John Thaw Movies

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the...

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald...

An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly...

A London 'wide boy' alcoholic is forced to face his responsibilities by a 'heavenly' messenger.

Two young journalists simulate a murder, but the scheme backfires when the mock victim disappears.

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.

The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to...

Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones...

In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced...

Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now working as a waiter and a caretaker on the Greek isle,...

Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?

Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on...

A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.

First in a trilogy of plays. An assassin is out to kill Major Hastings in his isolated country home.

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent...

When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He...

Alan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to launder the money for him. What Hart doesn't know is...

A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink...

While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture...