List of the best Simon Williams movies: The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu(1980), The Opium War(1997), The Incredible Sarah(1976), The Prisoner of Zenda(1979), The Uncanny(1977), Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone(1997), Viceroy's House(2017) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Peter Sellers Helen Mirren Sid Caesar David Tomlinson Simon Williams Steve Franken Stratford Johns John Le Mesurier John Sharp Clément Harari Lee Kwan-Young
When Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae is spilled by a hapless flunky, Fu Manchu sends his lackeys to round up supplies for a fresh batch of elixir, including a precious jewel, which prompts a team of agents to track him down.
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 »
Biography
1976
106 Minutes
Glenda Jackson Daniel Massey Yvonne Mitchell Douglas Wilmer David Langton Simon Williams John Castle
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French actress Sarah Bernhardt (Glenda Jackson) carries on a personal life offstage as flamboyantly as she acts onstage.
Comedy
USA
1979
109 Minutes
Peter Sellers Lynne Frederick Lionel Jeffries Elke Sommer Gregory Sierra Jeremy Kemp Catherine Schell Simon Williams
In order to save King Rudolph of Ruritania from assassins and murderous usurpers, the kingdom hires a look-a-like London cabby to impersonate the Monarch.
Horror
1977
85 Minutes
Peter Cushing Ray Milland Samantha Eggar Susan Penhaligon Donald Pleasence Joan Greenwood Roland Culver Simon Williams Alexandra Stewart Donald Pilon Chloe Franks
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A writer (Peter Cushing) gives a publisher (Ray Milland) three examples to sell his story about a conspiracy of cats.
Drama, History
1997
96 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Nigel Hawthorne Fay Masterson Dylan Baker Edward Fox Christopher Fulford Kabir Bedi Robert Willox Simon Williams Jackson Kariuki Charles K. Kembero
British explorer Henry Stanley (Aidan Quinn) travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone (Nigel Hawthorne).
Drama, History
UK|India|Sweden
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Bonneville Gillian Anderson Manish Dayal Huma Qureshi Om Puri Denzil Smith Neeraj Kabi Michael Gambon Simon Callow Lily Travers Jaz Deol
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The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.