The Adventurers 1951  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Fortune in Diamonds
The Great Adventure
Director: David MacDonald
Cast: Dennis Price, Jack Hawkins, Siobhan McKenna, Peter Hammond, Gregoire Aslan, Charles Paton, Bernard Lee, Ronald Adam, Martin Boddey, Philip Ray
Set during the early 1900s, this is the story of a trio of adventurers (Dennis Price, Jack Hawkins, and Siobhan McKenna) in Africa seeking a stolen treasure of jewels.
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Angels One Five 1954  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George More O'Ferrall
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, John Gregson, Dulcie Gray, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond, Humphrey Lestocq, Veronica Hurst, Harold Goodwin, Norman Pierce, Geoffrey Keen, Harry Locke, Philip Stainton, Vida Hope, Amy Veness
Headquarters control room for RAF pilots during World War II's Battle of Britain, when the "Few" fight off the German Luftwaffe, is the focus of this realistic film about tactical and strategic aspects of war.
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 Ben-Hur 1959  N/R, 211 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Andre Morell, Ferdy Mayne, Tutte Lemkow
Remember the famous Chariot Race where one of the extras forgot to take off his watch? That seems to be the only flaw in this epic film that won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston also won for Best Actor as the Jewish Prince Judah Ben-Hur whose life story is told in tandem with the life of Jesus. Other Oscars included Best Director and Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith).
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The Black Rose 1950 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Finlay Currie, Herbert Lom, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Harvey, Robert Blake
Set in the 1200s following a Saxon revolt, this is the story of Walter of Gurnie's (Tyrone Power) flight into China where he experiences adventure and gains great knowledge.
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 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957  N/R, 161 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morell, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Ann Sears
A Japanese colonel (Sessue Hayakawa) is in charge of building a bridge with a work force of British and American prisoners of war. Alec Guinness plays the proud Col. Nicholson who starts out proving British superiority and ends up devoted to the successful completion of "his" bridge. This great film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, David Lean won for Best Director, and Alec Guinness won for Best Actor. It won four other Oscars as well: Best Writing, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Musical Score. 1 User Review
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The Cruel Sea 1953  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Stanley Baker, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner, Bruce Seton, Liam Redmond, Moira Lister, Virginia McKenna
This is Nicholas Monsarrat's story about convoys during World War II and the dangers they encountered from both Nazi submarines and the harsh North Atlantic weather.
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The Fallen Idol 1948  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Bobby Henrey, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea, Walter Fitzgerald, Karel Stepanek, Jack Hawkins, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen
Based on Graham Greene's short story, the world is seen through the eyes of young Felipe (Bobby Henrey) who tries to protect the butler, Baines (Ralph Richardson), during the murder investigation of Baines' wife.
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Gideon's Day 1958 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Gideon of Scotland Yard
Director: John Ford
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Cyril Cusack, Andrew Ray, James Hayter, Ronald Howard, John Marion-Crawford, Laurence Naismith, Derek Bond, Grizelda Harvey, Frank Lawton, John Loder, Miles Malleson
The activities in the life of Scotland Yard Inspector Gideon (Jack Hawkins) are followed as he investigates murders and robberies as part of his daily routine.
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Guns at Batasi 1964  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton, Mia Farrow, Cecil Parker, Errol John, Graham Stark, Earl Cameron, Percy Herbert, David Lodge, John Meillon, Patrick Holt
British Army Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Richard Attenborough) is stationed in a newly independent East African colony and strives to keep peace when an African officer, Lt. Boniface (Errol John), opposes the British sanctioned government.
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Jane Eyre 1970 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: George C. Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen, Jack Hawkins, Rachel Kempson, Jean Marsh, Nyree Dawn Porter, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Copley, Clive Morton, Fanny Rowe, Susan Lawe, Angharad Rees, Hugh Latimer, Nan Munro
Charlotte Bronte's gothic novel is again brought to the screen in this offering about orphanage-raised Jane (Susannah York) who takes a job as governess at the English manor of the tyrannical Edward Rochester (George C. Scott). Jane is attracted to Rochester, and he returns her affections. They make plans to marry. But, when Jane learns that Rochester is already married, it will take Jane's courage and love to rise above their world, which is crashing around them.
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Kidnapped 1971 G, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Gordon Jackson, Vivien Heilbron, Lawrence Douglas, Freddie Jones, Andrew McCulloch, Russell Waters
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, this is the story of a young man, David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas), who, with Alan Breck (Michael Caine) fights for his inheritance and the forces of King George who have been sent to his Scottish highlands.
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Land of the Pharaohs 1955 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, Alex Minotis, Sydney Chaplin, James Robertson Justice, James Hayter, Piero Giagnoni, Luisella Boni, Carlo D'Angelo, Robert Rietty
William Faulkner co-wrote the script for this haunting story about the rich Pharaoh (Jack Hawkins). He marries the beautiful Nellifer (Joan Collins) who arranges his death to inherit the kingdom. But, Nellifer is not aware of the fact that, according to custom, his wife will be entombed with the Pharaoh's body.
