List of the best Ray McAnally movies: Empire State(1987), My Left Foot(1989), Venus Peter(1989), Taffin(1988), The Mission(1986), No Surrender(1985), He Who Rides a Tiger(1965), Cal(1984), Fear Is the Key(1972), We're No Angels(1989), High Spirits(1988), The Naked Edge(1961) ... ...
Crime, Drama
1987
104 Minutes
Frank
Ray McAnally Cathryn Harrison Martin Landau Jason Hoganson Glen Murphy Jamie Foreman Emily Bolton Ian Sears
criminal crime boss mafia boss boxer gambler american investor thrilling suspenseful tense nightclub london england united kingdom crime gambling money laundering investment mafia mystery
Vice, boxing and a U.S. investor's (Martin Landau) deal revolve around a Londoner's (Ray McAnally) nightclub called Empire State.
Biography
Ireland|UK
1989
103 Minutes
Mr. Brown
Daniel Day-Lewis Ray McAnally Brenda Fricker Ruth McCabe Fiona Shaw Eanna Macliam Alison Whelan Declan Croghan Hugh O'Conor Cyril Cusack
bricklayer housewife doctor sibling writer inspiring touching dublin household pub banquet hall street christy brown cerebral palsy illness debauchery rise underdog love transformation
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
Drama
UK
1989
92 Minutes
Grandpa
Gordon R. Strachan Ray McAnally David Hayman Sinead Cusack Caroline Paterson Peter Caffrey Alex McAvoy Emma Dingwall
young boy grandfather teacher mentally ill person fisherman aunt touching bleak charming endearing moving dreamy scottish highlands nostalgia childhood grandparent/child relationship reflection scotland life at sea discovery
Peter, a young boy living in the fishing village of St Monans, Scotland during 1940s, learns about life and the beauty of imagination from his grandfather and female teacher in this touching semi-autobiographical story about childhood.
Action
UK|Ireland|USA
1988
96 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Ray McAnally Alison Doody Jeremy Childs Patrick Bergin Dearbhla Molloy Jim Bartley Alan Stanford Gerard McSorley Britta Smith
debt collector martial artist corporate stooge thug irishman developer thrilling witty ireland small town forest bar household corporate greed corruption blackmail environmentalism moral dilemma frame-up revenge
An Irish tough-guy debt collector is asked by his local community to help rid the town of developers bent on building a chemical plant on the outskirts of town. The developers are ruthless ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK|France
1986
128 Minutes
Altamirano
Robert De Niro Jeremy Irons Ray McAnally Liam Neeson Aidan Quinn Ronald Pickup Chuck Low Cherie Lunghi Bercelio Moya
priest native criminal cardinal moving passionate spirited inspiring south america jungle portugal religion redemption exploitation slavery battle sacrifice rescue transformation 1750s
Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
Comedy
UK
1985
101 Minutes
Billy McRacken
Michael Angelis Avis Bunnage Bernard Hill Ray McAnally James Ellis Mark Mulholland Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Michael Ripper Elvis Costello J.G. Devlin Tom Georgeson
manager old man pretty woman punk rocker magician amusing rousing liverpool, england pub religious differences celebration performance confrontation old age rivalry wretched excess 1980s
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
Crime, Drama
1965
103 Minutes
Orphanage Superintendent
Tom Bell Judi Dench Paul Rogers Kay Walsh Ray McAnally Jeremy Spenser Peter Madden Inigo Jackson Annette Andre Edina Ronay Nicolette Pendrell
thief police officer social worker sergeant brooding tense thrilling england city street rehabilitation crime self-destruction unrequited love fall pursuit temptation 1960s
Habitual thief Peter Rayston is released from prison and begins planning his next series of robberies. When he meets Joanne, a social worker who attempts to reform him, Rayston is tempted to give up his life as a criminal and go straight.
Drama
1984
104 Minutes
Cyril Dunlop
Helen Mirren John Lynch Donal McCann John Kavanagh Ray McAnally Stevan Rimkus Kitty Gibson Louis Rolston Tom Hickey Gerard Mannix Flynn Seamus Forde
catholic ira agent husband protestant police officer father rousing emotional tense ulster county, ireland car house irish republican army violence guilt murder crime secret forbidden love discovery
A young IRA recruit (John Lynch) has an affair with the widow (Helen Mirren) of a slain Ulster policeman.
Action
UK|USA
1972
105 Minutes
Ruthven
Barry Newman Suzy Kendall John Vernon Dolph Sweet Ben Kingsley Ray McAnally Peter Marinker Elliot Sullivan
man young woman heiress oil baron employee confident creative gripping lighthearted intricate louisiana oil drilling platform car court bar house violence betrayal revenge kidnapping
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea diver with those salvaging the plane's cargo.
Comedy
USA
1989
108 Minutes
Warden
Robert De Niro Sean Penn Demi Moore Hoyt Axton Bruno Kirby Ray McAnally James Russo Wallace Shawn
convict priest love interest daughter killer endearing playful canadian border small town prison monastery mistaken identity fugitives deception faith redemption escape discovery 1930s
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Ireland|UK|USA
1988
99 Minutes
Plunkett Senior
Daryl Hannah Peter O'Toole Steve Guttenberg Beverly D'Angelo Liam Neeson Peter Gallagher Jennifer Tilly Ray McAnally Donal McCann Connie Booth Liz Smith
owner tourist wife ghost husband hilarious suspenseful charming castle ireland bedroom bed and breakfast opposites attract tourism deception haunting business scheme ghosts forbidden love mystery
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1961
99 Minutes
Donald Heath
Gary Cooper Deborah Kerr Eric Portman Diane Cilento Hermione Gingold Peter Cushing Michael Wilding Ronald Howard Ray McAnally Sandor Eles Wilfrid Lawson
suspect employee business partner wife blackmailer husband engaging suspenseful office courtroom household blackmail murder case husband/wife relationship investigation false accusations quest mystery 1960s
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
War
1958
78 Minutes
Sgt. Hardy
Richard Attenborough John Gregson Michael Craig Vincent Ball Percy Herbert Barry Foster Andrew Faulds George Murcell Ray McAnally Harold Goodwin Tony Thawnton
captain soldiers engineer german officer confident engaging gripping inspiring patriotic powerful libya africa headquarters desert world war ii ambush mission journey adventure escape
A British soldier (Richard Attenborough) blows up a Nazi fuel dump with a patrol led by captains (John Gregson, Michael Craig) who are at odds with each other.
Drama
UK
1962
123 Minutes
Robert Ryan Terence Stamp Melvyn Douglas Peter Ustinov John Neville Ronald Lewis Lee Montague Paul Rogers Niall MacGinnis John Meillon Ray McAnally
captain seaman military officer assistant lieutenant young man tense fascinating profound rousing ship deck mediterranean sea accidental death moral dilemma false accusations schemes law enforcement naval warfare rivalry
Billy Budd is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.