Takis Emmanuel Filmography

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Lion of the Desert

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Irene Papas

Synopsis: Libyan leader Moummar Quaddafi financed this desert epic about a Libyan hero who helped his nation fend off an Italian invasion in 1929. Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, who organizes Libyan forces to hold off the encroaching Italian troops under General Rodolfo Graziana (Oliver Reed), who are Read More

1981
Kostas

Actors: Takis Emmanuel, Wendy Hughes

Synopsis: Australia has a huge Greek immigrant population, so it is only natural that a refugee from Greece's occasional revolutions has become a political refugee there. Now a taxi-driver, Kostas (Takis Emmanuel) was formerly a journalist, an educated, passionate man who didn't always live in a seedy Read More

1979
Who Pays the Ferryman? [TV Series]

Actors: Jack Hedley, Betty Arvanitis, Takis Emmanuel, Patience Collier, Neil McCarthy

Synopsis: Created by Michael J. Bird, the British drama series Who Pays the Ferryman? was set on the Mediterranean island of Crete. Jack Hedley starred as Alan Haldane, an Englishman returning to Crete after a 30-year absence. In his "search for himself," Haldane was not altogether pleased with what he Read More

1977
Caddie

Actors: Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Jaffer, Ron Blanchard

Synopsis: The "Caddie" in this Australian thriller is not of the golfing variety, but is instead the nicknamed bestowed upon the heroine. Helen Morse plays a barmaid in 1930s Sydney whose husband walks out on her. Left with two kids to raise by herself, Helen struggles to make ends meet without losing her Read More

1976
That Lucky Touch

Actors: Roger Moore, Susannah York, Shelley Winters, Lee J. Cobb, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Synopsis: Lee J. Cobb's last film is in this light romantic comedy starring Roger Moore as Michael Scott, an arms dealer who comes complete with a sophisticated playboy patter for the ladies. During war games, Michael attempts to sell weapons to NATO forces by trying to interest NATO general Steedman (Lee J. Cobb Read More

1975
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Actors: David Garfield, John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer, Martin Shaw

Synopsis: The second of special-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen's three Sinbad epics, this film finds the titular hero played by John Philip Law, while the principal villain, Koura, is portrayed by future Dr. Who Tom Baker. The plot sends Sinbad and his crew on a quest for a valuable and magical golden Read More

1973
Hell Boats

Synopsis: In this WW II actioner set in 1942, an American officer serving with the British Royal Navy attempts to blockade Malta and then destroy a German arsenal located in Sicily. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1970
Cannon for Cordoba

Actors: George Peppard, Giovanna Ralli, Raf Vallone, Pete Duel, Don Gordon

Synopsis: In this limp western melodrama, when Mexican bandit Hector Cordoba (Raf Vallone) attacks a U.S. Army fort a few miles from the Mexican border, General John Pershing (John Russell) orders Captain Rod Douglas (George Peppard) to organize a group of soldiers to cross the border into Mexico to capture Read More

1970
The Martlet's Tale

Actors: Katina Paxinou, Takis Emmanuel

Synopsis: Sotiris (George Linjeris) is the grandson of Orsetta (Katina Paxinou), the wealthy matriarch of a Greek family. As she lingers near death, Sotiris is repulsed by the ghoulish death watch prompted by greed for the old woman's fortune. He takes off for an unknown country in the Middle East where he Read More

1970
Play Dirty

Actors: Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green, Harry Andrews

Synopsis: Captain Douglas (Michael Caine) is the British army leader who is ordered to lead a band of mercenaries into the desert. Their mission is to knock out an enemy fuel reserve. The inexperienced captain contends with a veteran Colonel (Nigel Green) who is enamored with using old history books to Read More

1969
Oedipus the King

Actors: Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Lilli Palmer, Richard Johnson, Cyril Cusack

Synopsis: The classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles stars Christopher Plummer as the psychologically tortured Oedipus. The successful monarch begins his downward slide after he discovers he has murdered his father and had children with his own mother. Oedipus is called on to avenge the death of the previous Read More

1968
The Magus

Actors: Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina, Paul Stassino

Synopsis: In Guy Green's deliriously disorienting adaptation of John Fowles's acclaimed second novel, Michael Caine plays Nicholas Urfe, an English schoolteacher evading serious romantic commitment with stewardess Anne (Godard muse Anna Karina). As a last resort, Urfe escapes the clutches of his paramour by Read More

1968
Thou Shalt Not Steal

Actors: Takis Emmanuel, Dimos Starenios

Synopsis: The villagers on the small Greek island of Naxos take pride in stealing from each other just for fun in this offbeat crime comedy. The local priest and the police do their best to discourage the activity that has become a time-honored tradition and a source of pride among the felonious. When the Read More

1965
Zorba the Greek

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Georges Foundas

Synopsis: If ever there was a role that Anthony Quinn was born to play, it was the lusty, life-affirming title character in Zorba the Greek. The scene is the isle of Crete, where English writer Alan Bates arrives in the hopes of realigning his own values and outlook on life. He is "adopted" by the Read More

1964
Young Aphrodites

Actors: Takis Emmanuel, Cleopatra Rota

Synopsis: This slow moving exploitation film concerns two couples in love. A married woman meets a shepherd, flocking to him in an adulterous affair while her husband goes on a fishing expedition. Also, a twelve years old girl storms the dreams of a ten year old boy when both are eager to experience their Read More

1963
Ouranos

Actors: Phaedon Georgitsis, Takis Emmanuel

1963
Electra

Actors: Irene Papas, Yannis Fertis, Theanno Ioannidou, Notis Peryalis

Synopsis: This excellent adaptation by Michael Cacoyannis of the famous tragedy by Euripides garnered him his first international success and an award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Irene Papas plays Electra, the daughter of King Agememnon and sister of Orestes, caught up in an uncontrollable need for Read More

1962