This religious epic chronicles the rise to power of a humble but courageous shepherd boy who usurps a ruler and becomes king...
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1960
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The oft-filmed Maurice Renard novel Hands of Orlac was given another cinematic go-round in this Franco-British production....
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1960
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1960
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This film version of George Bernard Shaw's satirical take on the American Revolution had a troubled production history (with...
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1959
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Robert Stack stars in this sea-faring historical epic as John Paul Jones, the first great hero of the American Navy. While...
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1959
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In this drama, a couple experiences marital turmoil because the husband is a hot-tempered race-car driver with a jealous...
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Sir John Loring
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1958
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Political intrigue and romantic gamesmanship send an already torrid Caribbean community to the boiling point in this drama....
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1957
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In this melodramatic adventure set after the British evacuated Singapore in 1942, a ship is torpedoed and only four people...
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Bulldog
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1957
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Razzle-dazzle showman Michael Todd hocked everything he had to make this spectacular presentation of Jules Verne's 1872 novel...
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1956
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1956
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The British The Dam Busters is the story of the development and utilization of the "bouncing bombs" in World War II....
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1955
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The recent Mau Mau uprising in Kenya served as story material for the 1955 British film Simba. White farmer Dirk Bogarde and...
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Mr. Crawford
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1955
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Hell Below Zero was one of several 1950s films made in Britain by Hollywood's Alan Ladd. The star plays Duncan Craig, who...
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Bland
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1954
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1953
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"Her Salome Will Steal Your Breath Away" was the classic advertising slogan attached to this opulent Rita Hayworth epic -- a...
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1953
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Produced by MGM's British facilities, the Technicolor Ivanhoe starred Robert Taylor in the title role. Returning to England...
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1952
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The Magic Box was the English film industry's contribution to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Its all-star cast generously...
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1951
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Francis Alt
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1950
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The Walt Disney production of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic novel Treasure Island is one of the company's best...
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Capt. Smollett
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1950
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Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's...
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Claudius
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1948
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Low-hanging clouds and low-cut blouses dominate the brooding British melodrama Jassy. Margaret Lockwood is at her...
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Nick Helmar
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1948
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This romantic comedy is set in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It tells the story of a professional duelist who...
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1947
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Lensed in lavish Technicolor, The Man Within is a rousing tale of smugglers, betrayal and redemption. The story is told from...
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1947
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George Bernard Shaw adapted his own play for the screen in this blithe film version of the romance between Caesar...
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1946
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Released in the US as Forty-Eight Hours, Went the Day Well? is a solidly constructed wartime melodrama. Actually, the film...
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Maj. Ortler
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1942
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The phrase "Loose Lips Sink Ships" takes on a new and special meaning in the cautionary British war drama Next of Kin. In...
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Naval Captain
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1942
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Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock....
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Samuel Sweetland
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1941
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This stirring wartime morale-booster stars John Clements in a virtual reprise of his "redeemed hero" role in...
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Capt. Fairfax
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1941
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In this WW II comedy, a professor teaching a correspondence school gets in hot water when he entangles himself with the...
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Costello
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1941
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Based on a stage play by M. J. Farrell and John Perry, Spring Meeting stars Enid-Stamp Taylor and Michael Wilding as Tiny and...
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James
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1941
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The eponymous Four Just Men of this film are British World War I comrades, who reunite in peacetime to bring disaster to...
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1939
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In this crime drama, a renowned eye surgeon goes mad and murders the lover of his wife. He is later given a life-sentence to...
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1939
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In this British gangster movie, a Chicago gang goes to cool their heels in London. There they try to overtake the town....
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Joker Finnegan
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1936
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In this drama, a suspicious blind scientist neglects to tell his cheating wife that a fluke during a recent experiment has...
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1936
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African-American students who have accepted Rhodes scholarships may feel like wincing at Rhodes of Africa, an unabashed...
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Dr. Jamison
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1936
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In this drama, a deliciously nasty villain endeavors to steal a successful shipping firm from an honest man. To get the...
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Stephen Findlay
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1936
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The Amateur Gentleman takes place in England during the Regency era. The hero is Barnaby Barty (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), an...
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Chichester
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1936
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Accused is a British melodrama starring American actor (and confirmed Anglophile) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Somewhat...
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Eugene Roget
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1936
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In this murder mystery, three prominent, wealthy businessmen are killed just before their big meeting. To find their...
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1935
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Transatlantic Tunnel is the English-language version of the 1932 French-German speculative drama The Tunnel. Set sometime in...
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1935
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In this British mystery, a man is killed in a rural village. There are plenty of suspects, as he was hated by almost...
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1935
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Although this Laurel and Hardy short is quite funny, it's often neglected. The boys, playing chimney sweeps, don't appear...
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1934
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In this crime drama, two gangs of criminals compete to find a cache of purloined jewels. Both gangs really want them and use...
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1934
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When economy expert Kerr works to cut the costs of the fleet in Malta, his lovely daughter, Matthews, is courted by the crew...
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1932
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This fast-paced comedy came from the pen of husband and wife screenwriting team Anita Loos and John Emerson. After his...
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Rowland Stone
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1922
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1920
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