Anne of the Indies 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thomas Gomez, James Robertson Justice, Sean McClory, Holmes Herbert, Francis Pierlot, Carleton Young
A legendary pirate, Anne (Jean Peters), evades capture by French Captain Pierre La Rochelle (Louis Jourdan) only to fall into the clutches of Blackbeard (James Robertson Justice).
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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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Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Terence Morgan, James Robertson Justice, Denis O'Dea, Christopher Lee, Stanley Baker, James Kenney, Moultrie Kelsall
A rather stern Captain Hornblower (Gregory Peck) is ordered to deliver weapons to enemies of Spain. Along with the weapons, Lady Wellesley (Virginia Mayo) is the passenger who warms up the captain.
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 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 G, 144 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Davy Kaye, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, Barbara Windsor
In this children's fantasy, based on a story by Ian Fleming, Professor Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) invents a flying car and then discovers that foreign powers are out to get their hands on his invention. The title song was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar.
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 David and Bathsheba 1951 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore, James Robertson Justice, Jayne Meadows, John Sutton, Francis X. Bushman, George Zucco, Dennis Hoey, Teddy Infuhr, Gwen Verdon
This Old Testament saga is about King David's (Gregory Peck) seduction by Bathsheba (Susan Hayward).
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Doctor in the House 1954 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Houston, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, George Coulouris, Geoffrey Keen, Suzanne Cloutier
This comedy depicts the lighter side of medical school when students do not miss the virtues of beautiful women in spite of the rigorous routine of studies and practice.
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Dr. Crippen 1962  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Lynn
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar, James Robertson Justice, Donald Wolfit, Geoffrey Toone, Oliver Johnston, Edward Ogden, Elspeth March, Douglas Bradley-Smith, John Arnatt, Olga Lindo, Betty Bascomb, Paul Carpenter, John Lee
Beginning with the trial and then through flashbacks, this film dramatizes the story of a notorious murder case in which American-born, but living in London, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (Donald Pleasence) killed his wife (Coral Browne), dismembered her body, and buried it in his coal cellar. He was arrested while sailing to Canada with his mistress (Samantha Eggar) and returned to London for his trial and sentencing–all the while protesting his innocence.
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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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The Iron Petticoat 1956 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff, Alan Gifford, Paul Carpenter, Nicholas Phipps, Sid James, Tutte Lemkow
When a stern Soviet officer (Katharine Hepburn) defects to the West, an American officer (Bob Hope) takes her on an eye-opening adventure in the capitalist world.
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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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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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 Les Miserables 1952 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney, Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester, James Robertson Justice, Joseph Wiseman, Rhys Williams
The often-filmed Victor Hugo classic story is adequately presented in this adaptation, though much is cut (as evidenced by the length). Michael Rennie is cast as Jean Valjean, and Richard Newton plays his pursuer Javert. Three episodes are told: Valjean's arrest for stealing a loaf of bread and his imprisonment, Valjean's hounding by Javert after becoming mayor and adopting a girl (Debra Paget), and Javert's cessation of the pursuit of Valjean.
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Love on a Pillow 1962 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Warrior's Rest
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, James Robertson Justice, Macha Meril, Yves Barsacq, Jean-Marc Bory, Jacqueline Porel, Christian Melson, Michel Serrault, Robert Dalban
A young woman, Genevieve (Brigitte Bardot), while in a small town to receive an inheritance, saves alcoholic Renaud (Robert Hossein) from committing suicide. They start a relationship, and his abusive nature starts to show. Though Genevieve loves him, will that be enough in this dysfunctional affair?
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Moby Dick 1956 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Huston
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Orson Welles, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Mervyn Johns, Noel Purcell, Royal Dano, Christopher Lee
Ray Bradbury and John Huston wrote the excellent screenplay for this film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel about Captain Ahab's (Gregory Peck) obsession with the great white whale.
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Murder She Said 1961 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Meet Miss Marple
Agatha Christie's Murder, She Said
Director: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice, Thorley Walters, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Conrad Phillips, Ronald Howard, Joan Hickson, Stringer Davis, Gordon Harris
While sitting in her train seat, Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder taking place on a passing train. She alerts police, but they doubt her story. What does Miss Marple do? She begins her own investigation and obtains a job as a maid inside Ackenthorpe Hall, an estate in the area where the murder took place and searches the house for clues.
