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CriticCrunch has 4 Ian Charleson titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Gandhi.
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In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
Dir. Hugh Hudson · With Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl Campbell

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Dir. Hugh Hudson · With Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson
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