Leo McKern Movies

  • 1978
    The Nativity

    The Nativity

    The Nativity

    61978HD

    The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.

    The Nativity
  • 1951
    Murder in the Cathedral

    Murder in the Cathedral

    Murder in the Cathedral

    6.51951HD

    Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to...

    Murder in the Cathedral
  • 1964
    The Horse Without a Head

    The Horse Without a Head

    The Horse Without a Head

    61964HD

    Five pampered French children with their wheeled, headless, toy horse accidentally become tangled up in a plot to rob the Dijon- Paris express of...

    The Horse Without a Head
  • 1963
    Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Distress

    6.21963HD

    "Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and...

    Doctor in Distress
  • 1958
    Chain of Events

    Chain of Events

    Chain of Events

    6.31958HD

    When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences

    Chain of Events
  • 1968
    Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

    Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

    Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

    51968HD

    A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.

    Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
  • 1994
    Good King Wenceslas

    Good King Wenceslas

    Good King Wenceslas

    31994HD

    Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.

    Good King Wenceslas
  • 1992
    The Last Romantics

    The Last Romantics

    The Last Romantics

    01992HD

    A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.

    The Last Romantics
  • 1987
    Travelling North

    Travelling North

    Travelling North

    5.2861987HD

    Travelling North tells the story of Frank, a crotchety old man with an unending zest and passion for life and Frances his much younger companion...

    Travelling North
  • 1959
    Web of Evidence

    Web of Evidence

    Web of Evidence

    4.81959HD

    A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder.

    Web of Evidence
  • 1988
    The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

    01988HD

    Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being...

    The Master Builder
  • 1974
    The Sun Is God

    The Sun Is God

    The Sun Is God

    01974HD

    A dramatised documentary of the life and work of JMW Turner.

    The Sun Is God
  • 1978
    The Last Tasmanian

    The Last Tasmanian

    The Last Tasmanian

    6.31978HD

    The story of the genocide of the Tasmanian aborigine population by British settlers. Specifically Truganini, the last living full-blood aborigine.

    The Last Tasmanian
  • 1982
    The Boxwallah

    The Boxwallah

    The Boxwallah

    01982HD

    Edwin and Nancy Coote live in a dingy flat in Kensington, but still live in the reflected glory of the Indian Raj.

    The Boxwallah
  • 1960
    Jazz Boat

    Jazz Boat

    Jazz Boat

    61960HD

    A bumbling gang of thieves crash a jazz party.

    Jazz Boat
  • 1975
    Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    81975HD

    An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.

    Rumpole of the Bailey
  • 1964
    The Life of Galileo

    The Life of Galileo

    The Life of Galileo

    01964HD

    BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

    The Life of Galileo
  • 1955
    All for Mary

    All for Mary

    All for Mary

    6.21955HD

    In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord's daughter....

    All for Mary
  • 1968
    On the Eve of Publication

    On the Eve of Publication

    On the Eve of Publication

    01968HD

    TV play by David Mercer. First in a trilogy concerning Marxist novelist Robert Kelvin. The occasion is a dinner party, Kelvin is concerned with a...

    On the Eve of Publication
  • 1973
    An Afternoon at the Festival

    An Afternoon at the Festival

    An Afternoon at the Festival

    01973HD

    Ahead of a screening of his latest film a director converses with a prostitute, whilst his female star and estranged wife talks to a writer, his...

    An Afternoon at the Festival