55 Days at Peking 1963   N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, Harry Andrews, Paul Lukas, Leo Genn, Robert Helpmann, Kurt Kasznar
At the beginning of the 20th century, a secret society of Boxer rebels fought imperialistic forces that had divided China into commercial spheres. This is the story of the siege of Peking and all the brutalities it entailed. 1 User Review
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| | The Embassies have to get out and fast | Tar Heel 02/18/2007 | | There should have been more romantic scenes between Charleston Heston and Ava Gardner, which would have created a more entertaining movie. So, as one continues to watch the movie, it has a lovely break in the scenes between Heston and Gardner, who still had the famous beautiful, graceful form. When they are dancing together, you wish it could go on for a longer time and in many more scenes. The acting by the various actors was strong and the script was well written. I thought Paul Lukas gave us a very sensitive performance. When he was in the scenes with Ms. G., she was fantastic. Just another example of her acting abilities no matter what the role demanded. She delivered her part with absolute 4 Star talent. |
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 Around the World in 80 Days 1956  G, 178 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Charles Boyer, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Marlene Dietrich, John Carradine, Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwicke, John Gielgud
This Best Picture Oscar winner tells the story of Phineas Fogg (David Niven), the indomitable English gentleman, who bets the members of his club that he can circle the globe in less than 80 days. And the race is on as he and his valet, Passepartout (Cantinflas), meet all sorts of characters and adventures along the way. A real winner. Four other Academy Awards were received as well as three nominations, including Best Director.
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Ask Any Girl 1959  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: David Niven, Gig Young, Shirley MacLaine, Rod Taylor, Jim Backus, Elisabeth Fraser, Claire Kelly, Boyd "Red" Morgan, Carmen Phillips, Myrna Hansen
A naive young girl comes to New York and gets help from a motivation researcher in finding a husband.
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Bachelor Mother 1939 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Garson Kanin
Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E.E. Clive, Ernest Truex, Paul Stanton, Ferike Boros, Leonard Penn, Dennie Moore, Elbert Coplen Jr., Frank M. Thomas, Edna Holland, June Wilkins, Donald Duck
Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) is a clerk at Merlin's Department Store who discovers an abandoned baby on her doorstep. She falls in love with the little bundle of joy and decides to adopt the baby. Rumors fly that Polly is really the birth mother, and the store owner, J.B. Merlin (Charles Coburn), sends his son David (David Niven) to get Polly back on the straight-and-narrow path. Now, Polly discovers more than love for the charming infant, she discovers other forms of love, too.
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Barbary Coast 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, Frank Craven, Brian Donlevy, Donald Meek, Harry Carey, David Niven, Matt McHugh
Set in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, this is the story of Mary Rutledge's (Miriam Hopkins) life as a saloon queen and her search for an honest love.
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 Bedtime Story 1964 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Levy
Cast: Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones, Dody Goodman, Norman Alden, Parley Baer, Marie Windsor, Rebecca Sand, Frances Robinson, Aram Stephan
In a contest over territory, Freddy (Marlon Brando) and Lawrence (David Niven) decide to settle their differences through whoever can win the attentions of "Soap Queen" Janet (Shirley Jones).
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Before Winter Comes 1969  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina, John Hurt, Anthony Quayle, Ori Levy, John Collin, Karel Stepanek, Guy Deghy, George Innes
During 1945, in an Austrian camp for displaced persons, British Major Giles Burnside (David Niven) is given the job of dispatching civilians to either the Russian or the American zones. Burnside is aided by a multilingual refugee, Janovic (Topol), who, it turns out, is not the person he pretends to be.
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Beloved Enemy 1936 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Jerome Cowan, David Niven, Henry Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Theodore von Eltz, David Torrence, Don "Red" Barry
An English woman, Helen Drummond (Merle Oberon), and an Irish insurrectionist, Dennis Riordan (Brian Aherne), are in love, but political problems threaten their romance.
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The Birds and the Bees 1956  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven, Reginald Gardiner, Fred Clark, Hans Conried, Harry Bellaver, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Frome, Mary Treen
This remake of "The Lady Eve" does not measure up to the original. The story centers on naive millionaire George Hamilton (George Gobel) who is beguiled by cardsharp Jean Harris (Mitzi Gaynor).
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The Bishop's Wife 1947 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Regis Toomey, Sarah Edwards
A bishop (David Niven) and his wife (Loretta Young) lead busy lives ministering to their flock. However, when the bishop becomes so ensnared in his "churchly" duties that he ignores his own wife, a Heaven-sent angel (Cary Grant) shows him the error of his ways. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture and Director. There were two other nominations and an Oscar for Best Sound Recording.
