffering a Read More

Poirot: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Agatha Christie introduced one of her most famous characters, idiosyncratic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, in her novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and David Suchet, who has played Poirot in a number of films produced for British television, takes the character back to his beginnings in Read More

Mike Bassett: England Manager

Actors: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Philip Jackson, Bradley Walsh, Phill Jupitus

Synopsis: The great British obsession with football (soccer to Americans) receives a thorough skewering in this mock documentary look at perhaps the most hapless coach in the history of professional sport. The manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the Read More

Poirot: The Plymouth Express

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Poirot is reluctantly persuaded by an Australian mining magnate to investigate a French count who happens to be the latest suitor of the magnate's daughter. Together with Hastings, Poirot observes the count at tea with the young woman, and watches as the count shows her some bearer bonds he claims Read More

Poirot: Wasps' Nest

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: At a garden party he is attending with Hastings and Japp, Poirot (David Suchet) meets a young writer who happens to be the son of an old friend. The young man introduces Poirot to his fiancée. While jokingly reading the tea leaves in the young woman's cup, the sleuth sees something disturbing. Read More

Poirot: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: When an arrogant FBI agent who has come to London to investigate the case of a nightclub singer-turned-spy dismisses Poirot (David Suchet) as a "gumshoe," Poirot is rather unimpressed. He finds himself getting involved in the case after meeting a couple who seem to have gotten a Read More

Poirot: The Lost Mine

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: During a Monopoly match with Hastings, Poirot is interrupted by an aristocratic banker to investigate the disappearance of a client. The client, who was supposed to sell the bank a map to a lucrative silver mine, is found murdered, and a young stockbroker is implicated in the crime. Poirot works Read More

Poirot: The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: After Inspector Japp is called upon to investigate the strange disappearance of a wealthy banker, Poirot (David Suchet) makes a five-quid wager with Japp that he can solve the mystery without even leaving his flat. After Hastings is dispatched on a number of bizarre errands, Poirot figures out the Read More

Poirot: The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Poirot (David Suchet) is called in to investigate a bank manager's close call with a hit-and-run driver. The manager, it turns out, has been chosen by the bank to carry a $1 million in Liberty bonds to New York on the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary. Someone is obviously out to stop him, and it's Read More

Little Voice

Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: Based on Jim Cartright's play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, this screen adaptation directed by Mark Herman is an underdog film about an underdog girl named Little Voice (or LV for short). LV (Jane Horrocks from Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet who does all her own singing) is a shy, mousy woman Read More

Girls' Night

Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Julie Walters, Kris Kristofferson, James Gaddas, George Costigan

Synopsis: In the British North Country, in-laws Jackie (Julie Walters) and Dawn (Brenda Blethyn) work together on an assembly line at an electronics firm. Dawn is married to Jackie's brother Steve (George Costigan). Jackie's marriage is collapsing, and she has a secret affair with a bingo club run by Paul (James Gaddas Read More

The Opium War

Synopsis: The events leading up to Great Britain's take-over of Hong Kong provide the basis of this epic Chinese historical drama that distinguishes itself from similarly themed films by presenting a relatively balanced view of each side's position during the war, though China ends up looking a little Read More

Our Boy

Actors: Ray Winstone, Pauline Quirke, Neil Dudgeon, Philip Jackson, Perry Fenwick

Synopsis: Recalling The Sweet Hereafter, this drama explores how a working-class couple manages to carry on after the accidental death of their only son. On the same night police find stolen goods in the east London house of construction worker Woody (Ray Winstone) and Sonia (Pauline Quirke), the two are Read More

Brassed Off

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson

Synopsis: Economics and music are the twin focal points of this comedy/drama about a community in crisis. The small British town of Grimley has long been dominated by the coal mine where most of the men work, and the town's greatest source of pride is the Grimley Colliery Band, a brass ensemble that's won a Read More

Blackhearts in Battersea

Actors: William Mannering, Bill Williams, Stephen Moore, Tilly Vosburgh, Philip Jackson

The Wimbledon Poisoner

Actors: Robert Lindsay, Alison Steadman, Philip Jackson, Catherine Schell, Paul Butterworth

Synopsis: This two-part British miniseries chronicled the misfortunes of meek solicitor Henry Farr (Robert Lindsay), trapped in dead-end suburban domesticity and saddled with a feminist virago of a wife named Elinor (Alison Steadman). Finally able to stand no more, Henry plotted to do away with Elinor by Read More

Sista Dansen

Actors: Helena Bergström, Reine Brynolfsson, Ewa Fröling, Peter Andersson, Rikard Wolff

Synopsis: Tove and Claes Salefalk (Helena Bergstrom and Reine Bynolfsson) and Liselott and Lennart Waltner (Ewa Froling and Peter Andersson) have known one another for years. At one time the two couples were good friends, but they have drifted apart recently. Both couples compete internationally as ballroom Read More

Bad Behavior

Actors: Stephen Rea, Sinéad Cusack, Philip Jackson, Clare Higgins, Phil Daniels

Synopsis: An Irish married couple (Stephen Rea and Sinead Cusack) tend to define their lives according to the opinions of others. When little crises regarding his job and her parenting skills begin to develop, Rea and Cusack are devastated. When their friends and business acquaintances begin turning sour Read More

Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Agatha Christie's popular sleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) goes after the murderer of a dentist in the full-length feature One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. Poirot and Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) investigate a murder and find the connection to a high-profile political figure. After finding the Read More

Poirot: The ABC Murders

Actors: David Suchet, Hugh Frasier, Philip Jackson

Synopsis: David Suchet stars as the fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic mystery by Agatha Christie. A killer is on the loose who is toying with the great sleuth by sending him a series of letters in which he announces when and where his next crime will Read More

Poirot: Death in the Clouds

Actors: David Suchet, Philip Jackson

Synopsis: Belgium's greatest export since the waffle, master detective Hercule Poirot is on the case once again in this made-for-TV feature adapted from the classic novel by Agatha Christie. A devious blackmailer is murdered in the middle of an airline flight, and it's all but impossible to separate the Read More

Poirot: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Agatha Christie's fastidious Belgian detective is on the trail of evildoers once again in this made-for-TV mystery. Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is attending a flower show where a pink rose is to be named after him when he's given a packet of seeds by an older woman. Poirot is later called upon Read More

Poirot: The Cornish Mystery

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: In a small Cornish town, a wife suspects her dentist husband of slowly poisoning her because he's got the hots for his young, blond assistant. When Poirot (David Suchet) steps in to investigate, he finds that the wife is partially correct, but solving the real mystery is more complicated than it Read More

Poirot: The Adventure of the Western Star

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: In this whodunit based on a novel by Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is delighted to be entertaining a lovely Belgian film star one evening, while Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) is hot on the trail of a master jewel thief. When the actress confesses she's been receiving Read More

Poirot: The Veiled Lady

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Following a jewelry heist, Poirot (David Suchet) is approached by an enigmatic veiled lady who requests his help in thwarting a blackmailer. His investigative tactics place him briefly on the wrong side of the law, and Poirot is thrilled to learn his fame as a detective has reached the criminal Read More

Poirot: The Kidnapped Prime Minister

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Belgium's most famous detective comes to the rescue of his adopted British homeland in this mystery based on the novel by Agatha Christie. The Prime Minister of England has arrived in France for a major international summit meeting when he's kidnapped. Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is called in to Read More

Poirot: Double Sin

Actors: David Suchet

Synopsis: Hastings is surprised when Poirot (David Suchet) announces his intention to retire and asks Hastings to accompany him on a trip to the seaside. En route, the two make the acquaintance of a young woman who discovers some valuable antiques missing from her possession. Hastings thinks that he's found Read More

High Hopes

Actors: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias

Synopsis: In this early film, award-winning director Mike Leigh uses a loose, open-ended narrative structure to unsettle cinematic expectations and create a truly inventive and very honest film. High Hopes opens with the arrival of Wayne, a small-town lad in his twenties, in the London metropolis. Read More

Poirot [TV Series]

Synopsis: The great, and always perfectly attired Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot, who came to England in 1914 as a refugee, solves numerous puzzling mysteries in this series. Poirot and his sidekick Captain Hastings is one of mystery-writer Agatha Christie's best-loved characters, and this series Read More

The Fourth Protocol

Actors: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Ned Beatty, Betsy Brantley, Ray McAnally

Synopsis: Scripted by Frederick Forsyth from his own novel, The Fourth Protocol is a fact-based spy thriller. The titular protocol is a secret agreement between America, Britain and Russia to cease smuggling nuclear weapons into their respective countries. This figures into the schemes of several rogue Read More

The Doctor and the Devils

Actors: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Sian Phillips, Stephen Rea

Synopsis: A movie version of the stage play The Doctor and the Devils, written in the 1950s by Welsh poet/playwright Dylan Thomas, had been planned and shelved by several filmmakers before producer Mel Brooks and director Freddie Francis finally brought the project to fruition in 1985. Essentially, the 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

Farmers Arms

Actors: Philip Jackson, Colin Welland, Brenda Bruce, Ray Charleson

Synopsis: In a drama that runs out of steam slowly, a small Cornish town is faced with the unwelcome news that nuclear weapons are stored in the nearby U.S. Marine base. This causes a great deal of commotion among the townspeople and adds a twist to the problems Geoff has in romancing Carol, who is already Read More

Scum

Actors: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, John Judd, Phil Daniels, John Blundell

Synopsis: Scum refers to the label slapped upon reform-school inmate Ray Winstone. Such reformatories are called "borstals" by the British. When he isn't being beaten up by the other boys, Ray is being beaten down by The System. He rebels against this treatment and "wins" by becoming more vicious than any Read More

Ironside: The Best Laid Plans

Synopsis: Three armed criminals invade a bank, take everyone inside hostage, and nervously await the arrival of a payroll truck. Among the hostages is Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr), who hopes to take advantage of the robbers' internal squabbling in order to play one against the other--but the thieves may be Read More

Hammer

Actors: Tracy Ann-King, Nawana Davis, John DeCarlos, Leon Isaac, Perrie Lott, Jamal Moore, Al Richardson

Synopsis: A man who fights his way to success learns the people who helped him may be his biggest enemies in this action drama. B.J. Hammer (Fred Williamson) is a dock worker who used to box in the Golden Gloves and still knows how to handle himself in a fight; when he gets into a brawl at work, he's seen Read More