Search results for "Jack Hawkins"

Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
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90

Dr. Tremayne is an enigmatic psychiatrist running an asylum that houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains his amazing and controversial theories as to why…

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Young Winston (1972)

Young Winston (1972)

Young Winston (1972)
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149

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with…

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Kidnapped (1971)

Kidnapped (1971)

Kidnapped (1971)
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100

Scottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that he cannot claim his inheritance. The…

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When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
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94

In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.

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Waterloo (1970)

Waterloo (1970)

Waterloo (1970)
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134

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
The Adventures of Gerard (1970)

The Adventures of Gerard (1970)

The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
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92

Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he’s the best soldier…

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Shalako (1968)

Shalako (1968)

Shalako (1968)
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113

Sean Connery is Shalako, a guide in the old West who has to rescue an aristocratic British hunting party from Indians and bandits.

Genre: Western
Judith (1966)

Judith (1966)

Judith (1966)
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109

A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.

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Genre: Drama, War
Masquerade (1965)

Masquerade (1965)

Masquerade (1965)
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102

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

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Lord Jim (1965)

Lord Jim (1965)

Lord Jim (1965)
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154

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment…

Guns at Batasi (1964)

Guns at Batasi (1964)

Guns at Batasi (1964)
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103

An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d’etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.

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Genre: Drama, War
The Third Secret (1964)

The Third Secret (1964)

The Third Secret (1964)
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103

A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this…

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Zulu (1964)

Zulu (1964)

Zulu (1964)
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138

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke’s Drift from tribal…

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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Rampage (1963)

Rampage (1963)

Rampage (1963)
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98

In colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbot’s mistress, Anna.

Genre: Adventure
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
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228

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence’s mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic…

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The League of Gentlemen (1960)

The League of Gentlemen (1960)

The League of Gentlemen (1960)
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116

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur (1959)
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222

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he…

Gideon’s Day (1958)

Gideon’s Day (1958)

Gideon’s Day (1958)
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91

Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his ‘typical day” consists…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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161

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)

Fortune Is a Woman (1957)

Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
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95

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband’s art-forgery/arson scam.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Man in the Sky (1957)

The Man in the Sky (1957)

The Man in the Sky (1957)
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87

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the…

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Genre: Drama
The Long Arm (1956)

The Long Arm (1956)

The Long Arm (1956)
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96

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a…

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Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
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105

A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.

Genre: Drama, History
The Prisoner (1955)

The Prisoner (1955)

The Prisoner (1955)
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95

A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when…

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Genre: Drama
The Seekers (1954)

The Seekers (1954)

The Seekers (1954)
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90

A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.

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The Intruder (1953)

The Intruder (1953)

The Intruder (1953)
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84

When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief…

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Genre: Crime, War
Malta Story (1953)

Malta Story (1953)

Malta Story (1953)
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99

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

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Genre: Drama, History, War
The Cruel Sea (1953)

The Cruel Sea (1953)

The Cruel Sea (1953)
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126

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make…

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Genre: Drama, History, War
The Planter’s Wife (1952)

The Planter’s Wife (1952)

The Planter’s Wife (1952)
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88

The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.

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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Mandy (1952)

Mandy (1952)

Mandy (1952)
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93

London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy’s…

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Genre: Drama
Angels One Five (1952)

Angels One Five (1952)

Angels One Five (1952)
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98

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain….

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Genre: Drama, War
Home at Seven (1952)

Home at Seven (1952)

Home at Seven (1952)
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85

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
No Highway in the Sky (1951)

No Highway in the Sky (1951)

No Highway in the Sky (1951)
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98

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Fortune in Diamonds (1951)

Fortune in Diamonds (1951)

Fortune in Diamonds (1951)
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86

As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where…

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Genre: Adventure
State Secret (1950)

State Secret (1950)

State Secret (1950)
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104

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in…

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The Black Rose (1950)

The Black Rose (1950)

The Black Rose (1950)
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116

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but…

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The Small Back Room (1949)

The Small Back Room (1949)

The Small Back Room (1949)
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106

At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome…

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Fallen Idol (1948)

The Fallen Idol (1948)

The Fallen Idol (1948)
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96

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father’s butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers…

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Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Next of Kin (1942)

The Next of Kin (1942)

The Next of Kin (1942)
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102

Lots of slogans such as “Be like Dad, Keep Mum” and “Keep it under your Hat” are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this…

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The Flying Squad (1940)

The Flying Squad (1940)

The Flying Squad (1940)
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64

Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.

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Genre: Crime