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing, Warren Hymer, Franklin Pangborn, Rolfe Sedan, Lawrence Grant, Armand Cortes, Lionel Pape, Tyler Brooke
Multimillionaire Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper) has been married seven times, but he finally meets his match in wife #8 (Claudette Colbert). She has ulterior motives for the marriage, which come to naught when she ultimately falls in love with Michael.
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Candleshoe 1977 G, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Adventure
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster, David Niven, Leo McKern, Vivian Pickles, Veronica Quilligan, John Alderson, Ian Sharrock, Michael Balfour, Sydney Bromley, Sarah Tamakuni, David Samuels, Mildred Shay, Michael Segal, Peter Diamond
Lady St. Edmund (Helen Hayes) owns a large estate, but she is having problems finding money to pay her taxes. She does get help from orphans to maintain her estate–and her pride. A small-time crook, Harold Brundge (Leo McKern), gets orphan Casey (Jodie Foster) to pose as Lady St. Edmund's granddaughter in his quest for a lost treasure on "grandmother's" property. Once Casey spends time at her "grandmother's" estate, she is a witness to the good deeds of the butler, the chauffeur, the gardener, and the cavalry officer (all played by David Niven), sees the error of her ways, and helps to save the estate.
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Casino Royale 1967 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, John Huston, George Raft, Joanna Pettet, Charles Boyer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter O'Toole
Special Agent 007 James Bond (David Niven) is enjoying retirement when he is coaxed back into the Secret Service after M is slain. Bond's mission is to smash the spy organization SMERSH, which is headed by the evil Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), and to accomplish that goal, agents converge on Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach provided the good musical score. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("The Look of Love").
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The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Donald Crisp, Nigel Bruce, Henry Stephenson, David Niven, Spring Byington, J. Carrol Naish, E.E. Clive, C. Henry Gordon, G.P. Huntley, Robert Barrat, Walter Holbrook, Scotty Beckett
In this film version of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, set during the 1854 Crimean War, Major Geoffrey Vickers (Errol Flynn) vows revenge on the Indian potentate Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon) after witnessing a slaughter of British citizens at a British fort commanded by Col. Campbell (Donald Crisp). Meanwhile, Geoffrey and his brother Perry (Patric Knowles), who is also a soldier, are both in love with Campbell's daughter Elsa (Olivia de Havilland), but it is Perry who wins her heart. Now, Geoffrey leads his Light Brigade into a fight to the death against the Russian soldiers who are providing supplies to Surat Khan.
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Curse of the Pink Panther 1983  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Burt Kwouk, David Niven, Ted Wass, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Capucine, Robert Loggia, Harvey Korman, Roger Moore, Joanna Lumley, Leslie Ash, Graham Stark, Andre Maranne, Peter Arne, Patti Davis
In this sequel, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) rigs the computer, and Interpol provides a successor to Inspector Clouseau, Sgt. Clifton Sleigh (Ted Wass), who is even more inept than his predecessor. The motive behind Dreyfus' plot is that he is sure Sleigh will never be able to track down the stolen Pink Panther diamond. But, will Dreyfus' plan backfire?
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 The Dawn Patrol 1938 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Barry Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper, Carl Esmond, Peter Willes, Morton Lowry, Michael Brooke
In this remake of the 1930 film, Basil Rathbone plays the squadron commander who must send young British World War I aviators to their possible deaths.
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Death on the Nile 1978 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Jon Finch, Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Harry Andrews, I.S. Johar
Written by Agatha Christie, this is another intriguing mystery for master sleuth Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to solve. Poirot and his traveling companion Colonel Race (David Niven) are in Africa enjoying a cruise on the S.S. Karnak, sailing down the Nile River, when a passenger, heiress Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Poirot investigates, and among the suspects are Salome (Angela Lansbury), Rosalie Otterbourne (Olivia Hussey), Dr. Bessner (Jack Warden), Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis), Miss Bowers (Maggie Smith), and Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow)–nearly all of whom have motives for murder.
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Dodsworth 1936  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor, Paul Lukas, David Niven, Spring Byington, Maria Ouspenskaya, Kathryn Marlow, John Payne, Gregory Gaye, Horace B. Carpenter, Odette Myrtil, Harlan Briggs, Gino Corrado, Inez Palange
This film adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel is well directed and acted. It is the story of the 20-year marriage of Sam (Walter Huston) and Fran Dodsworth (Ruth Chatterton) and their solution to a crisis point in their relationship. The film won an Oscar for Best Interior Decoration and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress (Maria Ouspenskaya), and Director.
