11 Harrowhouse 1974  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Anything for Love
Fast Fortune
Director: Aram Avakian
Cast: Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, James Mason, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Jack Watson, Leon Greene, Jack Watling
In this spoof on heist films, a dealer in diamonds (Charles Grodin) is robbed, and he turns the tables and plots his own diamond heist.
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Appointment with Death 1988  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove, David Soul, Nicholas Guest, John Terlesky
Peter Ustinov stars in this Agatha Christie murder mystery about the murder of a woman in Palestine in 1937.
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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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 Arthur 1981 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Gordon
Cast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, Stephen Elliott, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, Ted Ross, Barney Martin, Paul Gleason, Anne DeSalvo
A billionaire alcoholic (Dudley Moore) falls in love with a poor waitress (Liza Minnelli) with a heart of gold and stands to lose a fortune for not marrying the girl his family has planned for him. The best part of this film, however, is John Gielgud's Oscar-winning performance as Arthur's long-suffering valet. An Oscar was also awarded for Best Song: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)." Dudley Moore was nominated for Best Actor.
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 Arthur 2: On the Rocks 1988 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Kathy Bates, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Paul Benedict, Jack Gilford, Stephen Elliott, Ted Ross
In this sequel to "Arthur," Arthur is now married. When the father of the girl he jilted sets out for revenge, he discovers that Arthur is now broke and boozeless.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1957  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Susan Stephen, Vernon Gray, Jean Anderson, Maxine Audley, Leslie Phillips, Laurence Naismith
This remake of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (1934), which Sydney Franklin also directed, again reveals the love story of poets Elizabeth (Jennifer Jones) and Robert Browning (Bill Travers) who fall in love and marry despite objections by Elizabeth's father (John Gielgud).
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Becket 1964 N/R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Glenville
Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Donald Wolfit, John Gielgud, Pamela Brown, Martita Hunt, Sian Phillips, Paolo Stoppa, Gino Cervi, Felix Aylmer, David Weston, Percy Herbert, Christopher Rhodes, Inigo Jackson, Niall MacGinnis
Twelfth-century England is the setting for this insightful story. It involves the long friendship between King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Richard Burton). Their friendship reaches a crisis when Becket must choose between his duties to God as Archbishop and his loyalties to the King. Among the several Academy Award nominations were Best Picture, Director, Actor (both Burton and O'Toole), and Supporting Actor (John Gielgud for his role as King Louis VII of France).
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Brideshead Revisited 1981 TV, 660 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Phoebe Nicholls, Diana Quick, Jane Asher, Simon Jones, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, John Le Mesurier, Laurence Olivier, Stephane Audran, Michael Gough
Set around the era of World War I and World War II, this 11-hour miniseries reveals the problems of a particular British aristocracy. The tale is spun through the friendship of two young men–Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte (Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews)–who came from diverse backgrounds and meet at Oxford.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, David Hemmings, Peter Bowles, Donald Wolfit, Ben Aris, Mickey Baker, Leo Britt, Mark Burns, John J. Carney, Helen Cherry, Ambrose Coghill
The British defeat by the Russians in the 1854 battle at Balaclava, Turkey, during the Crimean War is the subject of this anti-war film. Seeking glory, Lord Cardigan (Trevor Howard) leads his Light Brigade on a mission to gain a victory over Russian troops. But, when the battle begins, wrong decisions are made by incompetent officers that prove disastrous when they find themselves in the middle of Russian forces.
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 Chariots of Fire 1981  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee, Alice Krige, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Egan, Nicholas Farrell, Cheryl Campbell, Dennis Christopher, Struan Rodger, David Yelland
This is an inspiring story based on the 1924 Olympic games. Two British runners Harold Abrahams and Sam Mussabini (Ben Cross and Ian Holm) practice their sport while working out personal concerns with anti-Semitism and Christian missionary work, respectively. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Writing, Costume Design, and Musical Score. Nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Holm) and Director.
