Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Murray Smith

1. Lovejoy (1986–1994)

TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.

Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 3,895

2. Minder (1979–1994)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?

Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster

Votes: 2,828

3. The Sweeney (1975–1978)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.

Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin

Votes: 2,646

4. Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dempsey, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to a London undercover police unit teamed up with the sophisticated, sexy, blonde Makepeace. They hunt down the top of London's underworld - when not quarreling.

Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Tony Osoba

Votes: 2,052

5. Hammer House of Horror (1980)

TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.

Stars: Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Anna Calder-Marshall

Votes: 2,282

6. Bear Island (1979)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee

Votes: 2,732

7. Extremely Dangerous (1999)

50 min | Thriller

An intense thriller starring Sean Bean who plays a former M-15 agent who after being wrongfully convicted of murdering his family, goes on the run to seek vengeance on those responsible in a world beyond the law.

Stars: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Ralph Brown, Alex Norton

Votes: 439

8. The Comeback (1978)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen

Votes: 1,305

9. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)

60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Private detective Philip Marlowe solves many crimes in Los Angeles during the 1930s.

Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ken Pogue

Votes: 483

10. The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met (1970)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, Jess Conrad, Derek Aylward

Votes: 438

11. Strangers (1978–1982)

60 min | Crime, Thriller

The eccentric police detective George Kitchener Bulman is reluctantly transferred to a station in the North of England.

Stars: Don Henderson, Dennis Blanch, Fiona Mollison, John Ronane

Votes: 111

12. Hazell (1978–1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A British television series about a fictional private detective named James Hazell and his adventures.

Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, Desmond McNamara, Peter Bourke

Votes: 214

13. Schizo (1976)

R | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A newly-married woman becomes convinced someone from her past is stalking her, but nobody believes her until the bodies start to pile up.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser

Votes: 1,447

14. Home Before Midnight (1979)

111 min | Drama

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Mark Burns, Juliet Harmer

Votes: 287

15. The Paradise Club (1989–1990)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Two brothers, Frank and Danny Kane, are the sons of Ma Kane who ran the South Side with a rod of iron. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church after a misunderstanding with the ... See full summary »

Stars: Don Henderson, Leslie Grantham, Leon Herbert, Barbara Wilshere

Votes: 122

16. Die Screaming Marianne (1971)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands... See full summary »

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Susan George, Barry Evans, Christopher Sandford, Judy Huxtable

Votes: 872

17. Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)

R | 85 min | Comedy

Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Tristan Rogers, Karen Boyes, Alan Curtis, Robin Askwith

Votes: 267

18. Bulman (1985–1987)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Having left the police force in disgust, the eccentric and bad-tempered detective George Kitchener Bulman set himself up as a private investigator. This leads him into trouble with the hard... See full summary »

Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Thorley Walters, Mark McManus

Votes: 95

19. The Sell-Out (1976)

PG | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

While vacationing in Lebanon, a former secret agent finds he has been marked for assassination.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker

Votes: 625

20. Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989– )

PG | 96 min | Action, Thriller

Frederick Forsyth, the internationally acclaimed author of Day of the Jackal, The Fourth Protocol and The Negotiator, is the creator and presenter of this series of six original and ... See full summary »

Stars: Alan Howard, Richard Hope, David Threlfall, Mike Farrell

Votes: 83

21. Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989 TV Movie)

PG | 92 min | Action, Thriller

The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.

Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Simon Cadell, Lisa Eichhorn, Leonie Mellinger

Votes: 125

22. The XYY Man (1976–1977)

60 min | Crime, Thriller

William "Spider" Scott has a spare "Y" chromosome in his cell structure, which makes him very tall but also gives him a compulsion to steal.

Stars: Stephen Yardley, Don Henderson, Vivienne McKee, Dennis Blanch

Votes: 59

23. Chessgame (1983)

60 min | Thriller

Drama series about the activities of British counter-intelligence agents based on a series of novels by Anthony Price.

Stars: Terence Stamp, Carmen Du Sautoy, Michael Culver, Robin Sachs

Votes: 37

24. Cold War Killers (1986 TV Movie)

PG | 86 min | Thriller, War

A missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet spy agencies are intensely interested.

Director: William Brayne | Stars: Martin Dale, Peter Ivatts, Mike Lane, Terence Stamp

Votes: 160

25. A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990 TV Movie)

PG | 96 min | Thriller

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island ... See full summary »

Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Larry Lamb, Chris Cooper, Philip Michael Thomas, Kitty Aldridge

Votes: 112

26. The Sea Children (1973)

40 min | Short, Adventure, Family

Skindivers on holiday in Malta discover strange world beneath the sea.

Director: David Andrews | Stars: Simon Fisher-Turner, Perry Balfour, Lesley Dunlop, Stephen Garlick

Votes: 40

27. Confession (1970– )

60 min | Drama

An anthology of eleven dramas using confessions as a central theme.

Stars: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Donald Pleasence, Nicholas Ball

28. Just Another Secret (1989 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Action, Thriller

An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place. The Russian old-guard, however, has captured five... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Beau Bridges, Kenneth Cranham, James Faulkner, Erich Hallhuber

Votes: 91

29. Cold Warrior (1984)

50 min | Drama

Head of SIS, Capt. Aubrey Percival (Blood Money and Skorpian) has put a team together to stop the arms industry selling secretly to the USSR.

Stars: Michael Denison, Lucy Fleming, Dean Harris, David Swift

Votes: 9

30. The Alamut Ambush (1986 TV Movie)

94 min | Thriller, War

This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.

Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Terence Stamp, Michael Culver, Carmen Du Sautoy, Robin Sachs

Votes: 33

31. The Mackinnons (1977)

50 min | Drama

Veterinary drama set in the West Highlands of Scotland.

Stars: Bill Simpson, Mikel Lambert, Sandra Clark, William Wilde

Votes: 6

32. Closing Ranks (1980 TV Movie)

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A KGB agent defects to UK and offers information about Russian spies within the British Intelligence. Can he be trusted?

Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Joss Ackland, Harry Andrews, Andrew Burt, Kevin Elyot

Votes: 9

33. Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Episode: Children of the Full Moon (1980)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A married couple, lost in the woods, stumble across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman, and deadly wolf children that scour the countryside looking for victims.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Celia Gregory, Diana Dors, Robert Urquhart

Votes: 664

34. Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989– )
Episode: Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990)

PG | 98 min | Action, Thriller

A British agent is chasing after famous terrorist Carlos when he resurfaces in Europe.

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Pamela Villoresi, Elizabeth Hurley, Gottfried John

Votes: 61

35. Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989– )
Episode: The Price of the Bride (1990)

Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Thriller

In the new era of the Glasnost, Soviet armed forces train with British forces on a Nato exercise. Colonel Orlove, top K.G.B. man, is determined to defect and escapes in the guise of a British soldier.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Mike Farrell, Peter Egan, Robert Foxworth, Diana Quick

Votes: 45

36. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: A Cup for the Winner (1985)

Crime, Drama

An American diplomat wants to trace a family heirloom stolen in 1746. Finding it seems easy to be true.

Director: David Carson | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, John Barcroft, Bruce Boa

37. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: A Man of Conviction (1985)

Crime, Drama

Bulman goes to prison to trap a gangland leader, but when his life is threatened it is up to Lucy to get him out.

Director: Tom Cotter | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Niven Boyd, Tom Chadbon

38. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Chicken of the Baskervilles (1987)

Crime, Drama

Bulman goes undercover to investigate the disappearance of both butler and housekeeper on the country estate of Lord Kilmartin. While he takes on the identity of the butler, Lucy discovers ... See full summary »

Director: William Brayne | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Peter Armitage, Joe Belcher

39. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Chinese Whispers (1987)

Crime, Drama

To escape o contact placed on his life by old adversary Joe Revel, Bulman has spent 18 months in China with Lucy. On their return to England, Revel makes several attempts on Bulman's life ... See full summary »

Director: William Brayne | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Ian Blower, Johanna Briggs

40. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Death by Misadventure (1987)

Crime, Drama

Bulman is hired by newspaper proprietor Lord Fairfax to investigate the death of ace crime reporter Desmond Geraldine, killed as he greeted racing correspondent Archie Ferris. The motive ... See full summary »

Director: David Carson | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Adam Blackwood, Ian Bleasdale

41. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Death of a Hitman (1985)

Crime, Drama

An underground 'godmother ' hires Bulman to find out the truth about her son's death. Dugdale of British intelligence is interested too - and Bulman is 'recruited' by the Russians.

Director: Bill Gilmour | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Alun Armstrong, Tommy Boyle

42. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Ministry of Accidents (1987)

Crime, Drama

Julian Czinner, a top civil servant,needs help; the contents of his missing briefcase could prove useful to enemies of the state. Asked to step into the line of fire once again, Bulman and ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Sebastian Abineri, Katrin Cartlidge

43. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: One of Our Pigeons Is Missing (1985)

52 min | Crime, Drama

Bulman turns tramp to solve the murder of a old dosser friend who knew too much about pigeons passing secrets over the Iron Curtain.

Director: Charlie Nairn | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Delia Corrie, Ursula Howells

44. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Pandora's Many Boxes (1985)

Crime, Drama

High flyer Dylan Chadwick wants to know why he has failed security clearance for an executive post. Can he stand investigation to clear his name? And whatever happened to his wife?

Director: Christopher King | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Dennis Blanch, Constance Chapman

45. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: The Daughter Was a Dancer (1985)

Crime, Drama

A trendy businessman needs a bodyguard, but Bulnan is too late. His murder investigation leads to a pretty dancer.

Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Paul Angelis, Stewart Avon-Arnold

46. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: The Name of the Game (1985)

Crime, Drama

A criminal's widow wants revenge on the policeman who killed him. Bulman joins forces with organised crime to stop a war.

Director: William Brayne | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Gladys Ambrose, Jonathan Barlow

47. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Thin Ice (1987)

Crime, Drama

What does Russian intelligence officer Ragozhkin want with Bulman? And why Willie Dugdale seek Bulman help on a "security matter "? when Dugdale is found murdered, Bulman and Lucy's ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce MacDonald | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Graham Crowden, William Gaminara

48. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: W.C. Fields Was Right (1987)

Crime, Drama

Bulman's unexpected encounter with his ex-wife and her son prompts a re-assessment of his life, while a stolen dog leads to the discovery of a murder plot. Add a visit by Mr Pollock the VAT... See full summary »

Director: Sarah Harding | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Ben Bension, Robert Blythe

49. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: White Lies (1987)

Crime, Drama

Bulman is honoured to receive an invitation by Commander Morrison, Head of C-13, to visit Scotland Yard. Lucy is less enthusiastic particularly when they are handed a "delicate " mission ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Morgan | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Jeffery Dench, Stephen Dillane

50. Bulman (1985–1987)
Episode: Winds of Change (1985)

Crime, Drama

A new life for George Bulman. But his fresh start is shadowed by murder, and a new business partner and daughter of an old colleague called Lucy McGinty will not let old habits die.

Director: William Brayne | Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, John Albasiny, John Benfield