
Acting
James Grout
Born 1927-10-22 · London, England, UK
Acting credits
7.0After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
6.4When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
The Ruling Class
1972
6.3When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
Loophole
1981
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Macbeth
1966
NRA musical about female rebels in the 18th and 20th centuries.
Rachel and the Roarettes
1985
The USA have created a deadly gas known as Omega. Britain have countered with it's antidote Omega Minor. Lawyer Philip Skelton is recruited to join a secret Cell called Gauntlet and they must stop Dr. Maurice Owen before he passes it on.
Codename: Portcullis
1969
Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
7.0Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
The Falklands Factor
1983
NRA salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course.
Ackerman, Dougall & Harker
1972
9.0Mr Mockler and Mrs Acland have never met, but gradually Mrs Acland 's ghosts begin to take over Mr Mockler 's life.
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
1975
Four former inmates of a hospital for the mentally handicapped, move in next door to a middle aged couple in suburbia.
Why Here?
1977
6.2Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Death of a Salesman
1996
10.0'I'd stake my reputation on it. These photographs are not faked.' But how could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls, have momentous implications for man's understanding of the world?
Fairies
1978
NRWhen a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events.
A Hymn from Jim
1977
10.0A moral philosopher at a university finds his own morals under scrutiny.
A Man of Morality
1976
NR"1975 was the year of the disaster movie, yeah? So what stops 1976 being the year of the disastrous disaster movie?"
Jumbo
1976
NRA private detective caring for his wife who is suffering from dementia investigates the disappearance of a young girl. Soon, however, he begins digging up the girl's dark family secrets.
Broken Glass
1982
9.0Performed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the hypocrisy surrounding prostitution still shocked its audiences. Mrs. Warren has graduated from prostitution to opening and operating a chain of brothels throughout Europe. When her educated daughter Vivie discovers the truth about her mother's profession her reactions affect everyone around her.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
1972
NRAn adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
The Old Devils
1992
9.0An adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play.
Man and Superman
1982
8.0An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970
NRJenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that employing her in his own business will bring her out of her shell. He also employs a new young assistant called Brian.
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
1975
7.0A striptease artist is prosecuted for indecency. Meanwhile, his aunt wants him to visit her, before she dies.
A Passage to Inverness
1977