James Kennedy

Movies10

• Movie6.8

  ComedyDrama

  An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

  Local Hero

  1983 · 420 votes

• Movie5.6

  Adventure

  Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.

  Crusoe

  1989 · 18 votes

• Movie

  ' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)

  The White Bird Passes

  1980

• Movie9.0

  DramaComedy

  Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake's sole aim is to be as tough as the old man was. One day in Jake's life, as he drifts, drinks and fights, leads to a bleak realisation.

  Just a Boys' Game

  1979 · 2 votes

• Movie

  Family

  Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.

  Treasure Island

  1965

• Movie

  ComedyTV Movie

  Matters are bad enough when Mr Gentle tries to commit suicide. They are even worse when the attempt fails. Worst of all is being confined to a hospital bed when a bunch of juvenile delinquents are sent to visit you.

  In Traction

  1986

• Movie10.0

  CrimeDrama

  A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.

  Last Summer

  1977 · 1 votes

• Movie

  DramaTV Movie

  In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a bitter political and industrial conflict.

  Willie Rough

  1976

• Movie8.0

  RomanceDrama

  Adolescent love can be difficult at the best of times, but Donal and Sally have special problems – problems which alarm their families and the instructors at Strathvale Centre.

  Donal and Sally

  1978 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  DramaTV Movie

  Mature student, divorcee and mother of three Josie finds the social pressures in and out of university more demanding than her academic studies.

  Degree of Uncertainty

  1979 · 1 votes