Film '72 Episode #18.25 (Season 18, Episode 25)
TV Episode | Talk-Show

Film '72

Episode #18.25 (Season 18, Episode 25)

TV Episode | Talk-Show

Barry Norman presents his personal review of the week's cinema releases. Rain Man - Dustin Hoffman has the unusual role of an autistic man with a genius for mathematics. He has been in an institution for many years. Tom Cruise plays his ...See moreBarry Norman presents his personal review of the week's cinema releases. Rain Man - Dustin Hoffman has the unusual role of an autistic man with a genius for mathematics. He has been in an institution for many years. Tom Cruise plays his brother who kidnaps him and takes him across America. Scandal - in 1963 John Profumo, the Minister for War, was involved in a major controversy which involved a Russian diplomat and a 17-year-old 'call girl', Christine Keeler. In this film, John Hurt plays Stephen Ward, the society osteopath; Ian McKellen plays Profumo and Joanne Whalley plays Keeler. Dennis Quaid stars in D. O.A. which opens this week. He is now a much sought-after actor with successes including Suspect and The Big Easy. Film 89 talks to him about his career. Written by RT See less