The Long Ships 1964  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino, Oskar Homolka, Colin Blakely, Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd, Beba Loncar, Clifford Evans, Gordon Jackson, David Lodge, Jeanne Moody, Henry Oscar, Paul Stassino
Viking leader Rolfe (Richard Widmark) steals King Harald's (Clifford Evans) funeral ship and kidnaps Harald's daughter Gerda (Beba Loncar) as his means of searching for the valuable golden bell called "The Mother of Voices." Rolfe sails to the Moorish coast with his brother Orm (Russ Tamblyn), but he is not alone in the quest. The Prince of the Moors, Aly Mansuh (Sidney Poitier), is also racing to find the golden bell, and confrontations ensue.
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My Geisha 1962 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings, Yoko Tani, Tatsuo Saito, Alex Gerry, Tamae Kyokawa, Ichiro Hayakawa, Tsugundo Maki
Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine) covets a role in her theater producer husband's (Yves Montand) play. To that end she even poses as a geisha to obtain her goal.
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Sons and Lovers 1960  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Heather Sears, Mary Ure, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Thesiger, William Lucas, Conrad Phillips, Rosalie Crutchley, Elizabeth Begley, Edna Morris, Sean Barrett, Ruth Kettlewell, Anne Sheppard
Paul Morel (Dean Stockwell) lives with his family in Nottingham and is encouraged by his well-bred mother Gertrude (Wendy Hiller) to escape the dreary life of his youth and not follow in the footsteps of his coal miner father, Walter (Trevor Howard). Paul wants to become an artist in London, and he depends on financial gifts from women in the town. But, after one of his brothers dies, Paul knows that he must remain with his mother, and he does–until she dies, and then he heads for London. The film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography and was nominated for six others including Best Picture, Actor (Howard), Supporting Actress (Mary Ure), and Director.
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Young Cassidy 1965 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Cardiff, John Ford
Cast: Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Julie Christie, Flora Robson, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Jack MacGowran, Sian Phillips, T.P. McKenna, Philip O'Flynn, Julie Ross, Arthur O'Sullivan, Joe Lynch
Rod Taylor takes on the roll of John Cassidy in this film based on the life and times of Irish author Sean O'Casey during the early 20th century. Director John Ford fell ill during the shooting of the film and was replaced by Jack Cardiff.
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| 1. The Lion (1962)
2. The Long Ships (1964)
3. My Geisha (1962)
4. Penny Gold (1973)
5. Sons and Lovers (1960)
6. Young Cassidy (1965)
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