Bean 1997  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds, Larry Drake, John Mills, Danny Goldring, Johnny Galecki, Chris Ellis, Andrew Lawrence, Peter Egan, Peter Capaldi, June Brown, Peter James
When an ineffective museum caretaker, Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), arrives in Los Angeles to preside at an art gallery exhibit featuring the famous painting, "Whistler's Mother," young curator David Langley (Peter MacNicol) is forced to put up with Bean's havoc-producing antics.
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 The Big Sleep 1978 R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, James Stewart, John Mills, Joan Collins, Oliver Reed, Edward Fox, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Diana Quick, Richard Todd, James Donald, John Justin
This version of "The Big Sleep" features Robert Mitchum in the role of private detective Philip Marlowe, and the setting is now in London during the 1970s. Marlowe is hired by elderly General Sternwood (James Stewart) to investigate a blackmail attempt. In the process, Marlowe becomes involved with Sternwood's daughters (Sarah Miles and Candy Clark), and, before the case is solved, several murders take place.
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Car of Dreams 1935  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Graham Cutts, Austin Melford
Cast: John Mills, Mark(2) Lester, Norah Howard, Robertson Hare, Grete Mosheim, Margaret Withers, Paul Graetz, Glennis Lorimer, Jack Hobbs, Hay Plumb
The wealthy son (John Mills) of a musical instrument factory owner falls in love with a factory worker (Grete Mosheim) but must keep his identity secret. Eventually the secret is exposed, and turmoil over social correctness ensues before all ends well.
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Cats 1998  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
aka: "Great Performances" Cats
Director: David Mallet
Cast: Elaine Paige, John Mills, Ken Page, Rosemarie Ford, Michael Gruber, John Partridge, Aeva May, Geoffrey Garratt, James Barron, Jo Gibb, Drew Varley, Susie McKenna, Phyllida Crowley Smith, Susan Jane Tanner, Jacob Brent
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical was restaged to film this video of the story about cats, cats, and more cats that gather to decide which will be reborn into the cat-like heaven, "Heavyside Layer." The cats–including Glamour Cat Grizabella (Elaine Paige), Old Deuteronomy (Ken Page), and Mr. Mistoffelees (Jacob Brent)–provide the music and dancing for this enjoyable musical comedy.
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The Colditz Story 1955  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis, David Yates, Frederick Valk, Denis Shaw, Anton Diffring, Eugene Deckers
During World War II, Germany used "escape proof" Colditz Castle to imprison the Allied officers who tried to escape from conventional camps. This is the true story of Maj. P.R. "Pat" Reid (John Mills) about his successful attempt to escape from Colditz through a subterranean tunnel.
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Deadly Advice 1993 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mandie Fletcher
Cast: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Edward Woodward, Billie Whitelaw, Hywel Bennett, Jonathan Hyde, John Mills, Eleanor Bron, Ian Abbey, Roger Frost, Gareth Gwyn-Jones, Richard Moore
Jodie (Jane Horrocks) is fed up with her overpowering mother, Iris (Brenda Fricker). One night, the ghost of Major Herbert Armstrong (Edward Woodward) visits her and gives advice on murder, for which he is an expert because he killed his own wife years ago. Jodie listens, grabs an axe, kills her mother, and gets sister Beth (Imelda Staunton) to help hide the body. Now, problems ensue between Jodie and Beth. After another visit–this time from known murderer Dr. Crippen (Hywel Bennett)–Jodie again picks up the axe and kills Beth. Where and when will it all end?
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The End of the Affair 1955 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills, Peter Cushing, Michael Goodliffe, Stephen Murray, Charles Goldner, Nora Swinburne, Frederick Leister, Nan Munro, Joyce Carey
While living in London during World War II, American author Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson) has an affair with Sarah (Deborah Kerr), the wife of civil servant Henry Miles (Peter Cushing). But, when Henry is injured during the London Blitz, Sarah feels guilty and vows to return to Henry if his life is spared. He survives, and Sarah ends the affair and returns to Henry. Based on the Graham Greene novel and remade in 1999 starring Julianne Moore and Ralph Fiennes.
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The Family Way 1966 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Roy Boulting
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, John Mills, Marjorie Rhodes, Avril Angers, John Comer, Wilfred Pickles, Barry Foster, Liz Fraser, Andrew Bradford, Thorley Walters, Colin Gordon, Robin Parkinson, Harry Locke
Shy newly-weds Jenny (Hayley Mills) and Arthur (Hywel Bennett) encounter more than a few problems living their first few weeks of marriage at the home of Arthur's parents, Ezra and Lucy (John Mills and Marjorie Rhodes). Between interference from friends, neighbors, and family, does this couple have a chance?
