Cast: David Swift
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring David Swift. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
The Storyteller (TV Series)
1988 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jim Henson · Steve Barron · Jon Amiel · Peter Smith
Cast John Hurt · Brian Henson · Frederick Warder · David Greenaway
Plot TV Series (1987-1988). 9 Episodes. A variety of European folk tales are retold in nine new stories. A woman bears a hedgehog-child who grows up to live alone in a...
7.6
4K votes
7.6
4K votes
War & Peace (TV Miniseries)
1972 · Series · 890 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Davies
Cast Anthony Hopkins · Morag Hood · Alan Dobie · Rupert Davies
7.0
39 votes
7.0
39 votes
Les Miserables (TV)
1978 · Movie · 150 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Glenn Jordan
Cast Richard Jordan · Anthony Perkins · Cyril Cusack · Claude Dauphin
Plot Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.
6.7
73 votes
6.7
73 votes
The Black Panther
1977 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ian Merrick
Cast Donald Sumpter · Debbie Farrington · Marjorie Yates · Sylvia O'Donnell
Plot The Black Panther an intelligent true-crime drama that charts the infamous killing spree which Donald Neilson, aka the Black Panther, carried out across England in the mid-70s, culminating in the...
6.6
25 votes
6.6
25 votes
Agatha Christie's Poirot - The King of Clubs (TV)
1989 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Renny Rye
Cast David Suchet · Hugh Fraser · Philip Jackson · Niamh Cusack
Plot A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.
6.2
130 votes
6.2
130 votes
Jack & Sarah
1995 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tim Sullivan
Cast Richard E. Grant · Samantha Mathis · Judi Dench · Ian McKellen
Plot Jack (Richard E. Grant) and Sarah (Imogen Stubbs) are expecting a baby together, but a complication during the birth leads to the death of Sarah. Jack, grief stricken, goes on...
5.7
1K votes
5.7
1K votes
The Day of the Triffids (TV Miniseries)
1981 · Series · 160 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Hannam
Cast John Duttine · Emma Relph · Maurice Colbourne · David Swift
Plot A terrible catastrophe has struck the population of Earth. Almost everyone on the planet has been rendered blind by the arrival of a bright comet lighting up the darkened skies,...
5.4
127 votes
5.4
127 votes
No Sex Please - We're British
1973 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cliff Owen
Cast Ronnie Corbett · Beryl Reid · Arthur Lowe · Ian Ogilvy
Plot Porn store owner Pete orders some new stuff from his supplier Niko but Niko mixes up the address with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, newly-weds David (the...
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Arthur's Hallowed Ground (TV)
1984 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Freddie Young
Cast Jimmy Jewel · Michael Elphick · David Swift · Vas Blackwood
Plot Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant.
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Vanity Fair (TV Miniseries)
1987 · Movie · 560 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Diarmuid Lawrence · Michael Owen Morris
Cast Eve Matheson · Rebecca Saire · Simon Dormandy · Jack Klaff
Plot In the time of Napoleon, Becky Sharp, a poor orphan girl, schemes for money and position. Her most-used stepladder is her old school friend, Amelia Sedley. Both women marry soldiers,...
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Uppdraget
1977 · Movie · 97 min. · Sweden
Direction Mats Arehn
Cast Christopher Plummer · Thomas Hellberg · Carolyn Seymour · Fernando Rey
Plot A Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate between the two extremist groups.
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Private Schulz (TV Series)
1981 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Chetwyn
Cast Michael Elphick · Ian Richardson · Cyril Shaps · Billie Whitelaw
Plot TV Series (1981). 6 episodes. The Time - WWII, the place - Germany. The Germans have a plan to destroy the British economy by flooding the country with forged £5...
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Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (TV)
1983 · Movie · min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Glenister
Cast Ronald Pickup · Fiona Walker · David Swift · Melanie Parr
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Going Straight (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sydney Lotterby
Cast Ronnie Parker · Richard Beckinsale · Nicholas Lyndhurst · Patricia Brake
Plot Spin-off from "Porridge". Fletcher leaves Slade Prison and returns home to find his wife has left him and his daughter Ingrid is now engaged to former cell-mate Godber. Meanwhile Fletcher's...
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The Diary of Anne Frank (TV Miniseries)
1987 · Movie · 112 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Gareth Davies
Cast Janet Amsbury · Elizabeth Bell · Emma Harbour · Emrys James
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Freud (TV Miniseries)
1984 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Moira Armstrong
Cast David Suchet · Helen Bourne · David Swift · Alison Key
Plot The life and times of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.
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Drop the Dead Donkey (TV Series)
1990 · Series · min. · United Kingdom
Direction Liddy Oldroyd · Andy Hamilton · Guy Jenkin
Cast Neal Pearson · Jeff Rawle · David Swift · Stephen Tompkinson
Plot (1990-1998). 6 seasons. Political satire about a TV news company.
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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV Miniseries)
1981 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ferdinand Fairfax
Cast Robert Hardy · Sian Phillips · Nigel Havers · Tim Pigott-Smith
Plot TV Mini-Series. 8 episodes. The story of Winston Churchill's life between 1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he joined Great Britain's War Cabinet - a period...
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We Think the World of You
1988 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Colin Gregg
Cast Alan Bates · Gary Oldman · Max Wall · Liz Smith
Plot An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of...
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Fall of Eagles (TV Miniseries)
1974 · Movie · 600 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Elliot · David Cunliffe · Bill Hays · Rudolph Cartier
Cast Patrick Stewart · John Rhys-Davies · Gemma Jones · Michael Kitchen
Plot A 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the ruling dynasties Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the...
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