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Enchantment 1948 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows, Leo G. Carroll, Shepperd Strudwick, Gigi Perreau, Melville Cooper, Henry Stephenson
Years ago, during another war, General Sir Roland Dane (David Niven) lost his chance for love with Lark Ingoldsby (Teresa Wright). Now he encourages ambulance driver Grizel Dabe (Evelyn Keyes) not to make this same mistake with pilot Pax Masterson (Farley Granger).
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Escape to Athena 1979 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Stefanie Powers, Sonny Bono, Elliott Gould, William Holden, Anthony Valentine, Siegfried Rouch, Michael Sheard, Richard Wren, Philip Locke, Steve Ubels
Allied POWs get help from a Nazi (Roger Moore) and a Greek resistance leader (Telly Savalas) in a daring attempt to escape from their prison and to locate a hidden treasure on Mount Athena. But, problems arise concerning the fact that a secret German rocket installation is also located on the mountain.
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Eternally Yours 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert, Billie Burke, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, Zasu Pitts, Broderick Crawford, Virginia Field, Eve Arden, Ralph Graves, Lionel Pape
Anita (Loretta Young) looks forward to a comfortable life when she marries wealthy, stable Don (Broderick Crawford). But when she meets a magician, "The Great Arturo" (David Niven), she falls in love with him, the two marry, and they head out on his travels around the world. Despite her new adventures, she yearns for home, and–after several years of traveling with the flirtatious magician–she decides to leave him and return to the simple life.
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Eye of the Devil 1967 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence, Edward Mulhare, Flora Robson, Emlyn Williams, Sharon Tate, David Hemmings, John Le Mesurier, Michael Miller
Set in a French castle, the plot involves the effects of black magic on Philippe de Montfaucon (David Niven), his wife Catherine (Deborah Kerr), and their children when they leave London for the "safety" of their French vineyard.
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A Feather in Her Hat 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Pauline Lord, Louis Hayward, Basil Rathbone, Billie Burke, Wendy Barrie, Thurston Hall, J.M. Kerrigan, David Niven, Victor Varconi, Nydia Westman
In an attempt to ensure her son (Louis Hayward) a better chance in life, Clarissa Phipps (Pauline Lord) falsifies his identity to make it appear that he did not come from a humble heritage.
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The First of the Few 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Spitfire
Director: Leslie Howard
Cast: Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver, Anne Firth, David Horne, J.H. Roberts, Derrick DeMarney, Rosalyn Boulter, Gordon McLeod
This is a good biography of R.J. Mitchell (Leslie Howard), the developer of the highly successful World War II airplane (Spitfire) that contributed much by fending off the air attacks on Great Britain. Naturally, World War II propaganda runs high. Great musical score. (Leslie Howard's plane was shot down by German planes while on his way home from a diplomatic mission shortly after completion of this film.)
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Four Men and a Prayer 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Mystery
Director: John Ford
Cast: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, C. Aubrey Smith, J. Edward Bromberg, John Carradine, Alan Hale, Reginald Denny, Barry Fitzgerald, William Henry, Berton Churchill, Claude King, Cecil Cunningham, Frank Dawson
Four brothers (Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, and William Henry) suspect foul play in the murder of their father after he was dishonorably discharged from the British military. They begin an investigation to clear his name and discover more than they had bargained for.
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 The Guns of Navarone 1961 N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris, Bryan Forbes, Allan Cuthbertson, Michael Trubshawe, Percy Herbert, George Mikell
This film is at the top in both quality and action for the World War II genre. It involves a multinational force commanded by Major Franklin (Anthony Quayle). The commandos are ordered to blow up two immense German guns that are guarding the sea against the arrival of Allied troop transports. The film won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects, and there were six other nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Happy Anniversary 1959 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Miller
Cast: David Niven, Mitzi Gaynor, Carl Reiner, Loring Smith, Monique Van Vooren, Patty Duke, Elizabeth Wilson, Phyllis Povah, Kevin Coughlin
When Debbie (Patty Duke) spills the beans on a TV show and tells family secrets, her parents (David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor) are highly embarrassed.
