Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Fair Game
Fair Game

Fair Game

Genres

DramaTV Movie

OverView

It is 1970, there is World Cup and General Election fever. Marco, a wealthy Italian has come to England to discover his true identity. Carl, a student is torn between canvassing for the Labour party, watching the World Cup or going on a walking holiday with his girlfriend Ellie. Their paths cross in Preston library and the three take an epic journey across the Pennines.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

3.5/10

Release Date

11 June 1994

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Lena Headey

Lena Headey

Ellie

Julian Kerridge

Julian Kerridge

Carl

Massimo Bellinzoni

Massimo Bellinzoni

Marco

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

Marjorie

Venantino Venantini

Venantino Venantini

Claudio

Anita Zagaria

Anita Zagaria

Maria

Simone Bendix

Simone Bendix

Elena

Buonvili Gavino

Buonvili Gavino

Monk

Sara Savasta

Sara Savasta

Maid

Elisabeta Buonsignori

Elisabeta Buonsignori

Maid

Polly Hemingway

Polly Hemingway

Carl's Mother

David Ross

David Ross

Carl's Father

Gabrielle Lloyd

Gabrielle Lloyd

Auntie Alice

Eamon Boland

Eamon Boland

Uncle Jack

Joseph Long

Joseph Long

Giampaolo

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Eileen

David Bradley

David Bradley

Whitby Policeman

Paul Slack

Paul Slack

Mechanic

Angela Curran

Angela Curran

Librarian

Jane Waddington

Jane Waddington

Assistant Librarian

Henry Livings

Henry Livings

Bernie

George A. Cooper

George A. Cooper

George

Nicholas Lane

Nicholas Lane

Kevin

Jack Deam

Jack Deam

Brendan

Steve Halliwell

Steve Halliwell

YHA Warden

Gaynor Faye

Gaynor Faye

Boggle Hole Girl

Nichola Cordey

Nichola Cordey

Lucinda

Stephen Bill

Stephen Bill

YHA Kitchen Couple

Sue Wallace

Sue Wallace

YHA Kitchen Couple

Harry Beety

Harry Beety

Helpful Masham Man

Nicholas Gleaves

Nicholas Gleaves

Nigel

Jeffrey Robert

Jeffrey Robert

Gordon

Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville

Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)

Marston Bloom

Marston Bloom

Simon

Simon Robson

Simon Robson

Barnaby

Gordon Langford Rowe

Gordon Langford Rowe

Passer By

Michael Wardle

Michael Wardle

Lorry Driver

Anthony Benson

Anthony Benson

Holidaymaker

Martin Greenwood

Martin Greenwood

Youth Hosteller

Andrew Grose

Andrew Grose

Youth Hosteller

Joanne Wootton

Joanne Wootton

Youth Hosteller

Similar Movies

2.0

Class of '63

March 1973 •English

A jealous husband uses a college reunion to gauge whether or not his wife is still in love with her old flame.

7.6

Cinderella Man

June 2005 •English

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

6.6

The Great Love

June 1942 •German

The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.

6.4

Dance, Girl, Dance

August 1940 •English

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

4.8

White Horses of Summer

April 1975 •English

The marital problems of an American couple come to a head while visiting southern Italy with their impressionable young son.

6.6

Sixty Six

November 2006 •English

A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

6.7

Guardian Angel

April 1987 •

A journalist investigates the smuggling of gypsy children on the black market and tries to save a young boy.

6.3

The Devil's Brigade

May 1968 •English

At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.

7.2

Vagabond Lady

May 1935 •English

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.

5.7

On Distant Shores

August 1958 •Azerbaijani

The film portrays the life of the legendary Azerbaijani guerrilla of the Second World War Mehdi Huseynzadeh, who fought the Nazi forces in the present-day Italy and Slovenia, hence the film's name On distant shores referring to the Adriatic Sea.

6.0

Mila

June 2021 •

After the Trento bombing in Italy 1943, the CG animated short film is the story is of a little girl named Mila. It focuses on the collateral damage affecting the civilian population, and especially the children.

5.7

Anzio

July 1968 •Italian

American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.

3.0

Priceless Beauty

April 1988 •English

A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.

6.3

Luna

August 1979 •Italian

While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.

7.4

Red Desert

September 1964 •Italian

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.

6.7

My Brother Is an Only Child

March 2007 •Italian

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground — much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend.

7.5

Obsession

April 1944 •Italian

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.

6.2

Shadows in the Sun

May 2005 •English

An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.

6.8

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

November 2021 •Georgian

In the Georgian riverside town of Kutaisi, summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi find their plans for a date undone when they both awaken magically transformed with no way to recognize each other.

3.6

Happiness Costs Nothing

January 2003 •Italian

A man in his forties has had enough. He leaves his loveless family, uninspiring job and fake friends and tries to find something more. He meets a young woman he falls for, but she puts him on the test.