Ralph Richardson Movies

1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon

Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity...

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into...

The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer,...

David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.

Bulldog Drummond forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.

It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen...

'No Man's Land' is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first performed in 1975. In this 1978, TV adaptation, a seedy poet shows up at the...

World War II propaganda film.

John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the...

Adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s play.

A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

When David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to do location shooting in Moscow. Instead, he found a...

Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat...

Drama describing the story of the building of Saint Peter's Cathedral, Vatican, Rome.

A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.

In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles...

Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."