John Vine

John Vine

Born: February 20, 1951
in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Movies for John Vine...

Together
Title: Together
Character: Father
Released: May 14, 2009
Type: Movie
A year after his brother's death, Rob discovers that the only way to help his father cope with the loss is to "force" his affection onto him.
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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Title: The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Character: Brig-Gen. Shoubridge
Released: July 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.
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Title: Surviving Disaster
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: TV
Natural and man-made catastrophes retold by eyewitnesses and dramatic reconstructions.
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Cherished
Title: Cherished
Character: Dr. Redding
Released: February 22, 2005
Type: Movie
A drama based on the true story of Angela Cannings, who was wrongly convicted of killing two of her children, on the basis of "expert witness" evidence about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cot Death Syndrome) which has since been discredited.
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Like Father Like Son
Title: Like Father Like Son
Character: Mr. Taylor
Released: January 24, 2005
Type: Movie
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her husband Paul was jailed for the brutal murders of four girls and Dee was hounded from her home. Dee has kept all this a secret from her 15-year-old son Jamie. Now he has discovered the truth about his father and demands to see him.
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Dirty War
Title: Dirty War
Character: Chairman of Hearing
Released: September 26, 2004
Type: Movie
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.
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Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Title: Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Character: Special Branch Officer
Released: December 7, 1999
Type: Movie
University lecturer Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving secretly-stored Soviet nuclear waste at a remote British nuclear facility after receiving an enigmatic note from legendary atomic scientist and one-time former head of "Doomwatch" (the infamous Scientific watchdog group of the seventies), Dr Spencer Quist.
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The Alchemists
Title: The Alchemists
Character: Nicholas Rowley
Released: November 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Grant Show (Melrose Place) stars in this fast-placed thriller based on the best-selling novel set in the chilling world of genetic engineering. Ruth Gemmel (Fever Pitch) joins Shaw as employees who put their lives on the line to discover a world in which all morality has been sacrificed. How can they prevent this powerful multi-national company from exploiting genetic research for monetary gain?
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Title: Wycliffe
Character: Raymond King
Released: July 24, 1994
Type: TV
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.
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Title: Cracker
Character: Lindsay
Released: September 27, 1993
Type: TV
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
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Diana: Her True Story
Title: Diana: Her True Story
Character: Adrian
Released: April 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Television film telling the story of Diana, Princess of Wales, based on the publication of the same name by Andrew Morton.
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Title: A Touch of Frost
Character: Michael Bell
Released: December 6, 1992
Type: TV
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Henderson
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Red Fox
Title: Red Fox
Character: Woodley
Released: December 8, 1991
Type: Movie
“Red Fox” tells a gripping contemporary tale of kidnapping, terrorism and political intrigue. Based on the book by Gerald Seymour, with a screenplay by James McManus, it tells the story of when Geoffrey Harrison (Brian Cox), a top executive with British Defence Industries, is kidnapped in Paris and, when held to ransom, his company and the British Embassy are unwilling to meet his captors demands. Wanting to avoid publicity and secure a lucrative French defence contract, matters are made worse when the British and French Governments refuse to negotiate with the kidnappers. Archie Carpenter (John Hurt), Head of Internal Security at BDI, is assigned to investigate the kidnapping, and finds an unexpected ally in an Paul de Vigny (Didier Flamand), an agent with the French MI5. As Harrison’s fate hangs in the balance, Carpenter risks his life in the fight to save him but the nightmare has only just begun…
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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Title: Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Character: Adam Foster
Released: March 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Four victims of a stock swindle meet and plot to get their money back from the crooked financier responsible. Each man, an Oxford professor, a Harley Street physician, an art dealer and a British aristocrat deploy their individual talents in elaborate stings to get back "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less"
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Secret Weapon
Title: Secret Weapon
Character: Mirror News Editor
Released: March 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Fact-based story of an Israeli government agent assigned to use her beauty as well as intelligence to snag a man on the run with atomic secrets.
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Sky Bandits
Title: Sky Bandits
Character: Canning's Lieutenant
Released: October 31, 1986
Type: Movie
A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Geoff Cooper
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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The Keep
Title: The Keep
Character: Lutz
Released: December 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
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Eureka
Title: Eureka
Character: Julian
Released: May 1, 1983
Type: Movie
An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.
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Title: Dalgliesh
Character: John Massingham
Released: April 8, 1983
Type: TV
Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published poet and an intensely private man.
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Gandhi
Title: Gandhi
Character: A.D.C.
Released: December 1, 1982
Type: Movie
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Title: Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Character: Ronny Devereux
Released: March 8, 1981
Type: Movie
When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashing Jimmy Thesinger to solve the dastardly deeds. Their sleuthing leads them into a world of espionage and international intrigue as they discover a secret society known as "The Seven Dials" and the attempted theft of top-secret government documents.
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Richard's Things
Title: Richard's Things
Character: Dr. Mace
Released: December 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical relationship.
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Kate the Good Neighbour
Title: Kate the Good Neighbour
Character: Jimmy
Released: March 6, 1980
Type: Movie
Kate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from her past.
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Sweeney 2
Title: Sweeney 2
Character: PC
Released: March 30, 1978
Type: Movie
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 £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.
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The Dancing Princesses
Title: The Dancing Princesses
Character: A Soldier
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A made-for-TV retelling of the story "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," directed by Ben Rea, featuring Jim Dale as the Soldier, Freddie Jones as the destitute King, and Gloria Grahame as the Witch. Significant changes were made to the story, including reducing the number of princesses to six, and the soldier ultimately declining to marry any of the princesses due to their deceitful nature.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Jan Klees
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Klees
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.