Blithe Spirit 1945  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: David Lean
Cast: Rex Harrison, Kay Hammond, Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey, Jacqueline Clarke, Noel Coward, Marie Ault, Johnnie Schofield
Based on Noel Coward's play, this is a well-performed comedy about a first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond) being summoned back to this world during a seance. British novelist Charles Condomine (Rex Harrison) has invited a medium, Madame Arcati (Margaret Rutherford), to his home for dinner, and she manages to conjure up the ghost of Elvira. Now Elvira sticks around to create chaos in the lives of Charles and his new wife Ruth (Constance Cummings).
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Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Clive Revill, Anna Massey, Richard Wattis, Lucie Mannheim, Megs Jenkins, Victor Maddern
A young mother (Carol Lynley) reports her daughter missing, but police are suspicious as to whether the child actually exists.
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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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 The Italian Job 1969 G, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Margaret Blye, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Fred Emney, Michael Standing, John Clive, Graham Payn, Stanley Caine, Barry Cox
Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), fresh out of prison, takes over the planning and execution of a gold heist after the murder of the original planner. The plan: cause a traffic jam, get the gold from the armored car, and take off. The problem: funding for the project. Croker turns to master crime boss Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward in his last role) who conducts business from his jail cell. With a motley team of cohorts, the deed is done, and the chase is on through the streets, highways, and Swiss Alps. A fun caper.
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Our Man in Havana 1960  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson, Jo Morrow, Paul Rogers, Gregoire Aslan, John Le Mesurier, Raymond Huntley, Ferdy Mayne, Maurice Denham, Jose Prieto, Duncan Macrae
This film adaptation of the Graham Greene novel features Alec Guinness as British expatriate Jim Wormold who, while living in pre-revolutionary Cuba, is recruited as a spy by British intelligence agent Hawthorne (Noel Coward). Wormold invents information on agents and events for which he is paid, and he uses his ill-begotten money for his daughter Milly (Jo Morrow) to appease her expensive tastes. The crooked police chief, Capt. Segura (Ernie Kovacs), believes that Wormold is truly a spy, and he finds Millie attractive. Wormold's reputation accelerates, and–in spite of his false reports–he actually performs a service for Britain.
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Paris - When It Sizzles 1964  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Noel Coward, Gregoire Aslan, Tony Curtis, Marlene Dietrich, Raymond Bussieres, Christian Duvaleix, Thomas Michel, Frank Sinatra
Aging screenwriter Richard Benson (William Holden) creates a fantasy world for his young typist, Gabrielle Simpson (Audrey Hepburn), with whom he has fallen in love.
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Surprise Package 1960 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Bill Nagy, Lionel Burton, Barry Foster, Eric Pohlmann, Noel Coward, George Coulouris, Warren Mitchell, Lyndon Brook
Based on Art Buchwald's novel, this is an amusing comedy about exiled mobster Nico March (Yul Brynner) who is deported to Greece where he meets King Pavel II (Noel Coward) and plans to get his hands on the royal jewels.
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| 1. The Astonished Heart (1950)
2. Blithe Spirit (1945)
3. Boom! (1968)
4. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
5. In Which We Serve (1942)
6. The Italian Job (1969)
7. Our Man in Havana (1960)
8. Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)
9. Surprise Package (1960)
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