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 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 N/R, 222 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Arthur Kennedy, Claude Rains, Donald Wolfit, Anthony Quayle, Jose Ferrer, Jack Hawkins, Michel Ray, Zia Mohyeddin
For a glimpse of understanding the mindset of the Middle East, this movie is a must. It is the story of T.E. Lawrence's (Peter O'Toole) adventures as a young British officer when he was sent to protect his country's interests in the growing animosities between the Arabs and Turks during World War I. Among the kudos given this picture were seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Cinematography. Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif were nominated for Best Actor and Supporting Actor Oscars.
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The League of Gentlemen 1960 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Kieron Moore, Terence Alexander, David Lodge, Patrick Wymark, Robert Coote
To aid in his efforts to rob a bank, ex-Army Colonel Hyde (Jack Hawkins) recruits former officers and uses military discipline with great success.
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The Long Arm 1956 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: The Third Key
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke, John Stratton, Geoffrey Keen, Sam Kydd, Glyn Houston, Richard Leech, Newton Blick, Sydney Tafler, Ralph Truman, Ian Bannen, Peter Burton, George Rose
Dedicated Scotland Yard Superintendent Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins), along with his young assistant Sergeant Ward (John Stratton), works to solve a string of robberies involving safes, all of which were made by the same manufacturer. The investigation leads to a night watchman (Richard Leech), and Halliday sets the trap that will ensnare the elusive crook and bring an end to the safe crackings.
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Lord Jim 1965 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Jack Hawkins, Eli Wallach, Paul Lukas, Daliah Lavi, Akim Tamiroff, Andrew Keir, Jack MacGowran
This is a good film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel about a merchant seaman (Peter O'Toole) who jumps ship in a storm and then spends his life trying to atone for his act of cowardice.
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The Malta Story 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Brian Desmond
Cast: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow, Flora Robson, Ralph Truman, Peter Bull, Nigel Stock, Renee Asherson, Hugh Burden, Reginald Tate, Rosalie Crutchley, Thomas Heathcote, Maurice Denham, Noel Willman
During World War II, a member of the Royal Air Force, British Lieutenant Pete Ross (Alec Guinness), performs camera reconnaissance missions and hands over evidence to his senior officer (Jack Hawkins) that Italy is planning a major invasion of Malta. Now, Ross finds himself stranded on Malta. Although low on supplies, Ross is determined to defend the island fortress against the Italian army's attack and practices survival techniques. Meanwhile, he has a romance with a Maltese girl, Maria (Muriel Pavlow), but fate steps in as Ross carries out his duties that lead to the ultimate sacrifice.
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Mandy 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Crash of Silence
The Story of Mandy
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Mandy Miller, Marjorie Fielding, Edward Chapman, Eleanor Summerfield, Colin Gordon, Dorothy Alison
Mandy (Mandy Miller) is a deaf mute, but that does not stop her from dreaming. With help from a caring family, she succeeds. Miller plays herself in this film.
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 Masquerade 1965 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Operation Masquerade
A Shabby Tiger
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Bill Fraser, Charles Gray, John Le Mesurier, Felix Aylmer, Christopher Witty, Tutte Lemkow, Ernest Clark
This spoof of spy stories, based on the Victor Canning novel "Castle Minerva," has Robertson and Hawkins hired to abduct the young heir to the throne of a Mid-Eastern nation. Clever and pretty well done.
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Monte Carlo or Bust 1969 G, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Tony Curtis, Susan Hampshire, Terry-Thomas, Gert Frobe, Peer Schmidt, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Walter Chiari, Jack Hawkins, Eric Sykes
This is a fun adventure of a 1920s race from London to Monte Carlo. Often slapstick with a few bits that aren't too funny, it is still a good no-brainer of the same mold as "The Great Race," "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," etc.
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Nicholas and Alexandra 1971 PG, 185 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Fiona Fullerton, Harry Andrews, Jack Hawkins, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Curt Jurgens, Irene Worth
Events of the final days of the Romanov rule of Russia are depicted as Czar Nicholas and his family are executed during the Bolshevik Revolution. The film won two Academy Awards (Art Direction and Costume Design) and was nominated for four others, including Picture and Actress.
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No Highway in the Sky 1951 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: No Highway
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Janette Scott, Jack Hawkins, Ronald Squire, Niall MacGinnis, Elizabeth Allan, Kenneth More, David Hutcheson
While on a flight, an engineer (James Stewart) becomes concerned that the tail of the aircraft is about to fall off due to metal fatigue. Now, he must convince those in control of the impending disaster.
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Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 G, 144 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Kenneth More, Jack Hawkins, John Mills, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Susannah York, Maurice Roeves, Corin Redgrave, Vincent Ball, Isabel Dean, Paul Daneman
This film takes a satirical look–with songs thrown in–at both German and British participants in World War I. The story concentrates on the middle-class Smith family whose five sons go off to war and die for their country. An awesome cast presents a unique view of pacifist ideals that remain relevant today.
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Poppies Are Also Flowers 1966  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Opium Connection
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner, Angie Dickinson, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Rita Hayworth, E.G. Marshall, Gilbert Roland, Omar Sharif
Supported by many stars who worked for scale to get across Ian Fleming's protest against drug abuse, this film, unfortunately, failed as an artistic triumph, but its profits did go to UNESCO.
