Movies starring Nigel Davenport

Sands of the Kalahari (1965)

119 mins     Adventure , Drama      

A small plane with a few passengers are forced to crash land in the middle of nowhere and hope that someone will come to rescue them. I could be describing any number of movies such as John Wayne's "Island in the Sky", the 90...

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

120 mins     Biography, Drama      

A Man for All Seasons: Paul Scofield gives an award winning performance as Thomas More in this look at his life and moral stand...

The Virgin Soldiers (1969)

96 mins     Comedy, Drama, War      

"The Virgin Soldiers" does not age well or at least it doesn't work very well for those who experience it for the first time now some 45 plus years after it was made. It all feels a bit awkward and little more than a series o...

Living Free (1972)

90 mins     Adventure , Drama, Family      

"Born Free" was a good movie, a touching movie which relayed the emotional side of Joy Adamson's story as she raised a lion cub called Elsa then dealt with the difficulty of having to let Elsa go. Unfortunately the sequel "Li...

Zulu Dawn (1979)

115 mins     Adventure , Drama, War      

Everyone loves an entertaining movie but does everyone love an interesting movie? Well if you go on how "Zulu Dawn" did when released in 1979 it seems not. You see "Zulu Dawn" is an interesting historical dramatization of the...

Chariots of Fire (1981)

123 mins     Drama, Sport      

Based upon the true story of two British athletes at the 1924 Olympics "Chariots of Fire" is not only one of the best British movies ever made but also a great sporting movie....

Nighthawks (1981)

99 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

Before his movies became all about his muscles Sylvester Stallone made "Nighthawks" a routine yet entertaining thriller which saw Stallone as Deke DaSilva, a New York Cop, pitched against evil terrorist Wulfgar (Rutger Hauer)...

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

143 mins     Adventure , Drama, Romance      

Despite having been born long after Johnny Weissmuller hung up his loin cloth as Tarzan it was always Weissmuller's Tarzan which I remember, a jungle action figure who battled baddies and wrestled animals. As such when I firs...

Without a Clue (1988)

107 mins     Comedy, Crime, Mystery      

There have been a lot of Sherlock Holmes movies over the years with numerous actors playing the fictional master sleuth but "Without a Clue" is a bit special. It has all the ingredients of a classic Sherlock Holmes movie, we ...