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Christopher Ellison

posted 12 years ago by yodoc-2
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Christopher Ellison, better known as Inspector Frank Burnside on the long-running British TV police series The Bill, is credited in the role of "Pete" in The Terrorists. I've DVR'd the film and have now watched it all the way through twice, but cannot spot him. I also haven't heard any character referred to as "Pete." Does anyone know which scenes Christopher Ellison appears in this film as "Pete?" Also I'd appreciate knowing approximately when in the film's running times these scenes are located.

[–] Bridgemonkee 11 years ago

He plays one of McShane's gang on the plane. You probably didn't recognise him cause he has a beard. Take a look at the scenes on the plane - around 0:55 he talks to McShane and 1:12 he gets pinned up against a wall.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

You probably didn't recognise him cause he has a beard.

Yes, I think he's the "terrorist", who discovers the soldier trying to sneak on to the jet, then let's him go (which does give you a clue to the weird twist at the end).🐭

[–] joypreslar 11 years ago

Hard to tell, but I think possibly the guy with the headphones with very curly hair. But then I thought Jeffrey Wickham was Graham Chapman of Monty Python. Twins, separated at birth perhaps. And the Ambassador was remarkably similar to Sir John Gielgud until I got a good look at him. I am watching ti on Fox Movie channel, never heard of this movie. I thought I had the entire Sean Connery collection!

[–] ib011f9545i 8 years ago

just watched the film on dvd,he is the hijacker on the plane with the beard.
I recognised him right away.