Acting

Adam French

Adam French is a retired British actor best known for a range of teenage roles in the 1980s, most specifically Clifford Pinner, the accident-prone, half-witted younger brother of Vince (Paul Nicholas) in Just Good Friends.

Acting credits

Simulation Exercise poster
NR

'They're no trouble', says the head-master, 'just give them something simple and undemanding to do - just keep their heads down'. It was better advice then he knew.

Simulation Exercise

1984

A Pattern of Roses poster
6.0

While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from the past being mirrored in his own life.

A Pattern of Roses

1983

Success Is the Best Revenge poster
6.5

Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.

Success Is the Best Revenge

1984

Wings of Death poster
7.0

In the revolting and decaying Byzantium Hotel, young heroin addict Alex, played by Dexter Fletcher, relives an idyllic - and possibly apocryphal - past before slipping into a much more terrifying world. A sinister little girl wanders the corridors, cutting open her doll "to see what's inside" while winos and junkies prowl as flesh-eating zombies...

Wings of Death

1985

The Best Years of Your Life poster
NR

Robert Clark is 17, wheelchair-bound, and he hasn't long to live. But he tries to come to terms with a bleak outlook. So do his father and brother Mark. Out of the situation, the three discover a bond and a certain strength.

The Best Years of Your Life

1986

Driving Ambition poster
NR

A bored and frustrated suburban housewife follows her dream of becoming a racing driver

Driving Ambition

1984

Goodie-Two-Shoes poster
6.0

Goodie-Two-Shoes is a 1984 British short film written and directed by Ian Emes. A teacher volunteers a group of misfit students to take a new dance class including a goodie-two-shoes and his bully. Awkwardness, friendship, competition, and romance follows. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Goodie-Two-Shoes

1984

Another Day poster
NR

The London of bed-sits, rundown housing, a world of the eccentric and the lonely. Since her husband walked out Eileen battles on her own to make a life for her children. She needs someone-but some people don't think George is the right man.

Another Day

1978

Wide Games poster
NR

After a 14 day survival exercise, Jet decides to leave home.

Wide Games

1983

JerUSAlem poster
10.0

Jerusalem is the Style Council's 'Magical Mystery Tour' - a bonkers jumble of imagery, concepts, and situations and outdoor locations that the band members find themselves in, which occasionally cuts to a song.

JerUSAlem

1986

Billy poster
NR

Billy is a rather withdrawn little boy, untalkative for even a four-year-old. Who cares what happens to Billy when his father hits him?

Billy

1979