List of the best Nigel Davenport movies: Phase IV(1974), Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers(1977), Death of a Snowman(1978), No Blade of Grass(1970), Play Dirty(1969), The Picture of Dorian Gray(1973), Charley One-Eye(1973), Villain(1971), The Royal Hunt of the Sun(1969), The Virgin Soldiers(1969), Sinful Davey(1968), Cry of the Innocent(1980) ... ...
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1974
86 Minutes
Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
Nigel Davenport Lynne Frederick Michael Murphy Alan Gifford Robert Henderson Helen Horton
scientist family young woman ant chilling creepy disheartening frightening gripping intense melodramatic outlandish shocking suspenseful thrilling arizona united states scientific observation ants aliens
Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them.
Comedy
UK
1977
91 Minutes
Sgt. Driscoll
Nigel Davenport Warren Mitchell Edward Woodward John Le Mesurier George Layton Robin Askwith
Two soldiers stationed in Singapore set off in pursuit of the fairer sex instead of carrying out their orders. Soon after their arrival on the exotic island, the two visit a local brothel and there encounter a pair of lusty nurses.
Action
1978
90 Minutes
Lt. Ben Deel
Nigel Davenport Ken Gampu Peter Dyneley Bima Stagg Madala Mphahlele Morrison Gampu Joe Lopes Hal Orlandini Steve Cohen Stuart Brown
Sci-Fi
1970
97 Minutes
John Custance
A Londoner (Nigel Davenport) leads his wife (Jean Wallace) and family through anarchy after a virus wipes out the world's crops.
War
UK
1969
117 Minutes
Michael Caine Nigel Davenport Nigel Green Harry Andrews Bernard Archard Daniel Pilon Aly Ben Ayed Takis Emmanuel Enrique Ávila Mohamed Kouka Mohsen Ben Abdullah
captain mercenary nazi criminal soldier spy gritty suspenseful dark libyan desert military base café village secret mission world war ii betrayal battle dangerous assignment unlikely allies quest
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
Horror
1973
111 Minutes
Shane Briant Nigel Davenport Charles Aidman Fionnula Flanagan Linda Kelsey Vanessa Howard John Karlen Dixie Marquis Brendan Dillon
young man lord actress brother artist dark creepy hedonistic london opium den theater attic supernatural aging hedonism vanity fall transformation 1880s
Corrupted by a lord (Nigel Davenport), Oscar Wilde's London aristocrat (Shane Briant) stays young, but his portrait begins to age.
Western
USA
1973
110 Minutes
The Bounty Hunter
Richard Roundtree Roy Thinnes Nigel Davenport Jill Pearson Aldo Sanbrell Luis Aller Rafael Albaicín Alex Davion Johnny Sekka Madeline Hinde Patrick Mower
A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.
Crime, Drama
UK
1971
98 Minutes
Bob Matthews
Richard Burton Ian McShane Nigel Davenport Donald Sinden Fiona Lewis T.P. McKenna Joss Ackland Cathleen Nesbitt Elizabeth Knight Tony Selby John Hallam
gang leader gang members pimp parliament member suspenseful thrilling london scotland yard robbery wretched excess adventure 1970s
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1969
118 Minutes
Hernando de Soto
Robert Shaw Christopher Plummer Nigel Davenport Michael Craig Leonard Whiting James Donald
conquistador emperor incan leader priest warrior soldier thrilling melodramatic powerful spain ship peru palace south america francisco pizarro conquest incan empire ransom unlikely friendship religious conversion
In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1969
96 Minutes
Sgt. Driscoll
private schoolteacher prostitute sergeant british soldier daughter engaging touching rousing jungle school train singapore virginity war love interest medical operation train crash mission growing up
A group of young British soldiers billeted in Singapore of the year 1950 dreaming about winning the love of the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major.
Comedy
UK
1968
95 Minutes
Richardson
John Hurt Pamela Franklin Nigel Davenport Ronald Fraser Robert Morley Fidelma Murphy Maxine Audley Anjelica Huston Brenda Fricker
robber father criminal friend constable love interest amusing playful thrilling scotland countryside jail stagecoach crime robbery chase execution law and order adventure rescue
The humorous adventures of the notorious Scottish highwayman and thief Davey Haggart during the 1820s in Britain.
Mystery & Thriller
1980
105 Minutes
Gray Harrison Hunt
insurance executive journalist police chief dark emotional gripping suspenseful ireland plane crash conspiracy murder case investigation bereavement mystery pursuit revenge fall 1980s
A Green Beret-veteran businessman (Rod Taylor) investigates the plane crash in Ireland that killed his family.
Horror
USA
1977
98 Minutes
Montgomery
Burt Lancaster Michael York Barbara Carrera Nigel Davenport Richard Basehart Nick Cravat Fumio Demura Bob Ozman Gary Baxley John Gillespie David S. Cass Sr.
english gentleman doctor manservant creature assistant creepy tense outlandish island laboratory compound beach medical experiments romance shipwreck fear mutation investigation escape metamorphosis
A shipwrecked survivor discovers a remote island owned by a crazed scientist who is carrying out sinister experiments on the island's inhabitants.