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Mystery Submarine 1963  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Decoy
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards
Cast: Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Payne, Joachim Fuchsberger, Albert Lieven, Arthur O'Sullivan, Robert Flemyng, Richard Carpenter, Robert Brown, Jeremy Hawk
The best part of this film is the good archival submarine shots. While the plot has potential, the story plods along as British sailors capture a Nazi U-boat, man it, and infiltrate a U-boat wolfpack. After discovery, they get away, but the sub is damaged in the process.
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Orders to Kill 1958 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, James Robertson Justice, Irene Worth, Leslie French, John Crawford, Lionel Jeffries, Sam Kydd, Nicholas Phipps
Gene Summers (Paul Massie) is an American spy who is ordered to Paris to track down and kill a suspected French Nazi agent (Eddie Albert).
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Scott of the Antarctic 1948 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: John Mills, Derek Bond, James Robertson Justice, Kenneth More, Christopher Lee, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender, Anne Firth, Reginald Beckwith, John Gregson, James McKechnie, Norman Williams
British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott (John Mills) sets out on an expedition in 1910 to the South Pole. Two years later, he reaches it, but on the way home he and his crew mysteriously die in the cold. A search party finds their remains–along with Scott's diary providing clues to their unsuccessful attempt to make it back to civilization. The fine score composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams later was transmuted to his "Sinfonia Antarctica."
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Spirits of the Dead 1968 R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim, Louis Malle
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp, Vincent Price, James Robertson Justice, Anny Duperey, Salvo Randone, Francoise Prevost, Georges Douking, Umberto D'Orsi, Philippe Lemaire, Renzo Palmer, Daniele Vargas
Three separate stories–"Metzengerstein," "William Wilson," and "Toby Dammit" –by Edgar Allan Poe are each directed by top directors: Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini. This film provides enjoyable viewing and lives up to the reputations of both directors and actors involved in the project.
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter, James Robertson Justice, Martita Hunt, Hubert Gregg, Michael Hordern, Bill Owen, Anthony Eustrel, Reginald Tate, Elton Hayes, Patrick Barr, Anthony Forwood, Hal Osmond
Disney Studios made this Robin Hood story into a very enjoyable film, and filming in England adds to the strength of the story. Robin Hood (Richard Todd) devotes his life to helping the poor during the oppressive Prince John's (Hubert Gregg) reign when the Sheriff of Nottingham (Peter Finch) reeks havoc on the citizens. This is the story of Robin Hood, his merrie men, and his true love Maid Marian (Joan Rice) and their efforts to preserve the throne for King Richard (Patrick Barr). 1 User Review
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| | http://disneysrobin.blogspot.com/ | Clement of the Glen 04/26/2007 | | I have a blog dedeicated to this underrated movie. Full of charm and colour and with a whole host of top British actors it gives the Errol Flynn version a good run for its money! |
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The Sword and the Rose 1953 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough, Jane Barrett, Peter Copley, Rosalie Crutchley, Gerard Oury, Ernest Jay, D.A. Clarke-Smith
In this Disney historical drama, Mary Tudor (Glynis Johns) falls in love with Charles Brandon (Richard Todd), and they survive attempts to sabotage their happiness.
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Whisky Galore! 1949 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Tight Little Island
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Wylie Watson, Jean Cadell, Morland Graham, Duncan Macrae
After a shipwreck off the Scottish island of Todday, the cargo of thousands of cases of whisky is carried off by the natives who have their work cut out for themselves in keeping their cache hidden from the customs agent (Basil Radford).
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| 1. Anne of the Indies (1951)
2. The Black Rose (1950)
3. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
5. David and Bathsheba (1951)
6. Doctor in the House (1954)
7. Dr. Crippen (1962)
8. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
9. The Iron Petticoat (1956)
10. The Lady Says No (1952)
11. Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
12. Les Miserables (1952)
13. Love on a Pillow (1962)
aka: Warrior's Rest
14. Moby Dick (1956)
15. Murder She Said (1961)
aka: Meet Miss Marple
aka: Agatha Christie's Murder, She Said
16. Mystery Submarine (1963)
aka: Decoy
17. Orders to Kill (1958)
18. Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953)
19. Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
20. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
21. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
22. The Sword and the Rose (1953)
23. Whisky Galore! (1949)
aka: Tight Little Island
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