Best James Bolam movies
We present our ranking of the best James Bolam movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about James Bolam.
TOP 6: To Kill a King
James Bolam as: Denzil Holles
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Release: 2003
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
TOP 5: The End of the Affair
James Bolam as: Mr. Savage
Genre: Drama
Release: 1999
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.
TOP 4: O Lucky Man!
James Bolam as: Attenborough/Examination Doctor
Genre: Music, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Release: 1973
This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe.
TOP 3: Murder Most Foul
James Bolam as: Bill Hanson
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1964
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation. The third Miss Marple film starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
TOP 2: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
James Bolam as: Mike
Genre: Drama
Release: 1962
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.
TOP 1: The Plague Dogs
James Bolam as: The Tod (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Drama
Release: 1982
The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, the film highlights the cruelty of performing vivisection and animal research for its own sake.