Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

November 30, 1932 · 93 years old

Murray Melvin (10 August 1932-14 April 2023) was an English actor and writer. He won the 1962 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his role in A Taste of Honey (1961).

Known For

10 titles
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Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

1975 · 3h 5m · Movie

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.

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The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

2004 · 2h 23m · Movie

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.

7.2
3
The Devils

The Devils

1971 · 1h 51m · Movie

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.

7.7
4
Alfie

Alfie

1966 · 1h 54m · Movie

Unrepentant ladies' man Alfie Elkins gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle in 1960s London.

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5
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961 · 1h 41m · Movie

A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.

7.4
6
Slipstream

Slipstream

1989 · 1h 42m · Movie

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.

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Damn the Defiant!

Damn the Defiant!

1962 · 1h 41m · Movie

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

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8
The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001 · 1h 47m · Movie

During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.

6.8
9
Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing

1963 · 1h 34m · Movie

After 2 years at sea, Charlie comes home to find his house demolished, wife Maggie gone, living with married Bert and their toddler. Charlie leaves a trail of mayhem as he tries to sort things out.

6.2
10
The Undertaker

The Undertaker

2023 · 1h 30m · Movie

An undertaker makes the wrong choice at a moral crossroads as he is made to dispose of the victims of a gangster's power grab.

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