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Happy Go Lovely 1951 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes, Diane Hart, Gordon Jackson, Barbara Couper, Gladys Henson, Sandra Dorne, Hugh Dempster
Stuffy millionaire B.G. Bruno (David Niven) gives young Janet (Vera-Ellen) a lift. Janet is a member of an American movie production shooting in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is seen exiting the limo. Rumors fly after the sighting, and the director, needing money, thinks B.G. might help. Meanwhile, a love affair takes place between B.G. and Janet. All ends well. Vera-Ellen's dance routines are a highlight.
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A Kiss for Corliss 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Almost a Bride
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Shirley Temple, David Niven, Tom Tully, Virginia Welles, Darryl Hickman, Robert Ellis, Richard Gaines, Gloria Holden, Kathryn Card, Ray Roberts
This sequel to "Kiss and Tell" again features Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer. This time Corliss has a crush on a playboy (David Niven) who barely knows she exists.
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Lady L 1965 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Paul Newman, Sophia Loren, David Niven, Claude Dauphin, Cecil Parker, Marcel Dalio, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli, Peter Ustinov, Daniel Emilfork
This film doesn't take advantage of the talent, but it does have some good moments. Lady L (Sophia Loren) tells her story to her biographer.
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The Lady Says No 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Ross
Cast: Joan Caulfield, David Niven, James Robertson Justice, Lenore Lonergan, Frances Bavier, Peggy Maley, Henry Jones, Jeff York, George Davis, Robert Williams
When magazine photographer Bill Shelby (David Niven) arrives in town to work on a story about best-selling author Dorinda (Joan Caulfield), he is amazed that this beautiful woman wrote a book trashing men. Determined to change her opinion on men, Bill pursues her, and complications are inevitable.
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 A Matter of Life and Death 1946 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: Stairway to Heaven
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Richard Attenborough, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kathleen Byron, Bonar Colleano, Abraham Sofaer, Joan Maude, Robert Atkins, Bob Roberts, Edwin Max, Betty Potter
Returning from a World War II bombing run, Squadron Leader Peter Carter (David Niven) realizes his plane will not make it. He talks on his radio to RAF worker June (Kim Hunter) and then jumps, certain that he will die. But a miracle occurs, and Carter awakens in the surf (the angels couldn't find him in the fog, so he didn't die). He and June meet, fall in love, and talk Heaven into waiting.
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The Moon Is Blue 1953 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully, Dawn Addams, Albert Bassermann, Fortunio Bonanova, Gregory Ratoff, Hardy Kruger, Johanna Matz
Considered risque when it was released in the 1950s, this is the story of a young woman, Polly (Maggie McNamara), who flaunts her virginity. Maggie received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Murder by Death 1976 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Moore
Cast: Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker
This Neil Simon story is about five fictional detective heroes who receive and accept dinner invitations to an old mansion. Their host is Sheridan Whiteside (Truman Capote) who is fed up with the usual plots in mystery stories and wants his guests to solve a mystery.
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 My Man Godfrey 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor, Jay Robinson, Martha Hyer, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Anderson, Eric Sinclair, Dabbs Greer, Harry Cheshire, Fred Essler, Jack Mather, Paul Levitt
While on a scavenger hunt for a "Forgotten Man," socialite Irene Bullock (June Allyson) finds down-on-his-luck Godfrey (David Niven) and brings him back to the party hoping to win the prize. That event leads to Godfrey being taken into the Bullock home where he serves as the family's butler and works to bring some sense into the lives of the screwball Bullock family.
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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 1979 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Big Scam
The Mayfair Bank Caper
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Richard Jordan, Gloria Grahame, David Niven, Elke Sommer, Oliver Tobias, Richard Johnson, Michael Angelis, Dicken Ashworth, Derek Deadman, Davy Kaye, Brian Protheroe
Ex-con Pinky (Richard Jordan) gets a job as a bank maintenance man and is then convinced by Ivan the Terrible (David Niven) to pull off a bank heist.
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No Deposit, No Return 1976 G, 115 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi, Barbara Feldon, John Williams, Charles Martin Smith, Vic Tayback, Bob Hastings, Kim Richards
When two run-away children try to get to Hong Kong where their mother is, they end up in the middle of a robbery. The safecrackers turn out to be kind-hearted, and the adventures begin. Disney.
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The Other Love 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Maria Palmer, Joan Lorring, Richard Conte, Richard Hale, Lenore Aubert, Gilbert Roland, Edward Ashley, Natalie Schafer
Dying of consumption, Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) heads for Switzerland for treatment. Once there, she tries to enjoy one last romantic fling while her kind doctor (David Niven) is the real course to true love.
