Crusty, crafty British barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) fluctuates between defender and prosecutor in the four movie-length episodes comprising the first season of Kavanagh Q.C. In the opener, "Nothing But the Truth," Kavanagh defends an accused rapist, while in the second episode, "Heartland," he switches gears to prosecute a self-styled ...
In this adaptation of the novel by Michelle Magorian, John Thaw stars as Tom Oakley, an old man with a short temper who doesn't have much use for people. However, after the outbreak of World War II, Tom is forced to take in Willie Bech (Nick Robinson), a young boy who has been evacuated from London and sent to the small village Tom calls home. ...
In this mystery, the intrepid Morse investigates the murder of an American tourist whose untimely death occurred shortly after she announced her plans to donate a fabulous jewel to a museum. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
John Thaw returns as wily British barrister James Kavanagh as Kavanagh Q.C. enters its second season. The first of the year's six feature-length episodes is "True Commitment," in which Kavanagh tries to sift the truth out of a case involving the daughter of a Jewish businessman, a plot to murder a neo-Nazi, and the contradictory eyewitness ...
Created by Russell Lewis, the four-episode British miniseries Monsignor Renard was set in the French town of St-Josse-des-Bois during the Nazi occupation of the 1940s. The title character, played by John Thaw of Inspector Morse fame, initially tried to keep himself above politics. Ultimately, however, Monsignor Renard became intimately involved ...
Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Deceived by Flight first aired in the U.K. in 1989. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) and Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately) investigate the death of a player for the Clarets XI cricket team, right before their annual match. Sports radio commentator Brian ...
The first episode of Kavanagh Q.C.'s third season is "Mute of Malice," in which high-profile British barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) is saddled with a client who is unable to speak -- literally -- after confessing to fratricide. Next on the docket is "Blood Money," wherein Kavanagh prosecutes a surgeon who loses a patient under highly ...
In this episode of the popular British detective drama, Morse visits a micro brewery and solves the murder of one of its board of directors. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
British retiree John Thaw and his wife Lindsay Duncan spend a Year in Provence in this TV miniseries. Each episode covers a single season of the couple's experiences in their new home in the south of France. Purchasing a 200-year-old farmhouse, Thaw and Duncan must undergo the usual rigors of restorations and adjustment. They also come to ...
When the intrepid Inspector Morse is accused of murdering his girlfriend, he finds out firsthand what it's like to be on the other side of the law. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Based on a novel by Gerald Seymour, the two-part British miniseries starred John Thaw as Joshua Mantle, a solicitor's clerk pressed into duty by British intelligence. It is Joshua's job to find out why otherwise level-headed Intelligence officer Tracy Barnes (Zara Turner) suddenly, and without warning, attacked East German politician Dieter Krause ...
More than one case of mistaken identity is leading an expatriate Briton into hot water in Greece in this tale of suspense. Harry Barnett (John Thaw) was once a successful British businessman, but after his luck and his business acumen went south, Harry suddenly found himself single, and these days he works as a laborer for his old friend Alan ...
Based on the novel by Kingsley Amis, the British miniseries Stanley and the Women starred future Inspector Morse leading man John Thaw as Stanley Duke, a fortysomething advertising executive. Stanley's life was thrown into turmoil when his son Stephen (Samuel West) was diagnosed a schizophrenic. Making matters worse, Stanley's quiet home was ...
The British Business as Usual stars Glenda Jackson and John Thaw as the husband-and-wife managers of a boutique. When a huge store chain purchases Jackson and Thaw's establishment, chain executive Eamon Boland is sent to check out the place. It seems, however, that he's more interested in checking out pretty boutique employee Cathy Tyson. Jackson ...
An unexpected and ironic twist caps barrister James Kavanagh's (John Thaw) defense of a doctor accused of murder in "Memento Mori," the opening episode of Kavanagh Q.C.'s fourth season. The eponymous hero subsequently returns to his home town of Bolton to unravel a confusing case of infanticide in "Care in the Community." Next up, Kavanagh tries ...
This sequel to the stylish 1971 melodrama The Abominable Dr. Phibes once more stars Vincent Price in the title role. Long believed dead, Phibes arises from a state of suspended animation, in search of the means to bring his deceased wife back to the land of the living. Phibes also wears a rubber mask to disguise his own horribly disfigured ...
The fifth and last season of Kavanagh Q.C. begins with the first of its four episodes, "Previous Convictions," in which prominent barrister James Kavanagh (John Thaw) risks public scorn by defending a woman whose sexual peccadillos may have brought about a tragic airplane accident. Next up is "The More Loving One," wherein a recovering drug addict ...
Based on the novel by Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing stars Karen Black as a successful career woman based in South Africa. Ms. Black gives up the relative comfort of city life when she falls in love with a bush farmer. The core of the film is Karen's efforts to assimilate herself into her forbidding new environment. John Thaw co-stars as the ...
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