Cast: Barry Foster

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Barry Foster. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Ryan's Daughter

1970 · Movie · 206 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Lean

Cast Sarah Miles · Robert Mitchum · Christopher Jones · Trevor Howard

Synopsis Set during the Irish Rebellion of 1916, it tells the story of Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), a kind and gentle widower, who falls in love with and marries the much younger Rosy (Sarah Miles). On her wedding night, however, Rosy...

7.8

6K votes

7.8

6K votes

Frenzy

1972 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Jon Finch · Barry Foster · Alec McCowen · Anna Massey

Synopsis London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to...

7.5

16K votes

7.5

16K votes

Smiley’s People (TV Miniseries)

1982 · Series · 360 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Langton

Cast Alec Guinness · Eileen Atkins · Bernard Hepton · Bill Paterson

Synopsis George Smiley is once again called out of innocent retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee. The shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going...

7.5

178 votes

7.5

178 votes

King & Country

1964 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Joseph Losey

Cast Dirk Bogarde · Tom Courtenay · Leo McKern · Barry Foster

Synopsis During World War I, an army private is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.

7.4

783 votes

7.4

783 votes

Maurice

1987 · Movie · 140 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Ivory

Cast Hugh Grant · Simon Callow · James Wilby · Denholm Elliott

Synopsis Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Twisted Nerve

1968 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Boulting

Cast Hywel Bennett · Hayley Mills · Billie Whitelaw · Phyllis Calvert

Synopsis Martin is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a brother with Down's Syndrome shut away in an institution, is...

6.6

388 votes

6.6

388 votes

The Family Way

1966 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Boulting

Cast Hayley Mills · Hywel Bennett · Marjorie Rhodes · John Mills

Synopsis Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, who's marriage has yet to be consummated.

6.5

53 votes

6.5

53 votes

Robbery

1967 · Movie · 114 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Yates

Cast Stanley Baker · James Booth · Frank Finlay · Joanna Pettet

Synopsis Dramatization of the true story of the 1963 British Royal Mail robbery.

6.4

346 votes

6.4

346 votes

Battle of Britain

1969 · Movie · 127 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Guy Hamilton

Cast Harry Andrews · Michael Caine · Trevor Howard · Curd Jürgens

Synopsis There's something about this film that's so irresistible, despite its grandiose manipulation. Maybe because it recounts the greatest air battle in history, achieving the greatest aerial battle in film history. Maybe because it has such a terrific cast (Harry Andrews,...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Sea of Sand

1958 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Guy Green

Cast Richard Attenborough · John Gregson · Michael Craig · Vincent Ball

Synopsis A small British army team is sent to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Whilst they are there they spot a large number of tanks and realise...

6.4

32 votes

6.4

32 votes

The Story of 'Frenzy'

2001 · Documentary · 45 min. · United States

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Barry Foster · Jon Finch · Anna Massey · Anthony Shaffer

Synopsis An original documentary on the making of Frenzy, featuring interviews with cast members Barry Foster, Jon Finch, Anna Massey, screenwriter Anthony Shaffer, filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Pat Hitchcock O'Connell, daughter of Alfred Hitchcock.

6.1

25 votes

6.1

25 votes

The Wild Geese

1978 · Movie · 134 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andrew V. McLaglen

Cast Richard Burton · Roger Moore · Richard Harris · Hardy Krüger

Synopsis A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and...

5.9

1K votes

5.9

1K votes

A Woman Called Golda (TV)

1982 · Movie · 192 min. · United States

Direction Alan Gibson

Cast Ingrid Bergman · Ned Beatty · Franklin Cover · Judy Davis

Synopsis The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

5.8

40 votes

5.8

40 votes

The Whistle Blower

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Langton

Cast Michael Caine · James Fox · Nigel Havers · John Gielgud

Synopsis A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...

5.8

196 votes

5.8

196 votes

Surprise Package

1960 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

5.1

46 votes

5.1

46 votes

Inspector Clouseau

1968 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bud Yorkin

Cast Alan Arkin · Patrick Cargill · Beryl Reid · Delia Boccardo

Synopsis A string of robberies has occurred in Britain and it's up to Inspector Clouseau to catch them.

4.5

112 votes

4.5

112 votes

Divorce His - Divorce Hers (TV)

1973 · Movie · 180 min. · United States

Direction Waris Hussein

Cast Richard Burton · Elizabeth Taylor · Carrie Nye · Barry Foster

Synopsis A two-part film, actually two concurrent stories, that reveals the dissolution of an 18-year marriage from two points of view. The stories are set in Rome, where the wealthy Martin and Jane Reynolds (Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor) meet by...

4.0

45 votes

4.0

45 votes

King of the Wind

1990 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Duffell

Cast Richard Harris · Glenda Jackson · Frank Finlay · Jenny Agutter

Synopsis In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a gift to the King of France,...

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Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (TV)

1989 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Richard A. Colla

Cast Perry King · Courteney Cox · Betsy Russell · Sondra Blake

Synopsis The 1970s Palm Beach, Fla., marriage of Roxanne and Herbert Pulitzer ends in a scandalous 1980s divorce.

Not rated

Not rated

Chillers (TV Series)

1990 · Series · 50 min. · France

Direction Mai Zetterling · Roger Andrieux · Maroun Bagdadi · John Berry

Cast Anthony Perkins · Stéphane Freiss · Assumpta Serna · Jean-Pierre Bisson

Synopsis Based on Patricia Highsmith short stories. Displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving into the darkest depths of human nature. Episode 1: The Cat Brought It In Episode 2: Sauce for the Goose Episode 3: Old Folks at Home Episode 4: The...

Not rated

Not rated