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 Frankenstein 1992 TV, 81 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: Frankenstein: The Real Story
Director: David Wickes
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills, Lambert Wilson, Fiona Gillies, Timothy Stark, Jacinta Mulcahy, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Vernon Dobtcheff, John Scarborough, Roger Bizley, Michael Gothard, Marcus Eyre, Jon Laurimore, Amanda Quaid
Patrick Bergin plays Dr. Victor Frankenstein, creator of the "monster" (Randy Quaid) that develops a rage against Frankenstein and kills Frankenstein's bride, Elizabeth (Fiona Gillies). Frankenstein chases his monster to the Arctic and then discovers that he has both a physical and psychic link to the monster when he learns that if the monster is wounded, Frankenstein also suffers.
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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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Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Judith Furse, Edmund Breon, Milton Rosmer, Frederick Leister, Austin Trevor, Lyn Harding, Louise Hampton, David Tree, Jill Furse, Scott Sunderland
Mr. Chips (Robert Donat) is the Latin teacher at a London boys' school. This is his story–from young teacher, through the tragic death of his wife Katherine (Greer Garson) in childbirth, to beloved teacher at the end of his career. Robert Donat won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in this film. The movie received several other important nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Greer Garson), and Director.
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 Great Expectations 1946 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: John Mills, Bernard Miles, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt, Valerie Hobson, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons, Francis L. Sullivan, Freda Jackson, Torin Thatcher, Tony Wager, Ivor Barnard, George Hayes, Hay Petrie, John Forrest
Charles Dickens' classic–in the hands of Director David Lean–is a "must see." The story is about poor orphan boy Pip (Tony Wager as young Pip and John Mills as older Pip) who is raised by blacksmith Joe Gargery (Bernard Miles) and his wife (Freda Jackson). As a young lad, Pip rescues and becomes a friend of escaped prisoner Magwitch (Finlay Currie). Pip falls in love with his playmate Estelle (Jean Simmons) who is being raised by bitter Miss Haversham (Martita Hunt) to have higher expectations in life than those of Pip. Later, Pip gains wealth through the help of a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship. Now, Pip can attain "gentleman" status and do well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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The Grotesque 1995  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Grave Indiscretion
Director: John-Paul Davidson
Cast: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey, Jim Carter, Anna Massey, Trudie Styler, Steven Mackintosh, John Mills, Maria Aitken
Eccentric British archaeologist Sir Hugo Coal (Alan Bates) prefers his laboratory to his home and family, both of which he manages to ignore. Then a new butler, Fledge (Sting), enters the picture, and lifestyles undergo a change.
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The History of Mr. Polly 1949 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Cast: John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie, Betty Ann Davies, Gladys Henson, Diana Churchill, Edward Chapman, Shelagh Fraser, Dandy Nichols, Juliet Mills, Moore Marriott, David Horne, Edie Martin, Doris Hare
Based on H.G. Wells' novel, this story involves Alfred Polly's (John Mills) change of lifestyle after he leaves his domineering wife (Betty Ann Davies) and wanders the countryside. He finally takes a job as a handyman at a country inn and, at long last, finds true happiness.
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Hobson's Choice 1954 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis, Helen Haye, Joseph Tomelty, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Derek Blomfield, Julien Mitchell, Gibb McLaughlin, Philip Stainton, Dorothy Gordon
Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a shoemaker with three independently thinking daughters–Maggie, Alice, and Vicky (Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, and Prunella Scales). Maggie proves a match for her stubborn father when she decides to marry Willie Mossop (John Mills) who is one of his employees. Next, Maggie encourages Alice and Vicky to choose their own husbands and ignore the directives of their father to not marry.
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Hold the Dream 1986 TV, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Jenny Seagrove, Stephen Collins, John Mills, Liam Neeson, James Brolin, Claire Bloom, Suzanna Hamilton, Nigel Havers, Fiona Fullerton
This TV miniseries is a follow-up to "A Woman of Substance" as Emma Harte (Deborah Kerr), now 80 years old, turns over her lucrative business to granddaughter Paula (Jenny Seagrove). The greedy relatives are not at all happy about that decision. Not nearly as good as the original.
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In Which We Serve 1942 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noel Coward, David Lean
Cast: Noel Coward, Bernard Miles, John Mills, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh, Joyce Carey, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Philip Friend, Derek Elphinstone, Robert Sansom, Ballard Berkeley
Written, produced, and directed by Noel Coward, this film focuses on the survivors following the sinking of the H.M.S. Torrin during World War II. As they find a haven in their life raft, crewmembers remember their pre-war experiences. Co-Directed by David Lean. In addition to Coward's receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Writing, he received an honorary Oscar for Outstanding Production Achievement for this film. Look for Richard Attenborough as a young stoker.
