Cast: Michael Elphick

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


Withnail and I

1987 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bruce Robinson

Cast Richard E. Grant · Paul McGann · Richard Griffiths · Ralph Brown

Synopsis Two young actors - Withnail and Marwood - share a crummy London flat and are hunting vainly for work, with little luck. Withnail persuades his rich and eccentric uncle Monty to lend them his country house for a few weeks;...

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6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Quadrophenia

1979 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Franc Roddam

Cast Phil Daniels · Mark Wingett · Sting · Philip Davis

Synopsis Quadrophenia (1979) follows Jimmy, a disaffected young Mod in 1960s London, as he navigates teenage angst, identity, and rebellion. Struggling with a mundane job and family tensions, he finds solace in the Mod subculture—scooters, sharp suits, and R&B music. Jimmy's...

Max

6.7

9K votes

6.7

9K votes

The First Great Train Robbery

1978 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Crichton

Cast Sean Connery · Donald Sutherland · Lesley-Anne Down · Alan Webb

Synopsis Sutherland and Connery wish to rob a moving train's safe in Victorian England. They need wax impressions of keys, coffins, dead cats, and a great deal of planning in order to pull it off.

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Hamlet

1969 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Nicol Williamson · Anthony Hopkins · Marianne Faithfull · Judy Parfitt

Synopsis Hamlet is Prince of Denmark, son of the recently deceased King Hamlet and his wife, Queen Gertrude. At a frosty night at Elsinore, the Danish royal castle, Hamlet meets King Hamlet's Ghost and learns that King Claudius murdered his father,...

6.5

136 votes

6.5

136 votes

The Element of Crime

1984 · Movie · 103 min. · Denmark

Direction Lars von Trier

Cast Michael Elphick · Esmond Knight · Me Me Lai · Jerold Wells

Synopsis A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

Fräulein Doktor

1969 · Movie · 104 min. · Italy

6.0

22 votes

6.0

22 votes

David Copperfield (TV Miniseries)

1999 · Series · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Bob Hoskins · Daniel Radcliffe · Maggie Smith · Michael Elphick

Synopsis A year before he played his first Quidditch match as Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe cast his spell on audiences as young David Copperfield in this stellar British miniseries based on Charles Dickens's classic novel. Vastly superior to the 2000 American-made...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

The Knowledge (TV)

1979 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bob Brooks

Cast Nigel Hawthorne · Mick Ford · Kim Taylforth · Jonathan Lynn

Synopsis Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

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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

Synopsis 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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Black Island

1979 · Movie · 46 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ben Bolt

Cast Martin Murphy · Michael Salmon · Michael Elphick · Allan Surtees

Synopsis Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.

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Memed My Hawk (The Lion and the Hawk)

1984 · Movie · 110 min. · Yugoslavia

Direction Peter Ustinov

Cast Peter Ustinov · Herbert Lom · Denis Quilley · Michael Elphick

Synopsis In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official,...

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Blue Remembered Hills (TV)

1979 · Movie · 72 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian Gibson

Cast Colin Welland · Michael Elphick · Robin Ellis · Helen Mirren

Synopsis On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war,...

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Privates on Parade

1983 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Blakemore

Cast John Cleese · Patrick Pearson · Michael Elphick · Joe Melia

Synopsis The members of SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to contend with a loony, bible bashing...

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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

Synopsis 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 notes.

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BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sarah Pia Anderson · Bill Hays · Don Taylor · Brian Parker

Cast Ralph Morse · John Bluthal · Gawn Grainger · Denholm Elliott

Synopsis TV Series (1973-1983). 106 episodes

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Metropolis

2000 · Series · 54 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Glenn Wilhide · Tim Whitby

Cast James Purefoy · Matthew Rhys · Louise Lombard · Kris Marshall

Synopsis Five years after graduating from Leeds University, life-long friends Matthew, Charlotte, Frank, Tanya, Alistair and Sophie find themselves on opposite ends of the social spectrum as they struggle to adapt to life in the capital.

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Three Men in a Boat (TV)

1975 · Movie · 64 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stephen Frears

Cast Tim Curry · Michael Palin · Stephen Moore · Bill Stewart

Synopsis One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so...

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Where's Jack?

1969 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Clavell

Cast Tommy Steele · Stanley Baker · Alan Badel · Dudley Foster

Synopsis Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London. Jack is working as an apprentice to a clockmaker when his brother Tom is sentenced to be hanged for theft. To...

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Not rated