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Chimes at Midnight 1965 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Falstaff
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Norman Rodway, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Ralph Richardson, Fernando Rey, Alan Webb, Walter Chiari
Set in 15th-century England, this Shakespearean drama is about Falstaff's (Orson Welles) relationship with the future King Henry V (John Gielgud).
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Edward the King 1975 TV, 520 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Gorrie
Cast: Timothy West, Annette Crosbie, Helen Ryan, Robert Hardy, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Jane Lapotaire, Charles Sturridge, Michael Hordern, Simon Gipps-Kent, Charles Dance
This made-for-TV British miniseries covers the life of Queen Victoria's and Prince Albert's eldest son, "Bertie," who ascended to the throne as King Edward VIII. The biography involves the time span from his birth in 1840 until his death in 1910.
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The Elephant Man 1980 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, Helen Ryan, John Standing, Dexter Fletcher, Lesley Dunlop, Pat Gorman, Phoebe Nicholls, Claire Davenport
In the 1800s, John Merrick "The Elephant Man" (John Hurt) suffered from neurofibromatosis, a terribly disfiguring disease and has spent most of his life as a carnival freak. He is befriended by Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) who sees more in Merrick than his outward appearance. Treves brings Merrick to the hospital where he works, and, for a short time, Merrick gains human dignity. But, Treves begins to question his own motivations after the press learns about Merrick's hospital stay and exploits him. The film received eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Actor (John Hurt), and Director.
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Elizabeth 1998 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant, Kathy Burke, John Gielgud, Emily Mortimer, Kelly Macdonald
In 1558, at the age of 25, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) took over the throne of England; she would rule for the next 45 years but not before successfully fighting off her Catholic enemies–the French, the Spanish, and the Pope. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Actress (Blanchett).
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The Far Pavilions 1984 TV, 318 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Blade of Steel
Director: Peter Duffell
Cast: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Benedict Taylor, Rossano Brazzi, Saeed Jaffrey, Robert Hardy, Omar Sharif, John Gielgud, Jennifer Kendal, Felicity Dean, Peter Arne
This HBO miniseries is set in 19th-century British controlled India and involves the ill-fated romance between English soldier Ashton Pelham-Martyn (Ben Cross) and the Indian Princess Anjuli (Amy Irving).
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First Knight 1995  PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Jerry Zucker
Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Christopher Villiers, John Gielgud, Valentine Pelka, Colin McCormack, Ralph Ineson, Stuart Bunce, Jane Robbins, Jean Marie Coffey, Paul Kynman
The kingdom of Camelot once again comes to life as King Arthur (Sean Connery), Lady Guinevere (Julia Ormond), and Lancelot (Richard Gere) solve the problems of a love triangle amidst bloody battles against Malagant (Ben Cross) who is a traitorous Knight of the Round Table.
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Frankenstein: The True Story 1973  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, Michael Sarrazin, David McCallum, Jane Seymour, Ralph Richardson, Agnes Moorehead, John Gielgud, Tom Baker, Michael Wilding, Nicola Pagett, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Margaret Leighton, Dallas Adams, Julian Barnes
In this version of Mary Shelley's story, Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) pieces together parts from dead bodies and creates a handsome–not ugly–monster (Michael Sarrazin). When the monster's physical attributes begin to disintegrate, it suffers despair. Frankenstein is forced to help his mentor, Dr. Polidori (James Mason), create a mate, the beautiful Prima (Jane Seymour), for the monster. But, when Frankenstein introduces Prima to society, the monster is angered and kills Prima and then follows Frankenstein to Antarctica to exact revenge. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 08/23/2007 | | For those of us who actually saw this movie would know that it was one of the best Frankenstein movies that was ever made. Too bad I can't find it in VHS or DVD. |
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Galileo 1975 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Clive Revill, Margaret Leighton, John Gielgud, Michael Gough, Michael Lonsdale, Richard O'Callaghan, Tim Woodward, Judy Parfitt
When his findings about planetary movement contradict teachings of the Church, 17th-century scientist Galileo (Topol) renounces his theory but privately continues to believe in it and hopes that time will prove him right.