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King Rat 1965 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Patrick O'Neal, Denholm Elliott, James Donald, Todd Armstrong, John Mills, Leonard Rossiter, Gerald Sim, John Standing, Alan Webb
Based on James Clavell's novel, the story takes place in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. Corporal King (George Segal) is quite a schemer and has a number of rackets going on, including selling rats to fellow prisoners for food. When he finds out that prisoner Peter Marlowe (James Fox) can speak Malay, the language of the locals, he sees an opportunity to expand his business. Academy award nominations were received for Black and White Cinematography and Art Direction.
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The Lady and the Highwayman 1989 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Hough
Cast: Emma Samms, Oliver Reed, Hugh Grant, Claire Bloom, Christopher Cazenove, Lysette Anthony, Michael York, John Mills, Ian Bannen, Gordon Jackson
Based on Barbara Cartland's novel, this is the tale of a 17th-century romance between a highwayman (Hugh Grant) and a woman (Lysette Anthony) he saved from her brutal husband (Hugh Grant). With the reinstatement of Charles II (Michael York) as King of England, problems interfere with the romance.
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Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Bolt
Cast: Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills, Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Pamela Brown, Silvia Monti, Peter Bull, Charles Carson, Sonia Dresdel
Based on a true story of Lord Byron's (Richard Chamberlain) lover, Lady Caroline Lamb (Sarah Miles), this is the tale of a liberated woman of the 19th century who ignores her marriage vows with her future prime-minister husband (Jon Finch).
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Martin Chuzzlewit 1994 TV, 330 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pedr James
Cast: Keith Allen, David Bradley, Emma Chambers, Julian Fellowes, Paul Francis, John Mills, Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Sawalha, Paul Scofield, Maggie Steed, Tom Wilkinson, Peter Wingfield
This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1844 story is a social comedy about an English family that sent its youngest son to America to gain business sense. He succeeds and years later returns home as an old man whose relatives now scheme to inherit his property.
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The Masks of Death 1984 TV, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Gordon Jackson, Jenny Laird, James Cossins, Susan Penhaligon, Marcus Gilbert
Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) comes out of retirement to solve mysterious murders where there were no clear causes, but each victim had a look of extreme fear. Meanwhile, he's been asked to help in locating a missing prince to avoid war. Cushing is a fine Sherlock.
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Morning Departure 1950 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Operation Disaster
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: John Mills, Helen Cherry, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick, Peter Hammond, Andrew Crawford, Michael Brennan, George Cole, Victor Maddern, Roddy McMillan, Frank Coburn, Bernard Lee, Kenneth More, James Hayter, Lana Morris
While on a routine peace-time mission, the submarine "Trojan" strikes a mine and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. All but 12 men are killed. After deciding who will survive, the captain, LCDR. Armstrong (John Mills), manages to get eight men out through the gun hatch and the conning tower. The remaining four crewmen must wait, entombed in the submarine, hoping for rescue.
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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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Oklahoma Crude 1973 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance, Woodrow Parfrey, William Lucking, Harvey Jason, Ted Gehring, Cliff Osmond, Rafael Campos
Lena (Faye Dunaway) has rights to an oil well but her claim is in jeopardy because a large oil refinery's bosses are trying to take over. She hires a drifter, Mose (George C. Scott), to help her keep what is rightfully hers. Scott's funny role makes this watchable.
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Operation Crossbow 1965 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Code Name: Operation Crossbow
The Great Spy Mission
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Richard Johnson, Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp, Anthony Quayle, Lilli Palmer, Paul Henreid, Helmut Dantine, Richard Todd
British commandos set out on a mission to destroy Nazi missiles during World War II.
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The Rocking Horse Winner 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Cast: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills, Hugh Sinclair, Charles Goldner, Susan Richards, Cyril Smith, Anthony Holles, Melanie McKenzie
Young Paul (John Howard Davies) lives with his spendthrift mother (Valerie Hobson) and gambling father (Hugh Sinclair), who is in debt. Paul receives a strange-looking rocking horse for Christmas and is taught to ride it like a jockey by the handyman (John Mills). When Paul rides the horse very fast, he is able to predict the outcome of real horse races, and the family becomes wealthy. But wealth is fleeting for the family that likes to spend money, and Paul is egged on to faster and faster riding to predict more and more winners until tragedy strikes and lessons are learned. Based on a short story by D.H. Lawrence, the film is well directed and acted.
