Movies: Colin Welland

  • 1976
    Machinegunner

    Machinegunner (1976)

    Machinegunner

    01976HD

    A 'machinegunner' (West Country slang for a debt-collector) turns amateur sleuth, but finds himself in hot water with local criminals....

    Machinegunner
  • 1971
    Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs (1971)

    Straw Dogs

    7.11971HD

    David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostrac...

    Straw Dogs
  • 1971
    Villain

    Villain (1971)

    Villain

    6.01971HD

    In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament....

    Villain
  • 1973
    Jack Point

    Jack Point (1973)

    Jack Point

    01973HD

    Rivalry at a local Gilbert and Sullivan Society over who will play Jack Point in the Silver Jubilee production. Rowland Matthews has always been the main star, but he is getting on, and the young Clive Bates is a strong rival....

    Jack Point
  • 1979
    Yanks

    Yanks (1979)

    Yanks

    5.81979HD

    During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely Br...

    Yanks
  • 1970
    Kes

    Kes (1970)

    Kes

    7.41970HD

    Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English tea...

    Kes
  • 1977
    Sweeney!

    Sweeney! (1977)

    Sweeney!

    6.61977HD

    When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended...

    Sweeney!
  • 1997
    The Fix

    The Fix (1997)

    The Fix

    2.71997HD

    The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jailed and banned from football for life for conspiring to fix the results of matches. Prominent among ...

    The Fix
  • 1981
    Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire (1981)

    Chariots of Fire

    6.81981HD

    In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's...

    Chariots of Fire
  • 1994
    Bambino Mio

    Bambino Mio (1994)

    Bambino Mio

    01994HD

    A woman fights to adopt a war baby from the Third World after becoming unable to conceive....

    Bambino Mio
  • 1990
    The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

    The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990)

    The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

    4.31990HD

    The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books and movies....

    The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
  • 1989
    A Dry White Season

    A Dry White Season (1989)

    A Dry White Season

    6.61989HD

    During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

    A Dry White Season
  • 1975
    A Passage to England

    A Passage to England (1975)

    A Passage to England

    01975HD

    Anand, his pretty cousin and their sick uncle are stranded in Amsterdam where they receive an offer to take them to England....

    A Passage to England
  • 1976
    Your Man from Six Counties

    Your Man from Six Counties (1976)

    Your Man from Six Counties

    01976HD

    When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west Ireland. But even here there are links to the past....

    Your Man from Six Counties
  • 1979
    Blue Remembered Hills

    Blue Remembered Hills (1979)

    Blue Remembered Hills

    6.51979HD

    On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war, at other times r...

    Blue Remembered Hills
  • 1990
    Dancin' Thru the Dark

    Dancin' Thru the Dark (1990)

    Dancin' Thru the Dark

    6.61990HD

    Linda is out on her hen night while her fiance Dave is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married. Both groups end up at the same club, only to discover that its band is fronted by her ex-boyfriend - and the love of her...

    Dancin' Thru the Dark
  • 1994
    War of the Buttons

    War of the Buttons (1994)

    War of the Buttons

    6.91994HD

    War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's clothing....

    War of the Buttons
  • 1972
    Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday (1972)

    Bank Holiday

    01972HD

    18-year-old friends Todd and Towzer set off by motorbike to spend a Bank Holiday weekend in Scarborough. Their long hair, cut-off denim jackets, medals, badges and swastikas lead to hostility from everyone they meet, including the police...

    Bank Holiday
  • 1970
    The Hallelujah Handshake

    The Hallelujah Handshake (1970)

    The Hallelujah Handshake

    7.51970HD

    Henry sets out to join a church and passionately help the parish. Slowly but surely his habits of exaggeration and lying begin to catch up with him....

    The Hallelujah Handshake
  • 1993
    Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale (1993)

    Femme Fatale

    01993HD

    Sicilian-born Maddalena has moved to a Devonshire village in England to escape volatile sexual tempers. She marries, but the lust she inspires in the villagers makes them drop dead....

    Femme Fatale