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The Prisoner 1955 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Glenville
Cast: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson, Kenneth Griffith, Raymond Huntley, Ronald Lewis, Gerard Heinz, Mark Dignam, Richard Leech, Jeannette Sterke
The Cardinal (Alec Guinness) is imprisoned on a trumped-up charge of treason by an Eastern European, totalitarian country. He endures solitary confinement and undergoes intense efforts of brainwashing by the Interrogator (Jack Hawkins) who is determined to make the Cardinal confess to several crimes. If he confesses, the Cardinal might be released, but his power over the people will be destroyed.
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Shalako 1968 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Peter van Eyck, Honor Blackman, Woody Strode, Alexander Knox, Valerie French, Eric Sykes, Julian Mateos, Don "Red" Barry, Chief Tug Smith, Rodd Redwing, Hans De Vries
European hunters get more than they bargained for from their 19th Century "safari" into New Mexico. It seems that the Apaches have decided to make sure that the group does NOT have a jolly good time.
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Theater of Blood 1973 R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Theatre of Blood
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Jack Hawkins, Robert Coote, Robert Morley, Coral Browne, Diana Dors, Michael Hordern
When critics pan his work, actor Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) murders them using methods based on those used in Shakespeare's plays. Lots of gore and fun.
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The Third Secret 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento, Pamela Franklin, Paul Rogers, Alan Webb, Rachel Kempson, Peter Sallis, Patience Collier, Freda Jackson, Judi Dench, Peter Copley, Nigel Davenport, Charles Lloyd Pack
TV commentator Alex Stedman (Stephen Boyd) conducts a private investigation into the case of the supposed suicide of a famous London psychiatrist. Stedman had been one of the deceased's patients and doubts that the death was a suicide. The dead man's daughter, Catherine (Pamela Franklin), also believes that it was not a suicide and gives Stedman a list of her father's patients. While interviewing the patients (Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, and Diane Cilento), Stedman learns that all three had secrets in their lives. Then, Stedman comes across another patient–Catherine–who finally confesses that she killed her father to prevent being sent to an institution.
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Twinky 1969 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Lola
Statutory Affair
London Affair
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan George, Trevor Howard, Michael Craig, Honor Blackman, Lionel Jeffries, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins, Orson Bean, Kay Medford
A writer of pornographic books in his late 30s (Charles Bronson) marries a 16-year-old girl in this weak drama that reflects the social changes happening in the 1960s.
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Waterloo 1970 G, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Wilding, Donal Donnelly, Terence Alexander, Rupert Davies
Originally a four-hour film, this movie was cut way back for U.S. consumption. It is the story of Napoleon's take-over of Europe and his final downfall at Waterloo.
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Young Winston 1972 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Simon Ward, Anne Bancroft, Robert Shaw, John Mills, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Patrick Magee, Ian Holm, Robert Flemyng, Jane Seymour
Based on Winston Churchill's autobiography, this film remains true to the author's version of his "My Early Life." Overall good production and acting, with Simon Ward as the young Winston.
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 Zulu 1964  N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, James Booth, Ulla Jacobsson, Patrick Magee, Richard Burton, Ivor Emmanuel, Paul Daneman, Glynn Edwards, Neil McCarthy, David Kernan, Gary Bond, Peter Gill
An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors in South Africa during the 19th century lay siege on a British garrison at Rorke's Drift. A missionary, Otto Witt (Jack Hawkins), warns that Zulu warriors have massacred another British army force, but Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) will not give up. He orders his troops to fight the warriors–despite his second-in-command Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) arguing that they should abandon the military post. A great battle scene takes up much of the second half of the movie.
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| 1. The Adventurers (1951)
aka: Fortune in Diamonds
aka: The Great Adventure
2. Angels One Five (1954)
3. Ben-Hur (1959)
4. The Black Rose (1950)
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
6. The Cruel Sea (1953)
7. The Fallen Idol (1948)
8. Gideon's Day (1958)
aka: Gideon of Scotland Yard
9. Guns at Batasi (1964)
10. Jane Eyre (1970)
11. Kidnapped (1971)
12. Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
13. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
14. The League of Gentlemen (1960)
15. The Long Arm (1956)
aka: The Third Key
16. Lord Jim (1965)
17. The Malta Story (1953)
18. Mandy (1952)
aka: Crash of Silence
aka: The Story of Mandy
19. Masquerade (1965)
aka: Operation Masquerade
aka: A Shabby Tiger
20. Monte Carlo or Bust (1969)
aka: Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
21. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
22. No Highway in the Sky (1951)
aka: No Highway
23. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
24. Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966)
aka: The Poppy Is Also a Flower
aka: The Opium Connection
25. The Prisoner (1955)
26. Rampage (1963)
27. Shalako (1968)
28. Theater of Blood (1973)
aka: Theatre of Blood
29. The Third Secret (1964)
30. Twinky (1969)
aka: Lola
aka: Statutory Affair
aka: London Affair
31. Two Loves (1961)
32. Waterloo (1970)
33. Young Winston (1972)
34. Zulu (1964)
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