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 Ryan's Daughter 1970 PG, 194 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, Marie Kean, Arthur O'Sullivan, Gerald Sim, Barry Jackson, Evin Crowley
Set in Ireland, this is the love story of Rosey (Sarah Miles), the wife of aging schoolteacher Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum). She meets and falls in love with an officer in the British occupying forces, Randolph Doryan (Christopher Jones). Their affair leads to her being accused of aiding the British against Ireland. Oscars were awarded for Best Supporting Actor (John Mills) and Cinematography; nominations were received for Best Picture and Sound.
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 Sahara 1983  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Brooke Shields, John Mills, Lambert Wilson, Steve Forrest, Horst Buchholz, John Rhys-Davies, Perry Lang, Ronald Lacey, Cliff Potts, Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
A young heiress (Brooke Shields) promises her dying father that she will drive his newly designed car in the 1927 endurance race (the world's most treacherous auto race) across the Sahara Desert. While crossing the desert, she is captured and falls in love with an Arab Sheik (Lambert Wilson). A terrible take-off on "The Perils of Pauline."
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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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Swiss Family Robinson 1960 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Cecil Parker, Milton Reid, Larry Taylor
This is the Disney version of the story based on Johann Wyss' tale of a family, shipwrecked on a South Seas island, that learns how to survive away from civilization. A robust, fun adventure.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1989 TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philippe Monnier
Cast: James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, John Mills, Anna Massey, Muriel Combeau, Alfred Lynch, Kathy Kriegel, Gerard Klein, Jean-Marc Bory, John Woodvine
Sydney Carton (James Wilby) has fallen in love with Lucie (Serena Gordon), but she marries aristocrat Charles Damay (Xavier Deluc) and does not know of Sydney's love for her. Later, the French Revolution has exploded, and Charles has been captured and sentenced to the guillotine. Unselfishly, Sydney comes up with a plot to take Charles's place at the guillotine so that Charles can return to Lucie. This Masterpiece Theater presentation of Dickens' story of ideals during the French Revolution is definitely worth watching. It is a lavish production that originally was shown in episodes in 1989 and 1990.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps 1978 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, George Baker, Ronald Pickup, Andrew Keir, Robert Flemyng, Timothy West
In this, the second remake (Alfred Hitchcock made the classic version), Richard Hannay (Robert Powell) and Appleton (David Warner) evade espionage agents during World War I.
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This Happy Breed 1944 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: David Lean
Cast: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh, Stanley Holloway, Amy Veness, Alison Leggatt, Laurence Olivier, Eileen Erskine, John Blythe, Guy Verney, Betty Fleetwood, Merle Tottenham
Adapted from Noel Coward's play, this is the story of the defeats and victories of a British family during the 20-year period between World War I and World War II. The lower-class Gibbon family–father Frank (Robert Newton), mother Ethel (Celia Johnson), and two children Queenie and Reg (Kay Walsh and John Blythe)–move into a large Clapham house but find that it takes more than a house to make a family.
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Tiara Tahiti 1962 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: James Mason, John Mills, Claude Dauphin, Herbert Lom, Roy Kinnear, Jacques Marin, Peter Barkworth, Gary Cockrell, Rosenda Monteros, Libby Morris
Brett Aimsley (James Mason) and Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Southey (John Mills) compete with each other in all phases of their lives.
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Tunes of Glory 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, Susannah York, John Fraser, Allan Cuthbertson, John Mackenzie, Gordon Jackson, Peter McEnery
Contrasting styles of two very different soldiers, Jack Sinclair (Alec Guinness) and Basil Barrow (John Mills), leads to opposite results from the men they lead.
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 War and Peace 1956 N/R, 208 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Herbert Lom, John Mills, Barry Jones, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg, Oskar Homolka, May Britt, Wilfrid Lawson, Helmut Dantine, Tullio Carminati, Milly Vitale, Anna-Maria Ferrero
Napoleon's invasion of Russia is the backdrop for this epic tale in which the Russian aristocracy, with its reverence for the church, is clearly brought out amidst the glamorous lifestyle. While Napoleon plans to invade Russia, Russian intellectual Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda) falls in love with Natasha (Audrey Hepburn). But, after his father dies and he gains a large inheritance, Pierre marries Helene (Anita Ekberg). This proves to be a loveless marriage that ends quickly. Meanwhile, Napoleon has invaded Russia, and Pierre's friend Andrei (Mel Ferrer) is fighting in the war. Andrei returns home and falls in love with Natasha but returns to the battlefield and is critically wounded. Pierre witnesses the carnage and vows to kill Napoleon. The French are finally beaten, and, by story's end, Pierre is reunited with Natasha. King Vidor received an Oscar nomination for his directing.