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Paper Tiger 1975 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: David Niven, Toshiro Mifune, Hardy Kruger, Jeff Corey, Ivan Desny, Ronald Fraser, Ando, Irene Tsu, Miiko Taka
When an English schoolteacher (David Niven) and the Japanese ambassador's son (Ando) are kidnapped by terrorists, the tutor is able to act out his dreams of heroism.
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 The Pink Panther 1963  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Brenda De Banzie, Colin Gordon, Fran Jeffries, John Le Mesurier, Martin Miller, James Lanphier, Guy Thomajan, Michael Trubshawe, Riccardo Billi, Meri Welles
Sophisticated jewel thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), a.k.a. the Phantom, is plotting to steal the Pink Panther diamond from Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale), and French Inspector Jacques Cousteau (Peter Sellers) is on his trail. Clouseau is also trying to catch Lytton's accomplice who, unbeknownst to Clouseau, is his own wife Simone (Capucine). For years, Simone has warned her lover Lytton when Clouseau is about to catch him. Now another thief appears on the scene; he is Lytton's nephew George (Robert Wagner), and he has his own plans to steal the Pink Panther diamond. Clouseau may be inept, but the odds are in his favor that he will be successful in retrieving the Pink Panther diamond. 1 User Review
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston, John Harding, Margaret Lindsay, Carmen Phillips
A move from the bustling city to the serene country is not always what is expected as a drama critic (David Niven) and his wife (Doris Day) discover.
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 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, David Niven, Montagu Love, Byron Foulger, Spencer Charters, Wilhelm von Brincken, Philip Sleeman, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, Charles Halton, Torben Meyer
This is an excellent version of the classic story of an Englishman Rudolph Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) who travels to a mythical European country where he is a distant cousin of Prince Rudolf V (also played by Colman). The cousins greatly resemble each other, and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven) and Colonel Zapt (C. Aubrey Smith) take Rudolph to the Prince's hunting lodge where they meet. The next day, it is discovered that the Prince has been kidnapped, and now Rudolph becomes involved in palace intrigue and romance–with the Prince's fiancee Princess Flavia (Madeleine Carroll)–when he is asked to impersonate the Prince.
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Raffles 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Dudley Digges, Douglas Walton, Lionel Pape, E.E. Clive, Peter Godfrey, Margaret Seddon, Gilbert Emery
An ex-Scotland Yard detective, Raffles (David Niven), relieves his boredom by becoming a jewel thief. This is a remake of a 1930 film by the same name.
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The Real Glory 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds, David Niven, Reginald Owen, Broderick Crawford, Kay Johnson, Charles Waldron, Russell Hicks, Roy Gordon, Vladimir Sokoloff
Dr. Canavan (Gary Cooper) is an army medic fighting cholera among United States soldiers stationed in the Philippines following the Spanish American War.
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Rose-Marie 1936 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Indian Love Call
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray, David Niven, George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O'Connor, Lucien Littlefield
Set in the Canadian Rockies, this story involves the romance of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, Sergeant Bruce (Nelson Eddy), and the beautiful Marie de Flor (Jeanette MacDonald) who find love despite Marie's criminal brother.
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Rough Cut 1980 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West, Patrick Magee, Al Matthews, Susan Littler, Joss Ackland, Isabel Dean, Wolf Kahler
Problems making this film involved four successive directors and a scriptwriter who refused to use his real name in the credits. The plot involves a jewel thief, Jack Rhodes (Burt Reynolds), who falls for the beautiful Gillian Bromley (Lesley-Anne Down), a Scotland Yard operative who has been sent to lure Rhodes into a trap.
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The Sea Wolves 1980 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Robert Moore, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee, William Morgan Sheppard, Patrick Allen, Bernard Archard, Martin Benson
During World War II, middle-aged British businessmen in India put together a successful mission to knock out a Nazi radio transmitter in the Goa harbor.
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Separate Tables 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper, Cathleen Nesbitt, Felix Aylmer, Rod Taylor, Audrey Dalton, May Hallatt, Priscilla Morgan
Guests at a British seaside resort are presented through vignettes in this film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play. David Niven won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Major Pollock who helps Sybil (Deborah Kerr) break away from her cruel mother. Wendy Hiller won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the inn's owner. Five other nominations included Best Picture and Actress (Kerr).
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Splendor 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Paul Cavanagh, Helen Westley, Billie Burke, Katharine Alexander, David Niven, Arthur Treacher, Ivan F. Simpson, Reginald Sheffield
When wealthy Brighton Lorrimore (Joel McCrea) brings home his new wife Phyllis (Miriam Hopkins), the family has problems accepting her lower social status.