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 Gandhi 1982 PG, 188 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Martin Sheen, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Ian Charleson, Saeed Jaffrey, Nigel Hawthorne, Gunther Maria Halmer, Geraldine James, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Ian Bannen
This film was a highlight of the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Ben Kingsley). The power and passion of Gandhi (Kingsley), who preached nonviolent resistance to British rule, is the focus as the story follows Gandhi's life from a young South African lawyer to leader of an independent India. In all, the film collected nine Oscars and was nominated for three others.
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 Hamlet 1996  PG-13, 238 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams, Jack Lemmon, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, John Gielgud, Richard Briers, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Maloney, Brian Blessed, Judi Dench
"Hamlet," the melancholy Dane, is directed by and stars Kenneth Branagh in this–indeed unique–innovative presentation of Shakespeare's classic. Branagh uses Shakespeare's entire text to uncover the layers behind the Bard of Avon's words in his play about Hamlet (Branagh) seeking revenge for his father the king's murder. Julie Christie plays Gertrude, Hamlet's mother who marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Derek Jacobi) soon after her husband's murder. His father's ghost (Brian Blessed) appears and tells Hamlet to be kind to Gertrude but to kill Claudius who had murdered him. Now, insanity takes over resulting in homicide and suicide.
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 Hamlet 1964 N/R, 199 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Colleran, John Gielgud
Cast: Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Barnard Hughes, Eileen Herlie, William Redfield, John Cullum, John Gielgud, Frederick Young, Michael Ebert, George Rose, George Voskovec, Hugh Alexander, Dillon Evans, Linda Marsh
This version of Shakespeare's play was filmed with a process that made the dark story even darker during a live performance on Broadway. Richard Burton excels in his role of Prince Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. Soon after Hamlet's father is killed, his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie), marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Alfred Drake). When the ghost of Hamlet's father returns, he tells Hamlet that Claudius murdered him and demands that Hamlet seek revenge. Hamlet fakes madness to avoid suspicion, and before it is over, not only Claudius, but Gertrude, Hamlet's chief counselor Polonius (Hume Cronyn) and Polonius' daughter Ophelia (Linda Marsh)–who loves Hamlet– and Hamlet all lie dead. John Gielgud directed the Broadway production (and was also the voice of the Ghost); Bill Colleran directed the filming, using 15 cameras to catch all of the action.
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Home 1972 TV, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Mona Washbourne, Warren Clarke, Dandy Nichols
Based on David Storey's award-winning tale, this made-for-TV film is set outside a "home," which the viewer can only guess is for old, mentally disturbed people. Harry and Jack (John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson) are two residents who carry on a conversation, which reveals their condition and the condition of the British society as well.
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 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Romance
aka: Hunchback
Director: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Lesley-Anne Down, Robert Powell, John Gielgud, David Suchet, Gerry Sundquist, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Webb, Roland Culver, Nigel Hawthorne, Rosalie Crutchley, David Kelly, Joseph Batchley, Dave Hill
This made-for-TV miniseries stars Anthony Hopkins as the hunchback Quasimodo who is the bell ringer at Notre Dame Cathedral. Quasimodo leaves the bell tower and attends a festival during which, through a series of unfortunate events, he ends up the victim of a flogging. The sensuous gypsy Esmeralda (Lesley-Anne Down) consoles him by bringing him water, and Quasimodo falls in love with her. Later, after she is falsely accused of murder, Quasimodo rescues Esmeralda and brings her to the safety of the cathedral. But, his love for Esmeralda is doomed because she is in love with handsome soldier Phoebus (Robert Powell). This film features an outstanding supporting cast to provide an enthralling version of Victor Hugo's novel.