Adventure
1970
126 Minutes
Gruber
Michael Caine Omar Sharif Florinda Bolkan Nigel Davenport Per Oscarsson Arthur O'Connell
mercenary townspeople peasant german captain scholar bleak brutal engaging fiery gripping intense bavaria mountain valley war zone village germany war peace
A 17th-century mercenary (Michael Caine) and his men find a German haven away from the Thirty Years' War.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1971
128 Minutes
Lord Bothwell
Vanessa Redgrave Glenda Jackson Patrick McGoohan Timothy Dalton Nigel Davenport Trevor Howard Daniel Massey Ian Holm Andrew Keir Tom Fleming Katherine Kath
mary stuart elizabeth tudor husband courtier lord somber fascinating passionate scotland england royal court royalty catholicism political intrigue romantic dilemma exile betrayal love revenge fall
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Drama, History
UK
1986
89 Minutes
Giustiniani
Nigel Terry Sean Bean Michael Gough Tilda Swinton Nigel Davenport Robbie Coltrane Garry Cooper Lol Coxhill
painter model lover criminal intense brooding italy artist's studio street caravaggio painting renaissance bad behavior wretched excess renaissance
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1988
106 Minutes
Lord Smithwick
Michael Caine Ben Kingsley Jeffrey Jones Lysette Anthony Paul Freeman Nigel Davenport Pat Keen Peter Cook
A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective, Dr. Watson.
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
119 Minutes
Sturdevan
Stuart Whitman Susannah York Stanley Baker Harry Andrews Theodore Bikel Nigel Davenport Barry Lowe
engineer divorcée pilot german leader survivor wild suspenseful shocking south africa jungle survival violence wild animals plane crash power struggle escape rivalry revenge rescue
After a small aircraft crashes in the Kalahari Desert, one of the seven passengers decides that his survival chances would increase if he would eliminate the other men in the group.
Adventure
UK
1965
103 Minutes
Mr. Thornton
Anthony Quinn James Coburn Lila Kedrova Dennis Price Gert Froebe Nigel Davenport Kenneth J. Warren Isabel Dean Ben Carruthers Brian Phelan
father mother buccaneer pirate child thrilling suspenseful ship island jamaica pirate ship family going home abduction raids seafaring pirates adventure escape rescue
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1981
99 Minutes
Peter Hartman
Sylvester Stallone Billy Dee Williams Rutger Hauer Lindsay Wagner Persis Khambatta Nigel Davenport Hilarie Thompson Joe Spinell Catherine Mary Stewart
terrorist detective police chief partner wife police detective dark gritty suspenseful thrilling new york city police station train station apartment london big city terrorism bomb chases violence
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Comedy, Drama
1968
100 Minutes
Gen. Phillips
Dirk Bogarde Susannah York John Gielgud Lilli Palmer Margaret Johnston Nigel Davenport Donald Sutherland
mathematician singer traitor general suspenseful engaging cool england love government secrets love escape 1960s
An Oxford professor (Dirk Bogarde) courts a colleague (Susannah York) while breaking an enemy code for a British spy chief (John Gielgud).
Drama
1996
97 Minutes
Lord Blackstock
Nicholas Farrell James Wilby Gina McKee Ian Richardson Peter Capaldi Nigel Davenport
Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially strapped father.
Comedy
1962
64 Minutes
Personnel manager
Shirley Anne Field Robert Stephans Kay Walsh Hazel Hughes Michael Robbins Nigel Davenport
designer manager adulterer hotel manager lover aunt witty amusing passionate emotional engaging lighthearted england adultery workplace romance deception affair privacy failing marriage discovery
A junior executive finds nothing goes as planned as a "perfect" romantic interlude begins to backfire.
Drama, History
UK
1966
120 Minutes
The Duke of Norfolk
Paul Scofield Robert Shaw Orson Welles Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Susannah York John Hurt Nigel Davenport Vanessa Redgrave
writer king henry viii wife catherine of aragon emotional inspiring intense england royal court royalty marriage religion social change forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 16th century
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Drama
UK
1981
123 Minutes
Lord Birkenhead
Ben Cross Ian Charleson John Gielgud Nigel Havers Nicholas Farrell Ian Holm Lindsay Anderson Nigel Davenport Cheryl Campbell Alice Krige Dennis Christopher
athlete missionary coach sister reverend uplifting inspiring heartwarming beach paris cambridge university stadium sports olympic games religion running quest transformation 1920s
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.
Drama
UK
1965
117 Minutes
Mottram
Laurence Harvey Jean Simmons Honor Blackman Michael Craig Donald Wolfit Robert Morley Margaret Johnston Nigel Davenport
businessman wife mogul lover tv personality child emotional solemn brooding mill town tv station london family home office england infidelity starting over family marrying for money disillusionment
In this sequel to Room at the Top (1959), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.
Drama
UK|USA
1984
129 Minutes
Major Jack Downing
Christopher Lambert Andie MacDowell Ralph Richardson Ian Holm James Fox Cheryl Campbell Ian Charleson Nigel Davenport Nicholas Farrell Paul Geoffrey Richard Griffiths
apes orphan explorer scientist grandfather earl emotional intense suspenseful africa england jungle laboratory cage road exploration experiments culture clash pregnancy independence
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
109 Minutes
Karl Boehm Moira Shearer Anna Massey Maxine Audley Esmond Knight Bartlett Mullins Shirley Anne Field Michael Goodliffe Brenda Bruce Martin Miller Pamela Green
murderer victim neighbor police officer psychiatrist photographer dark fascinating intense disturbing london film set hotel apartment voyeurism fear serial murders filmmaking secret research
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Drama
China
1997
150 Minutes
Bao Guoan Lin Liankun Su Min Sihung Lung Bob Peck Simon Williams Shao Xin Li Shilong Ko Hsiang-ting Gao Yuan Jiang Hua
Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of... See full summary »