![Barry Foster](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fAjk1pUvIsaROZzy4s5BVNwbTGl.jpg)
Barry Foster
Barry Foster was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. He was best known for playing Kaiser Wilhelm II in Fall of Eagles (1974), Order Wingate (1976), the title character in the British crime series Van der Valk (1972–1992) and Bob Rusk in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.663 |
Birthday | 1927-08-21 |
Place of Birth | Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
Also Known As | John Barry Foster, |
![Frenzy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4SFvqrlSigAt9tnhXFSMyKeJWQk.jpg)
1972
![Frenzy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4SFvqrlSigAt9tnhXFSMyKeJWQk.jpg)
Frenzy
7.1/872
After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.
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Frenzy
![Sea of Sand](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1ayB67SFbOrpyqZixGiPY6Pso3h.jpg)
1958
![Sea of Sand](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1ayB67SFbOrpyqZixGiPY6Pso3h.jpg)
Sea of Sand
6.4/18
A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North A...
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Sea of Sand
![Battle of Britain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/98kyEWxcqqNrsaprUtPaQ4adsNG.jpg)
1969
![Battle of Britain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/98kyEWxcqqNrsaprUtPaQ4adsNG.jpg)
Battle of Britain
6.8/292
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the N...
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Battle of Britain
![The Wild Geese](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9hUPZpg73MffCItGNBGVhSe4giM.jpg)
1978
![The Wild Geese](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9hUPZpg73MffCItGNBGVhSe4giM.jpg)
The Wild Geese
6.822/245
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and s...
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The Wild Geese
![The Whistle Blower](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zmkhdouM05tCQDIEQVqKwpK2NGh.jpg)
1986
![The Whistle Blower](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zmkhdouM05tCQDIEQVqKwpK2NGh.jpg)
The Whistle Blower
5.8/36
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold...
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The Whistle Blower
![Maurice](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4MI2y8XViPrDiKs1p0QC4bTeZzf.jpg)
1987
![Maurice](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4MI2y8XViPrDiKs1p0QC4bTeZzf.jpg)
Maurice
7.574/520
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
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Maurice
![Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2RT0GtwMSeG9bc75tfhSi1ZfoHf.jpg)
1957
![Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2RT0GtwMSeG9bc75tfhSi1ZfoHf.jpg)
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.2/10
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batter...
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
![Ryan's Daughter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/g5NAbtEK5bEAkBdXq6YM7a7tkZO.jpg)
1970
![Ryan's Daughter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/g5NAbtEK5bEAkBdXq6YM7a7tkZO.jpg)
Ryan's Daughter
7.1/152
The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.
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Ryan's Daughter
![Robbery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jgxfBWr94Ykw8KM3Fg7EInr813U.jpg)
1967
![Robbery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jgxfBWr94Ykw8KM3Fg7EInr813U.jpg)
Robbery
6.5/44
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying...
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Robbery
![Sweeney!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nEyhV0vwH8HrCyKLe1goSNSwkji.jpg)
1977
![Sweeney!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nEyhV0vwH8HrCyKLe1goSNSwkji.jpg)
Sweeney!
6.818/22
When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He un...
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Sweeney!
![Twisted Nerve](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/st8lERTXOGD2QK668y79UclNZ89.jpg)
1968
![Twisted Nerve](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/st8lERTXOGD2QK668y79UclNZ89.jpg)
Twisted Nerve
6.75/50
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he re...
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Twisted Nerve
![Rancid Aluminium](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sSAqWukG8lY5D0DqU5xWCSWRWaV.jpg)
2000
![Rancid Aluminium](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sSAqWukG8lY5D0DqU5xWCSWRWaV.jpg)
Rancid Aluminium
3.6/11
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is...
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Rancid Aluminium
![King and Country](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pNThxWhNcvdH6CatXTfdipYHlNb.jpg)
1964
![King and Country](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pNThxWhNcvdH6CatXTfdipYHlNb.jpg)
King and Country
7.069/51
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Cap...
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King and Country
![After Pilkington](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dyXOkcTGAZHhfK9Vvo3MAj8suyn.jpg)
1987
![After Pilkington](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dyXOkcTGAZHhfK9Vvo3MAj8suyn.jpg)
After Pilkington
7/2
The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.