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Joseph Andrews 1977 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Ann - Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Peter Bull, Karen Dotrice, John Gielgud, Natalie Ogle
A young 18th-century footman, Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth), falls prey to the lustful yearnings of his employer, Lady Booby (Ann-Margret), in this tasteless and slow-moving story.
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Julius Caesar 1953 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Louis Calhern, Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O'Brien, George Macready, Michael Pate, Richard Hale, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, William Cottrell, Tom Powers, Ian Wolfe
This rendition of Shakespeare's play is excellent. Marlon Brando's performance as Mark Anthony is powerful, and James Mason's portrayal of Brutus is just as good. The film received an Oscar for Art Direction/Set Decoration and had four other nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Brando).
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Julius Caesar 1970  G, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Burge
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg, Jill Bennett, Christopher Lee, Peter Eyre
This version of Shakespeare's tragedy is good viewing but not as well done as the earlier 1953 rendition.
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 Les Miserables 1978 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack, Claude Dauphin, John Gielgud, Flora Robson, Celia Johnson, Ian Holm, Joyce Redman, Christopher Guard
This made-for-TV adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic tale features Richard Jordan as Jean Valjean, the persecuted ex-convict, and Anthony Perkins as the mean-spirited policeman, Javert, who trails him for 40 years. The lavish production–with a great cast–includes scenes that have been ignored by other makers of this story.
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Lion of the Desert 1981 PG, 162 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Gastone Moschin, Andrew Keir, Robert Brown, Ewen Solon
Set between the years 1929 and 1931, this is the story of the leader of a rebel band, Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn), who stands in the way of Mussolini's (Rod Steiger) efforts to take over Libya.
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 Lost Horizon 1973 G, 145 min.
Genre: Musical / Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Bobby Van, James Shigeta, Charles Boyer, John Gielgud, John Van Dreelen, Kent Smith, Larry Duran, Hedley Mattingly, Michael Bernal
A revolution is taking place in Southeast Asia, and a group of refugees, led by Richard Conway (Peter Finch) and his brother George (Michael York), evacuate on a plane that crashes in the Himalayas. The survivors find refuge in Shangri-La, which is ruled by the High Lama (Charles Boyer), and discover a new world of peace and tranquility. But, their new-found happiness results in more than a few conflicts between the survivors. Musical production numbers with songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David are interspersed with the drama.
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The Loved One 1965 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Rod Steiger, Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, John Gielgud, Robert Morley, Lionel Stander, James Coburn
This very funny satire on life and death in Southern California features Robert Morse as English poet Dennis Barlow who is employed by an L.A. pet cemetery, "Happy Hunting Grounds." Barlow watches the strange world of Aimee Thanatogenos (Anjanette Comer) who is the cosmetologist at Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Aimee eventually commits suicide by embalming herself (Rod Steiger plays the chief embalmer) and then being launched into space.
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A Man for All Seasons 1988 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charlton Heston
Cast: Charlton Heston, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Roy Kinnear, Martin Chamberlain, Nicolas Amer, Jonathan Hackett, Benjamin Whitrow, Brian Badcoe
This remake of the 1966 film is well-worth watching. This time around, Charlton Heston does an admirable job portraying Sir Thomas More who refuses to help Henry VIII break away from the influences of the Pope's Roman Catholic Church.
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The Master of Ballantrae 1984 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Richard Thomas, Michael York, John Gielgud, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, Nickolas Grace, Ian Richardson, Finola Hughes, John Hallam, Ed Bishop
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, this is a remake of an earlier film starring Errol Flynn. In this made-for-TV version, Michael York takes on the Flynn role of the Scottish brother who fights the British king–and his own brother.
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Merlin 1998 TV, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer, James Earl Jones, Miranda Richardson, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Short, Paul Curran, Jeremy Sheffield
King Arthur's wizard, Merlin (Sam Neill), is the subject of this Camelot adventure. Beginning with young Merlin being trained in magic, the story ensues through his meeting with Arthur (Paul Curran) and subsequent efforts to keep Arthur on the straight-and-narrow path leading to the throne. Originally a TV miniseries.
