John Thaw Movies

  • 1987
    Cry Freedom

    Cry Freedom

    Cry Freedom

    7.0251987HD

    A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald...

    Cry Freedom
  • 1992
    Chaplin

    Chaplin

    Chaplin

    7.41992HD

    An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent...

    Chaplin
  • 1972
    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    6.31972HD

    The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to...

    Dr. Phibes Rises Again
  • 1962
    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    7.1571962HD

    A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance...

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
  • 1998
    Goodnight, Mister Tom

    Goodnight, Mister Tom

    Goodnight, Mister Tom

    6.8731998HD

    We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the...

    Goodnight, Mister Tom
  • 1978
    Sweeney 2

    Sweeney 2

    Sweeney 2

    6.51978HD

    The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the...

    Sweeney 2
  • 1997
    Into the Blue

    Into the Blue

    Into the Blue

    61997HD

    Contemporary thriller set partly on the island of Rhodes. A bankrupt former garage owner, now working as a waiter and a caretaker on the Greek isle,...

    Into the Blue
  • 1977
    Sweeney!

    Sweeney!

    Sweeney!

    6.81977HD

    When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He...

    Sweeney!
  • 1987
    The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    The Sign of Four

    7.2871987HD

    Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret...

    The Sign of Four
  • 1989
    Bomber Harris

    Bomber Harris

    Bomber Harris

    6.81989HD

    Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on...

    Bomber Harris
  • 1971
    Catch Me a Spy

    Catch Me a Spy

    Catch Me a Spy

    4.61971HD

    While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture...

    Catch Me a Spy
  • 1981
    The Grass Is Singing

    The Grass Is Singing

    The Grass Is Singing

    4.21981HD

    In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced...

    The Grass Is Singing
  • 2001
    Buried Treasure

    Buried Treasure

    Buried Treasure

    5.32001HD

    Harry Jenkins is a self-made business man, who one day receives a message that his only daughter has died in a car crash. Last time he saw his...

    Buried Treasure
  • 1984
    The Life and Death of King John

    The Life and Death of King John

    The Life and Death of King John

    71984HD

    The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and...

    The Life and Death of King John
  • 1968
    The Bofors Gun

    The Bofors Gun

    The Bofors Gun

    5.71968HD

    A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.

    The Bofors Gun
  • 1974
    Regan

    Regan

    Regan

    01974HD

    Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major...

    Regan
  • 1970
    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    01970HD

    The Thane of Cawdor plots to become King of Scotland.

    Macbeth
  • 1970
    Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

    Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

    Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

    11970HD

    A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink...

    Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
  • 1970
    The Last Grenade

    The Last Grenade

    The Last Grenade

    5.81970HD

    British mercenaries (Stanley Baker, Alex Cord) finish their Congo feud in Hong Kong, with a woman (Honor Blackman) caught in the middle.

    The Last Grenade
  • 1974
    The Capone Investment

    The Capone Investment

    The Capone Investment

    6.21974HD

    Abridged movie version of the 1974 British TV series concerning the whereabouts of Al Capone's illegal gains, garnered during the Prohibition era.

    The Capone Investment