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Chris Bryant
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Known For
Don't Look Now · 1973Don't Look Now
★ 6.91973
MovieThrillerDrama
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
Lady Jane · 1986Lady Jane
★ 6.91986
MovieDramaRomance
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
One Against the Wind · 1991One Against the Wind
★ 7.11991
MovieHistoryDrama
Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
The Girl from Petrovka · 1974The Girl from Petrovka
★ 5.31974
MovieComedyDrama
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them up.
Stealing Heaven · 1988Stealing Heaven
★ 6.21988
MovieHistoryRomance
Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels against the status of women in 12th century Europe. When others begin to suspect their relationship, Heloise's uncle Fulbert and the bishop of Paris work together to put a stop to it. Héloïse becomes pregnant with Abelard's child, and they are married in secret. Abelard struggles for acting against the will of God, yet is unable to escape his love for Heloise.
Martin's Day · 1985Martin's Day
★ 6.41985
MovieDramaCrime
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good little boy" always obeying the rules, whom life has given only dismal loneliness and frustration in return. Soon he begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true. In a climactic moment, he chooses to stay with the man even though he could run away. Via hijacks and hijinx, they flee to the idyllic peace of the older Martin's childhood home, a cabin on a lake. But the police are close behind, impatient and trigger-happy.
The Spiral Staircase · 1975The Spiral Staircase
★ 5.21975
MovieHorrorMystery
A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.
The Awakening · 1980The Awakening
★ 5.51980
MovieHorror
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
Movies
Don't Look Now · 1973Don't Look Now
★ 6.91973
MovieThrillerDrama
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
Lady Jane · 1986Lady Jane
★ 6.91986
MovieDramaRomance
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
One Against the Wind · 1991One Against the Wind
★ 7.11991
MovieHistoryDrama
Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
The Girl from Petrovka · 1974The Girl from Petrovka
★ 5.31974
MovieComedyDrama
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them up.
Stealing Heaven · 1988Stealing Heaven
★ 6.21988
MovieHistoryRomance
Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels against the status of women in 12th century Europe. When others begin to suspect their relationship, Heloise's uncle Fulbert and the bishop of Paris work together to put a stop to it. Héloïse becomes pregnant with Abelard's child, and they are married in secret. Abelard struggles for acting against the will of God, yet is unable to escape his love for Heloise.
Martin's Day · 1985Martin's Day
★ 6.41985
MovieDramaCrime
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good little boy" always obeying the rules, whom life has given only dismal loneliness and frustration in return. Soon he begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true. In a climactic moment, he chooses to stay with the man even though he could run away. Via hijacks and hijinx, they flee to the idyllic peace of the older Martin's childhood home, a cabin on a lake. But the police are close behind, impatient and trigger-happy.
The Spiral Staircase · 1975The Spiral Staircase
★ 5.21975
MovieHorrorMystery
A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.
The Awakening · 1980The Awakening
★ 5.51980
MovieHorror
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
Miracle at Midnight · 1998Miracle at Midnight
★ 7.51998
MovieDramaTV Movie
Gripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life story of how one Danish family risked their lives in a remarkable effort to save thousands of their Jewish countrymen from the horror of Nazi concentration camps. Hendrik and his doctor father undertake the dangerous task of deceiving the Nazis and hiding Jewish families. When the Koster men must themselves go into hiding, Henrik's sister and mother are left to face capture by the suspicious Gestapo.
Golden Rendezvous · 1977Golden Rendezvous
★ 5.51977
MovieActionCrime
First Officer John Carter is aboard a cruise ship hijacked by terrorists who plan to steal gold bullion from a U.S. Treasury ship, using a nuclear bomb as leverage
Fighting Fear · 2011Fighting Fear
★ 4.52011
MovieDocumentaryAction
Told through the eyes of two friends Big Wave Pro-surfer Mark Mathews and MMA fighter Richie 'Vas' Vaculik.
Sword of Gideon · 1986Sword of Gideon
★ 6.61986
MovieActionDrama
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Joseph Andrews · 1977Joseph Andrews
★ 5.21977
MovieRomanceComedy
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
Foreign Affairs · 1993Foreign Affairs
★ 7.01993
MovieComedyDrama
Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female college professor meats a self-confident, married, but disillusioned aging American and aging English actress meats a young lively American.
The Man Who Had Power Over Women · 1970The Man Who Had Power Over Women
★ 4.61970
MovieComedyDrama
A successful talent agent enjoys the good life until his wife leaves him. Moving in with his friend and igniting an affair with the man's wife, he also acquires a difficult new client whose public image must be preserved at any cost.
TV Shows
Special Branch · 1969Special Branch
★ 5.81969
SeriesDrama
Special Branch is a British police drama centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.
Hallmark Hall of Fame · 1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
★ 8.81951
SeriesDrama
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Young Catherine · 1991Young Catherine
★ 5.91991
SeriesDrama
A Prussian princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.