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Murder by Decree 1979 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland, Genevieve Bujold, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Chris Wiggins
Christopher Plummer plays Sherlock Holmes in this film about the search for the identity of London's famed "Jack the Ripper."
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 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 PG, 127 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Jacqueline Bisset, Lauren Bacall, Wendy Hiller, Martin Balsam, Richard Widmark, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Rachel Roberts, Colin Blakely
Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) investigates a murder that takes place on a train trip from Calais to Istanbul. This is an exciting movie with an exceptional cast of characters. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. There were five other nominations, including Best Actor (Albert Finney).
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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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Plenty 1985 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sting, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Burt Kwouk, Tristram Jellinek, Andre Maranne
After World War II, a former French Resistance member (Meryl Streep) returns to London where her idealism turns to frustration over personal as well as political happenings.
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Portrait of a Lady 1996 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters, Richard E. Grant, Shelley Duvall, John Gielgud, Christian Bale
This film is based on Henry James' classic novel about Isabel Archer's (Nicole Kidman) 19th-century journey to Europe where she encounters a myriad of both good and evil characters.
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The Power of One 1992 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud, Fay Masterson, Simon Fenton, Guy Witcher, Daniel Craig, Alois Moyo, Ian Roberts, Marius Weyers, Nomadlozi Kubheka, Agatha Hurle
When he is seven years old, South African P.K. (Guy Witcher) is sent to an Afrikaan boarding school where he suffers abuse as the only White boy at the school. By the time he is 18 years old, P.K. (Stephen Dorff) has been influenced by Geel Piet (Morgan Freeman) who has taught him to box. With his new expertise as a boxer and his fluidity with languages, P.K. gains the reputation of the myth of the Rainmaker who will bring peace to all the African tribes, and his work continues in building a better future for Africa.
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Priest of Love 1981 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope Keith, John Gielgud, Sarah Miles, Jorge Rivero, James Faulkner, Massimo Ranieri, Patrick Holt
This is a biography of writer D.H. Lawrence (Ian McKellen) that concentrates on his protective wife, Frieda (Janet Suzman), who helps him during his fatal illness with tuberculosis.
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Providence 1977 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, Ellen Burstyn, David Warner, Elaine Stritch, Samson Fainsilber, Denis Lawson, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Milo Sperber, Anna Wing
This fantasy, written inside the mind of a 78 year old, involves family members and is the dying Clive Langham's last effort.
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QB VII 1974 TV, 315 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Gries
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Leslie Caron, Lee Remick, Juliet Mills, Robert Stephens, Dan O'Herlihy, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Edith Evans
Originally a TV miniseries, this story is based on Leon Uris' book and tells the story of Adam Kelno, a Polish doctor who escaped from a Nazi death camp in World War II. Being anti-Communist, he is targeted by them after the war and is accused of war crimes. Acquitted, he and his wife go to Arabia where they work to improve the health of the Arabian people. After he returns to England 20 years later, he is again maligned, this time in a book, which accuses him of conducting medical experiments on Jews. An exciting courtroom battle ensues. Great cast, especially Anthony Hopkins as the doctor. QB VII refers to the courtroom where the trial occurs (Queen's Bench, room #7).
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Quest for Camelot 1998 G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Cast: Jessalyn Gilsig, Andrea Corr, Cary Elwes, Bryan White, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Pierce Brosnan, John Gielgud, Don Rickles, Jane Seymour, Jaleel White, Bronson Pinchot, Gabriel Byrne
This animated feature combines Arthurian legends from King Arthur's Camelot. The evil knight Ruber (voice of Gary Oldman) and his sidekick Griffin (voice of Bronson Pinchot) steal King Arthur's (voice of Pierce Brosnan) magical sword, Excalibur. Now, Kayley (voice of Jessalyn Gilsig), the daughter of a knight who Ruber has killed, sets off to retrieve Excalibur and engages in many adventures on her trek through the Forbidden Forest.