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After Pilkington
![To Catch a King](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ixKd4xFIQXa8v2Stlek3UTgLvUA.jpg)
1984
![To Catch a King](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ixKd4xFIQXa8v2Stlek3UTgLvUA.jpg)
To Catch a King
4/1
Robert Wagner plays an American who owns a Lisbon nightclub and Teri Garr is a slightly dippy chanteuse who has stumbled across a Nazi plot to kidnap...
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To Catch a King
![Playback](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9YyNbyaqcxKuVo0JgQEt358PUqA.jpg)
1962
![Playback](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9YyNbyaqcxKuVo0JgQEt358PUqA.jpg)
Playback
0/0
A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
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Playback
![Sea Fury](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aIkng6n7jsENarIcuCLXDxFfp81.jpg)
1958
![Sea Fury](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aIkng6n7jsENarIcuCLXDxFfp81.jpg)
Sea Fury
6/6
The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the ho...
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Sea Fury
![King of the Wind](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5cx8zf3MTHJPGnPENOWavNlrr07.jpg)
1990
![King of the Wind](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5cx8zf3MTHJPGnPENOWavNlrr07.jpg)
King of the Wind
6.4/5
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a...
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King of the Wind
![A Woman Called Golda](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2Tp2tYPddbcLhOFXe0PXeH5svM1.jpg)
1982
![A Woman Called Golda](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2Tp2tYPddbcLhOFXe0PXeH5svM1.jpg)
A Woman Called Golda
8.2/8
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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A Woman Called Golda
![A Curious Suicide](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1990
![A Curious Suicide](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
A Curious Suicide
0/0
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A Curious Suicide
![Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bePg6cReHuQ4fP7bcoK1rmCGIbZ.jpg)
1972
![Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bePg6cReHuQ4fP7bcoK1rmCGIbZ.jpg)
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
5/2
Nirad C. Chaudhuri expounds his views on culture, history, religion and society from a comparative perspective.
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Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
![Heat and Dust](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sfPW0AZAy2IU5rXN6mXOk4TXPkH.jpg)
1983
![Heat and Dust](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sfPW0AZAy2IU5rXN6mXOk4TXPkH.jpg)
Heat and Dust
6.1/35
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her g...
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Heat and Dust
![Dunkirk](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sBScz1BCehE57iqrgU3pGW6kBrp.jpg)
1958
![Dunkirk](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sBScz1BCehE57iqrgU3pGW6kBrp.jpg)
Dunkirk
6.7/59
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain someh...
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Dunkirk
![Danger on Dartmoor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xbNlNkq7cHpfA6NiticH7MkXsLe.jpg)
1980
![Danger on Dartmoor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xbNlNkq7cHpfA6NiticH7MkXsLe.jpg)
Danger on Dartmoor
5.7/3
The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.
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Danger on Dartmoor
![The Last Word](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oIv7Z5fRqY3I5lwDynoy9vJIL5D.jpg)
1975
![The Last Word](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oIv7Z5fRqY3I5lwDynoy9vJIL5D.jpg)
The Last Word
2/1
Leo, the owner of the stocking product "Discrete", has driven his company into the wall; the company is virtually bankrupt.
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The Last Word
![The Story of 'Frenzy'](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lhW4tGHiXCa3czosOLf7OJ5QBHP.jpg)
2001
![The Story of 'Frenzy'](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lhW4tGHiXCa3czosOLf7OJ5QBHP.jpg)
The Story of 'Frenzy'
4.7/3
Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'.
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The Story of 'Frenzy'
![The Family Way](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1uUCHj2gmaRcbfIqvmJkvdemggd.jpg)
1966
![The Family Way](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1uUCHj2gmaRcbfIqvmJkvdemggd.jpg)
The Family Way
6.6/28
Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their h...
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The Family Way
![The Guru](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qiGEV0ZIZRxVp7OjNRprNRe79zF.jpg)
1969
![The Guru](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qiGEV0ZIZRxVp7OjNRprNRe79zF.jpg)
The Guru
5/4
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.
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The Guru
![Hotel du Lac](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hYhHytwT0iGQw9t99brd47EZk5G.jpg)
1986
![Hotel du Lac](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hYhHytwT0iGQw9t99brd47EZk5G.jpg)
Hotel du Lac
4/2
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by obse...
