Pete Postlethwaite Movies

  • 1988
    To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

    61988HD

    A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

    To Kill a Priest
  • 1983
    Fords on Water

    Fords on Water

    Fords on Water

    01983HD

    Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and...

    Fords on Water
  • 1999
    The Divine Ryans

    The Divine Ryans

    The Divine Ryans

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    When Draper Doyle’s father drops dead two days after his birthday, Draper realises that he his memories of visiting his father two days...

    The Divine Ryans
  • 1997
    Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

    61997HD

    Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer...

    Sharpe: The Legend
  • 2002
    Triggermen

    Triggermen

    Triggermen

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    Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival gangster. Keen to make a fast buck, they pretend...

    Triggermen
  • 1976
    Occupy!

    Occupy!

    Occupy!

    01976HD

    Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, feature in this potent reportage/dramatisation...

    Occupy!
  • 1985
    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

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    As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before...

    Cyrano de Bergerac
  • 1991
    They Never Slept

    They Never Slept

    They Never Slept

    01991HD

    When plucky Corporal Pru Merriman reports to her superiors Monk and Bob for driving duty, she finds herself catapulted into the murky world of the...

    They Never Slept
  • 1981
    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

    01981HD

    British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union

    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
  • 1988
    The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

    41988HD

    In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional...

    The Dressmaker
  • 2009
    Clough: The Brian Clough Story

    Clough: The Brian Clough Story

    Clough: The Brian Clough Story

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    30 years since his first European Cup success, 15 years since his retirement and 5 years after his death; Brian Clough continues to fascinate. The...

    Clough: The Brian Clough Story
  • 1999
    The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

    The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

    The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

    01999HD

    Narrated by Connick himself in a candid look at his own life and career, the program features interviews with jazz greats Branford and Wynton...

    The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
  • 2005
    Red Mercury

    Red Mercury

    Red Mercury

    42005HD

    Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The...

    Red Mercury
  • 1987
    Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

    61987HD

    Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being...

    Coast to Coast
  • 1990
    Needle

    Needle

    Needle

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    Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS...

    Needle
  • 1999
    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

    71999HD

    Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her...

    Lost for Words
  • 1975
    Thwum

    Thwum

    Thwum

    01975HD

    Presumed lost after its initial broadcast in 1975, Thwum features a young Pete Postlethwaite in his earliest television appearance. This sci-fi...

    Thwum
  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    01979HD

    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested...

    Afternoon Off
  • 1978
    Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

    01978HD

    A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.

    Doris and Doreen
  • 1976
    The Paradise Run

    The Paradise Run

    The Paradise Run

    01976HD

    Johnny has joined the army because he likes canoeing, but ends up in a war-torn city and is compromised into helping the enemy. However, desertion...

    The Paradise Run