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Richard III 1955 N/R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Clive Morton, Mary Kerridge, Pamela Brown, Stanley Baker, Michael Gough, Nicholas Hannen, Helen Haye, Laurence Naismith, Norman Wooland, John Laurie
You cannot go wrong with this Shakespearean effort directed and starring Laurence Olivier. This is the dark tale of ruthless Richard (Olivier), murdering his way to the throne of England. Olivier was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award.
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Saint Joan 1957 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, John Gielgud, Felix Aylmer, Archie Duncan, Harry Andrews, Finlay Currie, Barry Jones
Jean Seberg became a star following her role of St. Joan in this film for which a nationwide search had ensued for an actress to play the young martyr, Joan of Arch.
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Scandalous 1984  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Robert Hays, John Gielgud, Pamela Stephenson, Jim Dale, M. Emmet Walsh, Nancy Wood, Ron Travis, Ed Dolan, Paul Reeve, Anita Kennedy
TV journalist Frank Swedlin (Robert Hays) is accused of killing his wife, and while trying to clear his name, he becomes entangled with a team of London con artists. Pretty weak.
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The Scarlet and the Black 1983 TV, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone, Kenneth Colley, Walter Gotell, Barbara Bouchet, Julian Holloway, Angelo Infanti, Olga Karlatos
In World War II Rome, Catholic priest Monsignor O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck) hides POWs and airmen who are shot down. He has been so successful that the Nazis assign Col. Kappler to stop him. The cat and mouse game is on as O'Flaherty uses all means to keep from being caught while still continuing his work. A good made-for-TV effort that is based on a true story. 1 User Review
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| | would like more info on this film | Anonymous 04/08/2009 | | Saw the DVD of it from TCM; it was great. Would like more info about the movie, supposed to be a true story. |
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Scarlett 1994 TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Barbara Barrie, Sean Bean, Annabeth Gish, Julie Harris, Stephen Collins, John Gielgud, Melissa Leo, Jean Smart
This highly advertised TV miniseries is a sequel to "Gone with the Wind." It's now 1873; Scarlett (Joanne Whalley) still wants Rhett (Timothy Dalton), so she heads to Charleston to win his love. After that fails and she has an illegitimate child, she leaves for Ireland and nobility, but her troubles are just beginning. There are better ways to spend six hours.
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Secret Agent 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Robert Young, Percy Marmont, Lilli Palmer, Charles Carson, Michael Redgrave, Andreas Malandrinos, Tom Helmore, Florence Kahn, Sebastian Cabot, Michael Rennie, Howard Marion-Crawford, Michel Saint-Denis
Novelist Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) has returned from the war and learns that he has been declared dead because a government agency has faked his death. Now, that agency sends Brodie and secret agent Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll), posing as Brodie's wife–along with hit man the General (Peter Lorre)–to Switzerland to find a dangerous German spy and kill him. Along the way, they are joined by American Robert Marvin (Robert Young), and a love triangle develops between Robert, the General, and Elsa. Problems develop when clues lead to Robert being the spy they are tracking down, and a dramatic climax lies ahead.
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The Seven Dials Mystery 1981 TV, 135 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Tony Wharmby
Cast: Cheryl Campbell, James Warwick, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Terence Alexander, Hetty Baynes, Sarah Crowden, Rula Lenska, Lucy Gutteridge, Sandor Eles, Noel Johnson, Robert Longden
A weekend gathering for fun and games at Lady Eileen's (Cheryl Campbell) old house turns into a murder mystery when two guests turn up dead. A secret society and stolen state secrets add to the mystery that Lady Eileen and her man-about-town friend (James Warwick) must solve. This made-for TV film is based on an Agatha Christie story.
