The Card 1952  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Promoter
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson, Petula Clark, Edward Chapman, Gibb McLaughlin, Frank Pettingell, Veronica Turleigh, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Hordern
Edward Henry Machin (Alec Guinness) rises from poverty through shady dealings and more than a little social climbing until he reaches his goal at the "top of the heap."
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First Monday in October 1981  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, Joshua Bryant, Jan Sterling, Barnard Hughes, James Stephens, Charles Lampkin, Noble Willingham, Herb Vigran, Ann Doran
The first Monday in October is annually the first day of the new session for the Supreme Court. In this film, Ruth Loomis (Jill Clayburgh) is a new liberal justice who wins over the respect of conservative Supreme Court Justice Dan Snow (Walter Matthau).
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Hopscotch 1980  R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston, Herbert Lom, David Matthau, George Baker, Severn Darden, Allan Cuthbertson, Lucy Saroyan
An ex-CIA agent, Miles Kendig (Walter Matthau), writes an expose revealing espionage tactics and then tries to prevent its publication.
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The Horse's Mouth 1958  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Robert Coote, Reginald Beckwith, Veronica Turleigh, Arthur Macrae, Gillian Vaughn, Peter Bull, Clive Revill, Richard Leech, Mary Davies
This insightful satire is about Gully Jimson (Alec Guinness), a weird artist who cannot adapt to the world around him. Gully has served time in jail for vagrancy, and is now released when, uninvited, he moves into Sir William and Lady Beeder's (Robert Coote and Veronica Turleigh) flat while they are out of town. Gully puts his latest art work on their walls, which is NOT what they want. Next, Gully paints a culmination of his artistry in a deserted church, but the church is slated for demolition, and his art work is destroyed. Finally, Gully boards his houseboat and sails off to another world.
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I Could Go on Singing 1963  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Aline MacMahon, Gregory Phillips, Pauline Jameson, Jeremy Burnham, Russell Waters, Gerald Sim, Leon Cortez, Eric Woodburn, Robert Rietty
While American singer Jenny Bowman (Judy Garland) is performing in London, she visits her illegitimate son, Matt (Gregory Phillips), who has been left at his father's (Dick Bogarde) home. Matt, not knowing that Jenny is his birth mother, is charmed by her, and she becomes attached to Matt. Now it is time for Jenny to leave, and Matt is torn between his parents.
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The Man Who Never Was 1956 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin, Stephen Boyd, Andre Morell, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Moultrie Kelsall, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Allan Cuthbertson
Based on Ewen Montague's book, this is the story of how the Allies diverted attention from the planned assault on Sicily through deceptive letters that discussed a fake invasion of Greece.
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Meteor 1979  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Sean Connery, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Brian Keith, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Joseph Campanella, Bo Brundin
Huge chunks of a meteor are headed for Earth in this film that is aimed at those who are hooked on disaster movies. Will the U.S. convince Russia to join with them and divert their space-based atomic weapons and used them on the meteor? The good cast is largely wasted.
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The Million Pound Note 1954 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Man with a Million
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Griffith, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell, Reginald Beckwith, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ernest Thesiger, A.E. Matthews, Maurice Denham, Bryan Forbes
Based on the Mark Twain fable, this is the story of a poor American in London who receives a million pound note and the problems he encounters during the month he is to keep it in his possession.
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Mister Moses 1965  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ian Bannen, Raymond St. Jacques, Carroll Baker, Alexander Knox, Reginald Beckwith, Orlando Martins
A rogue, Joe Moses (Robert Mitchum), is forced to lead an African tribe to a government preserve. In case he decides to renege on the deal, Julie Anderson (Carroll Baker) is along to keep "Mr. Moses" in line. 2 User Reviews
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| | magnolia 10/04/2007 | | I loved this movie. If anyone knows how I can find and purchase it, I'm interested. |
| | LOVED IT!!! | jasmine 06/20/2007 | | I SAW MR. MOSES BACK IN THE LATE 60'S ONE TIME AND LOVED IT. WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT AGAIN! |
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 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, Arthur O'Connell, Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Eric Shea, Fred Sadoff, Sheila Allen, Jan Arvan
Their captain (Leslie Nielsen) gives up his life to save the passengers after a tidal wave overturns a luxury cruise ship during New Year's Eve festivities. A small group of survivors–including Mike (Ernest Borgnine), Linda (Stella Stevens), Acres (Roddy McDowall), Belle (Shelley Winters), and Manny (Jack Albertson)–are led by Reverend Frank Scott (Gene Hackman) in a struggle to find safety in their world (ship) that has turned upside down. "The Morning After" won an Academy Award for Best Song. An Oscar was also received for the Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award), and seven other nominations were received, including Best Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters).
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Celia Johnson, Diane Grayson, Jane Carr, Margo Cunningham, Isla Cameron, Rona Anderson
Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for her role as Miss Jean Brodie, an Edinburgh schoolteacher in the 1930s. This is the story of her influence on her students in the girls' school in which she teaches via descriptions of her affairs–among other things! Jean Brodie: "Give me a girl of an impressionable age, and she is mine for life."
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Scrooge 1970 G, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Michael Medwin, Kay Walsh, Laurence Naismith, Anton Rodgers, David Collings, Roy Kinnear, Paddy Stone, Frances Cuka, Derek Francis, Gordon Jackson, Suzanne Neve
In this musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Albert Finney stars in the title role as Scrooge. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (Edith Evans), Present (Kenneth More), and Yet to Come (Paddy Stone) guide Scrooge on his moral journey, and Alec Guinness appears as Marley's Ghost. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Song ("Thank You Very Much").
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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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| 1. The Card (1952)
aka: The Promoter
2. Escape from Zahrain (1962)
3. First Monday in October (1981)
4. Gambit (1966)
5. Hopscotch (1980)
6. The Horse's Mouth (1958)
7. I Could Go on Singing (1963)
8. The Man Who Never Was (1956)
9. Meteor (1979)
10. The Million Pound Note (1954)
aka: Man with a Million
11. Mister Moses (1965)
12. The Odessa File (1974)
13. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
14. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
15. Scrooge (1970)
16. Tunes of Glory (1960)
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