John Mortimer

John Mortimer

Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author. Mortimer was a prolific writer for the theatre, films (starting during World War II, when he wrote scripts for the Crown Film Unit), television and radio. He also wrote fiction and was a trial attorney for more than 30 years.

  • Title: John Mortimer
  • Popularity: 5.417
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1923-04-21
  • Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
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John Mortimer Movies

  • 2008
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    Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies

    Truly, Madly, Cheaply! British B Movies

    5 2008 HD

    A look at the history of British B-movies.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Matthew Sweet

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  • 1935
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    Me and Marlborough

    Me and Marlborough

    4.5 1935 HD

    A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Cicely Courtneidge

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  • 1938
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    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    6.3 1938 HD

    An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Clive Brook

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  • 1935
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    Brown on Resolution

    Brown on Resolution

    5.8 1935 HD

    Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Betty Balfour

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  • 2013
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    Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

    Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene

    1 2013 HD

    The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Derek Jacobi

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  • 1965
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    Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Bunny Lake Is Missing

    7.183 1965 HD

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Carol Lynley

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  • 1999
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    Tea with Mussolini

    Tea with Mussolini

    6.4 1999 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joan Plowright

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  • 1962
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    Trial and Error

    Trial and Error

    6.5 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Sellers

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  • 1969
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    John and Mary

    John and Mary

    5.984 1969 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dustin Hoffman

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  • 1961
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    The Innocents

    The Innocents

    7.5 1961 HD

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Deborah Kerr

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  • 1962
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    Guns of Darkness

    Guns of Darkness

    5.9 1962 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leslie Caron

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  • 1980
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    Rumpole's Return

    Rumpole's Return

    5.7 1980 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Leo McKern

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  • 1984
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    A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

    7.6 1984 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Laurence Olivier

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  • 1972
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    Bermondsey

    Bermondsey

    1 1972 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dinsdale Landen

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  • 1963
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    The Running Man

    The Running Man

    6.6 1963 HD

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Laurence Harvey

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  • 1962
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    Lunch Hour

    Lunch Hour

    6.813 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Shirley Anne Field

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  • 1962
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    Lunch Hour

    Lunch Hour

    6.813 1962 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Shirley Anne Field

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  • 1998
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    Cider with Rosie

    Cider with Rosie

    6.1 1998 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Juliet Stevenson

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  • 1981
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    Unity

    Unity

    1 1981 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Lesley-Anne Down

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  • 1968
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    A Flea In Her Ear

    A Flea In Her Ear

    5.2 1968 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Rex Harrison

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  • 1959
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    Ferry to Hong Kong

    Ferry to Hong Kong

    5.5 1959 HD

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Curd Jürgens

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  • 1987
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    Maschenka

    Maschenka

    1 1987 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Irina Brook

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  • 1961
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    The Encyclopaedist

    The Encyclopaedist

    1 1961 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Cy Grant

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  • 1984
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    Edwin

    Edwin

    8 1984 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alec Guinness

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  • 1959
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    Back to Back

    Back to Back

    1 1959 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Hordern

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  • 1975
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    Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    9 1975 HD

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Leo McKern

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  • 1986
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    Paradise Postponed

    Paradise Postponed

    7 1986 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Hordern

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  • 1966
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    Poslední přestávka

    Poslední přestávka

    1 1966 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Helga Čočková

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  • 1961
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    24 Hours in a Woman's Life

    24 Hours in a Woman's Life

    1 1961 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ingrid Bergman

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  • 1958
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    Das Pflichtmandat

    Das Pflichtmandat

    1 1958 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ludwig Linkmann

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  • 2000
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    Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

    6.067 2000 HD

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: John Lithgow

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  • 1970
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    The Dock Brief

    The Dock Brief

    1 1970 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Michael Hordern

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  • 1991
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    The Garden Party

    The Garden Party

    1 1991 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Debbie Greenwood

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  • 2006
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    Betjeman and Me

    Betjeman and Me

    1 2006 HD

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  • 2024
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    Question Time

    Question Time

    4.9 2024 HD

    This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other...

    Genre: News

    Cast: Fiona Bruce

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  • 1988
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    1 1988 HD

    This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik...

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  • 1992
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    7.067 1992 HD

    Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leo McKern

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  • 2011
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    8.8 2011 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1981
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    7.9 1981 HD

    Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jeremy Irons

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  • 1984
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    5.9 1984 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1973
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    3.8 1973 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1978
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    1 1978 HD

    Biography of William Shakespeare.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tim Curry

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  • 1975
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    10 1975 HD

    Shades of Greene is a British television series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene. The series began in 1975, with each...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1989
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    7.6 1989 HD

    Molly Pargeter is a forty-something wife and mother of three girls, who leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Susan Fleetwood

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  • 1989
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    7.6 1989 HD

    Molly Pargeter is a forty-something wife and mother of three girls, who leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Susan Fleetwood

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  • 1992
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    7.067 1992 HD

    Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leo McKern

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  • 1978
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    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    10 1978 HD

    Will Shakespeare, also known as Life of Shakespeare and William Shakespeare: His Life & Times, was a 1978 historical drama series created and written...

    Genre:

    Cast: Tim Curry

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