Cast: Alec McCowen

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


Frenzy

1972 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

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

Plot 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...

7.5

16K votes

7.5

16K votes

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Richardson

Cast Tom Courtenay · Michael Redgrave · James Bolam · Avis Bunnage

Plot A Borstal boy has nothing going for him except the ability to run. He is selected to compete against a public school and starts a training programme, during which he...

7.5

5K votes

7.5

5K votes

The Age of Innocence

1993 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Michelle Pfeiffer · Daniel Day-Lewis · Winona Ryder · Richard E. Grant

Plot Set in 1870s New York, Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE examines the tyranny of tradition and family heritage--and the tragic consequences of breaking societys unspoken rules. Newland Archer (Daniel...

7.0

15K votes

7.0

15K votes

Henry V

1989 · Movie · 138 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Kenneth Branagh

Cast Kenneth Branagh · Emma Thompson · Paul Scofield · Derek Jacobi

Plot The gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

A Night to Remember

1958 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Kenneth More · Jill Dixon · David McCallum · Laurence Naismith

Plot The crew and passengers of the Titanic fight to survive when the legendary ship strikes an iceberg.

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

Cry Freedom

1987 · Movie · 152 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Attenborough

Cast Kevin Kline · Penelope Wilton · Denzel Washington · John Hargreaves

Plot An epic drama based on the true story of newspaper editor Donald Woods' investigation into the murder of nationalist leader Steven Biko. Mistrustful of each other at first, but joined...

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

The Cruel Sea

1953 · Movie · 126 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Frend

Cast Jack Hawkins · Donald Sinden · John Stratton · Denholm Elliott

Plot At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make...

6.9

102 votes

6.9

102 votes

Gangs of New York

2002 · Movie · 161 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Daniel Day-Lewis · Leonardo DiCaprio · Cameron Diaz · Jim Broadbent

Plot As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in lower Manhattan's Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon (DiCaprio)...

Max

6.7

69K votes

6.7

69K votes

The Divided Heart

1954 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Crichton

Cast Cornell Borchers · Yvonne Mitchell · Armin Dahle · Alexander Knox

Plot During World War II, a German woman named Inga (Cornell Borchers, who won a Best Foreign Actress BAFTA Award) goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed...

6.6

32 votes

6.6

32 votes

The One That Got Away

1957 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Hardy Krüger · Colin Gordon · Michael Goodliffe · Terence Alexander

Plot A cocky German flight officer is shot down over England and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again.

6.5

193 votes

6.5

193 votes

Time Without Pity

1957 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Joseph Losey

Cast Michael Redgrave · Alec McCowen · Peter Cushing · Ann Todd

Plot Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend...

Max

6.4

111 votes

6.4

111 votes

The Secret Adversary (TV)

1983 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Wharmby

Cast James Warwick · Francesca Annis · George Baker · Gavan O'Herlihy

Plot After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy.

6.1

82 votes

6.1

82 votes

Never Say Never Again

1983 · Movie · 137 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Irvin Kershner

Cast Sean Connery · Klaus Maria Brandauer · Kim Basinger · Max von Sydow

Plot A Spectre agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

6.0

7K votes

6.0

7K votes

Travels with My Aunt

1972 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Maggie Smith · Alec McCowen · Louis Gossett Jr. · Robert Stephens

Plot At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings, who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure, as she attempts...

6.0

307 votes

6.0

307 votes

Hanover Street

1979 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Hyams

Cast Harrison Ford · Lesley-Anne Down · Christopher Plummer · Alec McCowen

Plot During the Second World War, an American Pilot stationed in England meets a young British nurse during an air raid on London. The two instantly fall in love, despite the...

5.9

2K votes

5.9

2K votes

Town on Trial

1957 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Guillermin

Cast Charles Coburn · John Mills · Barbara Bates · Derek Farr

Plot When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings,...

5.9

36 votes

5.9

36 votes

Personal Services

1987 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Jones

Cast Julie Walters · Shirley Stefox · Alec McCowen · Danny Schiller

Plot The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne.

5.7

93 votes

5.7

93 votes

The Devil's Own

1966 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Cyril Frankel

Cast Joan Fontaine · Kay Walsh · Alec McCowen · Ann Bell

Plot An English school teacher outposted in Africa has a run in with the local witch doctor and suffers a nervous breakdown. After recovering back in England she takes a job...

5.4

285 votes

5.4

285 votes

In the Cool of the Day

1963 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Robert Stevens

Cast Peter Finch · Jane Fonda · Angela Lansbury · Arthur Hill

Plot After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long suffering...

5.2

26 votes

5.2

26 votes

The Doctor's Dilemma

1958 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Anthony Asquith

Cast Leslie Caron · Dirk Bogarde · Alastair Sim · Robert Morley

Plot Mrs. Dubedat loves and idolizes her artist husband, Louis, but he is dying of tuberculosis. She goes to a doctor and convinces him to save her husband. The doctor can...

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