Cast: John Allen
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Allen. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 17
Captain James Cook (TV Miniseries)
1987 · Movie · 480 min. · Australia
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Keith Michell · John Gregg · Erich Hallhuber · Jacques Penot
Synopsis Based on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the South Pacific region to observe the transit of Venus), that Captain Cook discovered the east coast of Australia. He later recommended Australia...
6.8
21 votes
6.8
21 votes
The Games
1970 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Winner
Cast Ryan O'Neal · Charles Aznavour · Michael Crawford · Athol Compton
Synopsis The story of four marathon runners and their preparations for the Olympics. One is a British runner with a highly demanding coach. Another is an American who participates even though it might kill him. Another is a Czech who competes...
6.2
63 votes
6.2
63 votes
Beach Red
1967 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Cornel Wilde
Cast Cornel Wilde · Rip Torn · Burr DeBenning · Patrick Wolfe
Synopsis American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in...
5.6
248 votes
5.6
248 votes
Now and Forever
1983 · Movie · 89 min. · Australia
Direction Adrian Carr · Richard Cassidy
Cast Cheryl Ladd · Robert Coleby · Carmen Duncan · Christine Amor
Synopsis A couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.
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Bamboo Shark
2011 · Movie · United States
Direction Dennis Ward
Cast Dustin Chase · Matt Ragan · Jeff Stevens · Mickey Rooney
Synopsis Several MIT students drop out of school to make a movie and quickly realize that no one will ever take them seriously without a big name star, so they decide to fool everybody by using celebrity impersonators.
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Polar Nights
2015 · Documentary · 62 min. · Ireland
Direction Dean Kavanagh
Cast John Allen · Leon Kavanagh · Noelle Luque · Dean Kavanagh
Synopsis The discovery of an ancient artefact. The night extends beyond the grip of reality. The inhabitants of a small community perish.
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History of Water
2013 · Movie · 61 min. · Ireland
Direction Dean Kavanagh
Cast Leon Kavanagh · Noelle Luque · Dean Kavanagh · John Allen
Synopsis A young man films his family to better understand them and as a result is destroyed by them.
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The Odd Angry Shot
1979 · Movie · 92 min. · Australia
Direction Tom Jeffrey
Cast Graham Kennedy · John Hargreaves · John Jarratt · Bryan Brown
Synopsis In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.
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The Dismissal (TV Miniseries)
1983 · Movie · Australia
Direction George Miller · George Ogilvie · Phillip Noyce · John Power
Cast John Allen · Vincent Ball · Tony Barry · Alan Becher
Synopsis The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the...
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Permissive
1970 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lindsay Shonteff
Cast Maggie Stride · Gay Singleton · Gilbert Wynne · Alan Gorrie
Synopsis Suzy arrives in London with nowhere to stay and meets Fiona, a group who has settled into a relationship with Lee, a singer/bassist in a rock band.
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Crown Court (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bob Hird · Stephen Butcher · Laurence Moody · Gerry Mill
Cast Peter Wheeler · Joseph Berry · Richard Colson · Derek Hockridge
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1915 (TV Miniseries)
1982 · Movie · 50 min. · Australia
Direction Chris Thomson · Di Drew
Cast Scott McGregor · Scott Burgess · Sigrid Thornton · Jackie Woodburne
Synopsis Two young men from the country join the army and leave for World War I.
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Spirit of the Wind
1979 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Ralph Liddle
Cast Pius Savage · George Clutesi · Slim Pickens · Chief Dan George
Synopsis True life story of George Attla - famous Alaskan dog sled driver. The film shows the life of Attla as a young Athabaskan trapper living in the bush in Alaska and then in a TB sanitarium in town. He comes...
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The Spirit (TV)
1987 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Michael Schultz
Cast Sam J. Jones · Nana Visitor · Bumper Robinson · Garry Walberg
Synopsis When Denny Colt, detective for the Central City Police Department, survives an assassination attempt by criminals, he is still believed by the public to be dead. He decides to use to his advantage, since being "dead", he isn't subject to...
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The Sweeney (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ian Kennedy Martin · Tom Clegg · Douglas Camfield · David Wickes
Cast John Thaw · Dennis Waterman · Tony Aitken · Garfield Morgan
Synopsis British police series which revolutionised the genre on UK television in the mid 1970s. Jack Regan is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police (called 'the Sweeney' from the Cockney rhyming slang 'Sweeney Todd'). He...
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Vietnam (TV Miniseries)
1987 · Movie · 450 min. · Australia
Direction John Duigan · Chris Noonan
Cast Nicole Kidman · Nicholas Eadie · Barry Otto · Noel Ferrier
Synopsis The announcement of Australia joining the war in Vietnam rocks the Goddard family as Phil is enlisted and leaves to fight for his country. His family say an emotional farewell to him. Once in Vietnam, the soldiers are pushed to...
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No Longer Alone
1976 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Webster
Cast Igor Alexander · John Allen · Vivienne Burgess · Belinda Carroll
Synopsis As a rising star on the British stage and on television, Joan Winmill had everything a young woman could ask for -beauty, fame, admiration, and rich, powerful friends. Yet there was an unexplained void in her life – an empty...
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