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 Shine 1996 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Alex Rafalowicz, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Chris Haywood, Sonia Todd, Justin Braine, Gordon Poole, Nicholas Bell, Marianna Doherty, Danielle Cox, Joey Kennedy
This film provides a biographical account of Austrian piano virtuoso David Helfgrott. As a youth, David (Alex Rafalowicz) was a child prodigy, but in his twenties David (Noah Taylor) suffered a nervous breakdown brought on by abuse from his overbearing father, Peter (Armin Mueller-Stahl). After more than 15 years of problems, David (Geoffrey Rush) finally triumphs over adversity when he falls in love with Gillian (Lynn Redgrave) who helps him regain his life and fame in the music world. Rush won the Best Actor Oscar. The film was also nominated for nine others, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Mueller-Stahl).
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 Shining Through 1992 R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Seltzer
Cast: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud, Sylvia Syms, Francis Guinan, Patrick Winczewski, Mathieu Carriere, Wolf Kahler
In 1940, Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith) suspected her boss (Michael Douglas) of spying. However, it is not until the U.S. becomes involved in World War II that she learns that her suspicions were correct. He enlists her aid, and she agrees to be dropped behind enemy lines where she is to penetrate the household of a high German official.
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The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968 N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Clive Revill, Barbara Jefford
Based on Morris L. West's best-selling novel, this is the story of Pope Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn) who strives to prevent nuclear war.
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The Shooting Party 1985 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Bridges
Cast: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud, Cheryl Campbell, Gordon Jackson, Judi Bowker, Robert Hardy, Thomas Heathcote, Sarah Badel
Invited for a weekend shooting party as guests of their host (James Mason), members of the British aristocracy personify a myriad of destructive behaviors.
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Sphinx 1981 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet, John Gielgud, Martin Benson, John Rhys-Davies, James Cossins, Victoria Tennant, Saeed Jaffrey, Tutte Lemkow
This is a silly story about an Egyptologist, Erica Baron (Lesley-Anne Down), who witnesses a murder, escapes her own death, and is thrown into a dungeon, which just happens to be filled with ancient treasures.
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Strike It Rich 1990 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Loser Takes All
Director: James Scott
Cast: Robert Lindsay, Molly Ringwald, John Gielgud, Max Wall, Simon de La Brosse, Margi Clarke, Vladek Sheybal, Michel Blanc, Frances de La Tour, Gerard Dimiglio, Marius Goring
Bertram (Robert Lindsay), a math wizard and accountant at a large London firm, meets and falls in love with American Cary (Molly Ringwald). It isn't long before they make wedding plans, and his boss (John Gielgud), impressed with Bertram's skills, offers to pay for a honeymoon in Monte Carlo. Unfortunately, the boss is absent minded and forgets about the couple. Before long they are in need of money, and Bertram uses his skills to come up with a mathematical scheme to win at roulette. Soon they are VERY rich, turning Bertram into a power-hungry man, and predictable events follow.
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Summer's Lease 1989 TV, 220 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Martyn Friend
Cast: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach, Annette Crosbie, Jeremy Kemp, Caroline Waldron, Suzanne Hay, Sammy Glen, Gabrielle Anwar, Leslie Phillips, Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
In this made-for-TV miniseries, British housewife Molly Pargeter (Susan Fleetwood) arrives in Tuscany with her family for what could be a perfect family holiday. But, it turns out that there is more to this vacation than she had planned, and there are secrets surrounding their missing landlord. Molly teams up with her off-beat father (John Gielgud), and, together, they work to solve the mysteries. John Gielgud won an Emmy for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Special.