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We Dive at Dawn 1943 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Eric Portman, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling, Reginald Purdell, Niall MacGinnis, Caven Watson, Leslie Weston, Norman Williams, Lionel Grose, David Peel, Robb Wilton, Philip Godfrey, Walter Gotell
The crew of the British submarine Sea Tiger is on leave after a lengthy war patrol when it is recalled to conduct a secret mission after the Sea Tiger captain, Lt. Freddie Taylor (John Mills), receives orders to locate and destroy a new German battleship. The adventures are many in this rousing tale–including seaman James Hobson's (Eric Portman) plot to put on a German soldier's uniform and search for a tanker from which the Sea Tiger can refuel.
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Who's That Girl? 1987 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Foley
Cast: Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, John McMartin, John Mills, Robert Swan, Bibi Besch, Drew Pillsbury, Coati Mundi, Dennis Burkley, Robert Cornthwaite, Kimberlin Brown, Crystal Carson
Nikki Finn (Madonna) is released from prison after serving four years for a murder she did not commit. Yuppie lawyer Louden Trott (Griffin Dunne)–who has plans to be married that afternoon to spoiled socialite Wendy Worthington (Haviland Morris)– is given the job of driving Nikki from prison to the bus station. It turns out that Nikki is not interested in catching the bus. Instead, she wants to track down the real killer and uses Louden as her less-than-willing assistant. Chaos ensues.
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A Woman of Substance 1984 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Liam Neeson, Barry Bostwick, Diane Baker, Miranda Richardson, John Mills, Gayle Hunnicutt, Barry Morse, Saskia Reeves
Based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's popular novel of the same name, this TV miniseries tells the story of Emma Harte, who started as a poor shop girl and rose to head a vast empire. In the process, she overcame many obstacles, including the social issues of the 1890s-1930s in England. Jenny Seagrove plays the young Emma, and Deborah Kerr is the older Emma. Followed by a sequel: "Hold the Dream." Kerr received an Emmy nomination for her acting, and the production was also nominated for Best Miniseries.
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The Wrong Box 1966 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Cicely Courtneidge, Peter Graves
Based loosely on a story co-authored by Robert Louis Stevenson, this gag-filled farce concerns two brothers who haven't seen each other for over 40 years. They were among 12 children whose parents each put up money, now drawing interest, which will go to the last survivor. The two brothers are the last ones and each awaits getting his hands on the money. John Mills and Ralph Richardson are great as the two brothers.
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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 Dawn 1979 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott, Freddie Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner, Bob Hoskins, David Bradley, Paul Copley
When Gen. Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole) sends in British troops to fight the South African Zulu tribes, Col. Anthony Dumford (Burt Lancaster) leads his men into the fatal Battle of Isandhlwaba where they are greatly outnumbered. During the bloody battle, 30,000 Zulu warriors kill 1,500 British troops. This movie shows the events that led up to the siege at Rorke's Drift in "Zulu" (1964) and again shows the hostility between the British and native South Africans.
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1. Bean (1997)
2. The Big Sleep (1978)
3. Car of Dreams (1935)
4. Cats (1998)
aka: "Great Performances" Cats
5. Chuka (1967)
6. The Colditz Story (1955)
7. Deadly Advice (1993)
8. The End of the Affair (1955)
9. The Family Way (1966)
10. Frankenstein (1992)
aka: Frankenstein: The Real Story
11. Gandhi (1982)
12. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
13. Great Expectations (1946)
14. The Grotesque (1995)
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
aka: Grave Indiscretion
15. The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
16. Hobson's Choice (1954)
17. Hold the Dream (1986)
18. The Human Factor (1975)
19. In Which We Serve (1942)
20. King Rat (1965)
21. The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
22. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
23. Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
24. The Masks of Death (1984)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
25. Morning Departure (1950)
aka: Operation Disaster
26. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
27. Oklahoma Crude (1973)
28. Operation Crossbow (1965)
aka: Code Name: Operation Crossbow
aka: The Great Spy Mission
29. Quatermass (1979)
aka: The Quatermass Conclusion
30. The Rocking Horse Winner (1950)
31. Ryan's Daughter (1970)
32. Sahara (1983)
33. Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
34. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
35. A Tale of Two Cities (1989)
36. The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978)
37. This Happy Breed (1944)
38. Tiara Tahiti (1962)
39. Tunes of Glory (1960)
40. War and Peace (1956)
41. We Dive at Dawn (1943)
42. Who's That Girl? (1987)
43. A Woman of Substance (1984)
44. The Wrong Box (1966)
45. Young Winston (1972)
46. Zulu Dawn (1979)
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