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Three Blind Mice 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes, Jane Darwell, Franklin Pangborn, Elisha Cook Jr.
In this oft-told tale, three young women leave home and head to California in search of handsome, rich men. Pretty well done.
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The Toast of New Orleans 1950  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven, J. Carrol Naish, Rita Moreno, James Mitchell, Richard Hageman, Clinton Sundberg, Sig Arno, Romo Vincent
Pepe Abellard Duvalle (Mario Lanza) is a bayou fisherman who is groomed for an operatic career by Jacques Riboudeaux (David Niven). Lanza sings "Be My Love" to Kathryn Grayson; the song was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Trail of the Pink Panther 1982 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Capucine, Robert Loggia, Harvey Korman, Burt Kwouk, Robert Wagner, Joanna Lumley, Graham Stark, Peter Arne, Andre Maranne, Ronald Fraser, Marne Maitland
The investigation involving the death of Inspector Clouseau (following Peter Seller's actual death) provides the occasion for this film to patch together previous film clips of the inspector in action.
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The Way Ahead 1944 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Immortal Battalion
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, John Laurie, Jimmy Hanley, William Hartnell, Raymond Huntley, Leslie Dwyer, Hugh Burden, Reginald Tate
This excellent film follows a group of recruits as they evolve from civilians into a well-trained team of soldiers. They understand why the training was necessary when they are sent to North Africa during World War II. Director Reed had joined the Army and served in the role of making documentaries. Likewise, David Niven, an officer, was a motivator for this film.
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 Wuthering Heights 1939 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Miles Mander, Leo G. Carroll, Hugh Williams, Cecil Humphreys, Cecil Kellaway, Sarita Wooton, Rex Downing, Douglas Scott, Helena Grant
In this filmed version of Emily Bronte's classic novel, Mr. Earnshaw (Cecil Kellaway) brings home orphaned Heathcliff (Rex Downing) to Wuthering Heights. Earnshaw's son Hindley (Douglas Scott) hates Heathcliff, but daughter Catherine (Sarita Wooton) loves him. Mr. Earnshaw dies, and Hindley takes over forcing Heathcliff to work as a stable boy. Cathy and Heathcliff love each other, but when they grow up, Cathy (now played by Merle Oberon) marries wealthy neighbor Edgar Linton (David Niven). Heathcliff (now played by Laurence Olivier) has left but returns a wealthy man, buys Wuthering Heights from Hindley (now played by Hugh Williams), and marries Edgar's sister Isabella (Geraldine Fitzgerald). Now, Cathy realizes that she cannot forget Heathcliff, and even death cannot part them. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Olivier), Supporting Actress (Geraldine Fitzgerald), and Director.
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1. 55 Days at Peking (1963)
2. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
3. Ask Any Girl (1959)
4. Bachelor Mother (1939)
5. Barbary Coast (1935)
6. Bedtime Story (1964)
7. Before Winter Comes (1969)
8. Beloved Enemy (1936)
9. The Birds and the Bees (1956)
10. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
11. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
12. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
13. Candleshoe (1977)
14. Casino Royale (1967)
15. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
16. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
17. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
18. Death on the Nile (1978)
19. Dodsworth (1936)
20. Enchantment (1948)
21. Escape to Athena (1979)
22. Eternally Yours (1939)
23. Eye of the Devil (1967)
24. A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
25. The First of the Few (1942)
aka: Spitfire
26. Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
27. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
28. Happy Anniversary (1959)
29. Happy Go Lovely (1951)
30. A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
aka: Almost a Bride
31. Lady L (1965)
32. The Lady Says No (1952)
33. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
aka: Stairway to Heaven
34. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
35. Murder by Death (1976)
36. My Man Godfrey (1957)
37. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)
aka: The Big Scam
aka: The Mayfair Bank Caper
38. No Deposit, No Return (1976)
39. The Other Love (1947)
40. Paper Tiger (1975)
41. The Perfect Marriage (1946)
42. The Pink Panther (1963)
43. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
44. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
45. Raffles (1940)
46. The Real Glory (1939)
47. Rose-Marie (1936)
aka: Indian Love Call
48. Rough Cut (1980)
49. The Sea Wolves (1980)
50. Separate Tables (1958)
51. Splendor (1935)
52. Three Blind Mice (1938)
53. The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
54. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
55. Vampira (1975)
aka: Old Dracula
56. The Way Ahead (1944)
aka: The Immortal Battalion
57. Wuthering Heights (1939)
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