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Hotel du Lac
![Three Kinds of Heat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a6Uxl5SDH2OSbQ3FO7nGsumLAAN.jpg)
1987
![Three Kinds of Heat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a6Uxl5SDH2OSbQ3FO7nGsumLAAN.jpg)
Three Kinds of Heat
5.3/3
Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.
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Three Kinds of Heat
![A Quiet Day in Belfast](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ni9NfHJY1G6Mpeelx77JkI8iVOe.jpg)
1974
![A Quiet Day in Belfast](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ni9NfHJY1G6Mpeelx77JkI8iVOe.jpg)
A Quiet Day in Belfast
6/2
Andrew Angus Dalrymple's realistic portrait of a British soldier, his Irish lover and her twin sister amidst the strife of Northern Ireland.
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A Quiet Day in Belfast
![Old Times](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1BRxfhPs6NpB8zxIWJDLaiuSZXC.jpg)
1975
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Old Times
0/0
Kate and Deeley are married and live in the country. They are joined by Kate's friend, Anna, and talk of the past. Although it is a past they have sha...
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Old Times
![How Many Miles to Babylon?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6i0EnO0RbJufeHuhLmk96o5Nrez.jpg)
1982
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How Many Miles to Babylon?
0/0
Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer and...
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How Many Miles to Babylon?
![Party Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kKMcXNpxUfFraA6IBJBMqWNriaP.jpg)
1992
![Party Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kKMcXNpxUfFraA6IBJBMqWNriaP.jpg)
Party Time
5/1
At a posh cocktail party, various plans are made, and a missing guest turns up late.
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Party Time
![The Battle of the River Plate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pCkNI9LVDkH5z6PzwQUbutQcm3U.jpg)
1956
![The Battle of the River Plate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pCkNI9LVDkH5z6PzwQUbutQcm3U.jpg)
The Battle of the River Plate
6.1/52
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Is...
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The Battle of the River Plate
![Orde Wingate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uCiolLL1fvAIGSTq971O3T9wvPR.jpg)
1976
![Orde Wingate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uCiolLL1fvAIGSTq971O3T9wvPR.jpg)
Orde Wingate
0/0
The story of the military career of Orde Wingate, one of the most controversial and unorthodox Allied commanders of World War II. The guerrilla tactic...
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Orde Wingate
![Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1998
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Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
0/0
Documentary about director Joseph Losey featuring many of his collaborators.
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Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
![The Wind in the Willows](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oDXSed3TihGrQsNUbns5oIE8Urj.jpg)
1995
![The Wind in the Willows](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oDXSed3TihGrQsNUbns5oIE8Urj.jpg)
The Wind in the Willows
7.1/30
Kenneth Grahame's literary classic about an enchanting world along the Riverbank has delighted readers for nearly a century. Now, this enduring belove...
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![Where the Difference Begins](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iNDnsCTtc8SXQBDLUUtwjS6St0s.jpg)
1961
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Where the Difference Begins
0/0
A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings conflicts into sharp focus - not least between brothers Edgar and Richard…
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Where the Difference Begins
![Random Moments in a May Garden](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1981
![Random Moments in a May Garden](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Random Moments in a May Garden
0/0
A middle-aged couple give a dinner party to their friends. In the room is a photograph of another group of people, taken in a garden in May.
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Random Moments in a May Garden
![Beyond the Next Mountain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pAPGWRkfsOhA8W6hTJScERdrk7e.jpg)
1981
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Beyond the Next Mountain
0/0
The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.
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Beyond the Next Mountain
![The Interior Decorator](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1eKE53VKc4H9c6ot7ZDoyMA3JOB.jpg)
1965
![The Interior Decorator](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1eKE53VKc4H9c6ot7ZDoyMA3JOB.jpg)
The Interior Decorator
0/0
An interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.
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The Interior Decorator
![Worm in the Bud](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rTrke9kIpGRCcHlMKG1C0JtBd1K.jpg)
1959
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Worm in the Bud
0/0
An elderly man living on his own in Belfast rouses the suspicions of his neighbors.
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Worm in the Bud
![Succubus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fYAXoQnb4mYbHC9dEfv7WlhVJV7.jpg)
1987
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Succubus
0/0
A family settles in an old castle with plans to, among other things, turn its former cemetery into a swimming pool. However, soon they find out that,...
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Succubus
![The Three Hostages](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1977
![The Three Hostages](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Three Hostages
0/0
Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy crimin...
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