Alan Sharp
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The Odd Man (1970)
A documentary profile of three Scottish screenwriters: Edward Boyd, Gordon Williams and Alan Sharp.
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw...
Valentino's Ghost (2013)
The documentary exposes the ways in which America's foreign policy agenda in the Middle East drives the U.S. media's portrayals of Arabs and Muslims....
Rob Roy (1995)
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy...
Damnation Alley (1977)
Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where...
Night Moves (1975)
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress...
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a...
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer,...
The Hired Hand (1971)
Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and...
Reversible Errors (2004)
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer,...
Little Treasure (1985)
Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling...
Little Treasure (1985)
Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling...
Descending Angel (1990)
A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and a mass...
While I Was Gone (2004)
Jo Beckett leads a comfortable life with a successful veterinary practice, a devoted husband, and a beautiful home in a lovely small town outside of...
Little Girl Fly Away (1998)
Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat...
Billy Two Hats (1974)
After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half-breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship, but...
The Long Distance Piano Player (1970)
The first Play for Today is the story of one man's obsession (to win the world long distance piano playing record) and the battle for good (his wife)...
A Sound from the Sea (1970)
While hitchhiking towards the coast, two young men find themselves trapped at an inn by its strange landlord and his beautiful wife.
Avenger (2006)
After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach...
Betrayed by Love (1994)
An FBI agent and his pretty informant become lovers, which leads to tragedy.
Lathe of Heaven (2002)
In a near future society a man claims that his dreams physically change reality. His therapist is confused at first but soon decides to use him for...
Dean Spanley (2008)
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or...
Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name.
The Last Run (1971)
A former mob getaway driver from Chicago has retired to a peaceful life in a Portuguese fishing village. He is asked to pull off one last job - to...
The Last Hit (1993)
A retired asassin tries to make himself at home in New Mexico.
Love and Lies (1990)
Fact-based story of real-life detective Kim Paris who was assigned to work undercover to find the murderers of an elderly couple who were shot in...
The Edge (1989)
A three-part anthology suspense program in which men and women face life's ultimate danger zone. Each episode is introduced by a mysterious figure...
A Knight in Tarnished Armour (1965)
Tom is a working class Scots teenager, but he dreams of much more.