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Time After Time 1986 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Bill Hays
Cast: John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Helen Cherry, Ursula Howells, Brenda Bruce, Mark Lambert, Trevor Howard, Freddie Jones, Fiona Walker, Mavis Walker, Colm Heffernan, Liam Sweeney, Peter Gilroy, Ann Rowan, George Yiasoumi
Based on a novel by Molly Keane, this comedy/drama takes place on a run-down estate where Jasper Swift (John Gielgud) lives with his three elderly sisters May (Ursula Howells), "Baby" June (Brenda Bruce), and Lady Alys Crowshawe (Mavis Walker). Jasper takes care of the garden and kitchen while the sisters argue and get on each others' nerves. Then along comes long-lost cousin Leda (Googie Withers) who tries to take charge and stirs up the already unsettled household by bringing back old memories that the family had been happy to forget.
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Wagner 1983 N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Palmer
Cast: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Craven, Laslo Galffi, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Arthur Lowe, Franco Nero
Even in its cut version (the original was a nine hour British series), this film is a too-long, and dull, biography of composer Richard Wagner. Richard Burton is Wagner,
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The Whistle Blower 1986 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Simon Langton
Cast: Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Felicity Dean, Barry Foster, Kenneth Colley, Gordon Jackson, Trevor Cooper, David Langton, Dinah Stabb
War veteran and patriot Frank Jones (Michael Caine) is incredulous when his son Robert (Nigel Havers), a translator for British intelligence, informs him that people in his organization have been ordered killed to prevent security leaks. When Robert is mysteriously killed, Frank investigates and begins to suspect that he was killed because he was about to blow the whistle on the agency's corruption.
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 1980 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Davies, Tony Wharmby
Cast: Francesca Annis, John Gielgud, James Warwick, Bernard Miles, Eric Porter, Leigh Lawson, Madeline Smith, Robert Longden, Connie Booth, Doris Hare, Joan Hickson
Based on the Agatha Christie novel, this complicated, made-for-TV film is long and, at times, hard to follow the convoluted plot. With some humor thrown in, it follows Lady Frances Derwent (Francesca Annis) and Bobby Jones (James Warwick) as they solve the mystery.
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1. 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
aka: Anything for Love
aka: Fast Fortune
2. Aces High (1977)
3. Appointment with Death (1988)
4. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
5. Arthur (1981)
6. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
7. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
8. Becket (1964)
9. Brideshead Revisited (1981)
10. Caligula (1980)
11. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
12. Chariots of Fire (1981)
13. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
aka: Falstaff
14. Edward the King (1975)
15. The Elephant Man (1980)
16. Elizabeth (1998)
17. The Far Pavilions (1984)
aka: Blade of Steel
18. First Knight (1995)
19. The Formula (1980)
20. Frankenstein (1984)
21. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
22. Galileo (1975)
23. Gandhi (1982)
24. Gold (1974)
25. Hamlet (1996)
26. Hamlet (1964)
27. Haunted (1995)
28. Home (1972)
29. The Human Factor (1980)
30. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
aka: Hunchback
31. Joseph Andrews (1977)
32. Julius Caesar (1953)
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
33. Julius Caesar (1970)
34. Les Miserables (1978)
35. Lion of the Desert (1981)
36. Lost Horizon (1973)
37. The Loved One (1965)
38. A Man for All Seasons (1988)
39. The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
40. Merlin (1998)
41. Murder by Decree (1979)
42. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
43. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
44. Plenty (1985)
45. Portrait of a Lady (1996)
46. The Power of One (1992)
47. Priest of Love (1981)
48. Providence (1977)
49. QB VII (1974)
50. Quest for Camelot (1998)
51. Richard III (1955)
52. Romeo and Juliet (1954)
53. Saint Joan (1957)
54. Scandalous (1984)
55. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
56. Scarlett (1994)
57. Secret Agent (1936)
58. The Seven Dials Mystery (1981)
59. Shine (1996)
60. Shining Through (1992)
61. The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
62. The Shooting Party (1985)
63. Sphinx (1981)
64. Strike It Rich (1990)
aka: Loser Takes All
65. Summer's Lease (1989)
66. Time After Time (1986)
67. Wagner (1983)
68. The Whistle Blower (1986)
69. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
70. The Wicked Lady (1983)
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