Search results for "Michael Hordern"
Lady Jane

Lady Jane

Lady Jane
IMDb: 7.1
142

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the…

The Spaniard’s Curse

The Spaniard’s Curse

The Spaniard’s Curse
IMDb: 5.7
80

A convicted murderer uses an ancient curse to take his revenge on those responsible for sending him to prison.

Genre: Horror, Thriller
School for Secrets

School for Secrets

School for Secrets
IMDb: 6.5
108

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of…

Genre: Drama, War
The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man
IMDb: 6.3
99

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor;…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
All’s Well That Ends Well

All’s Well That Ends Well

All’s Well That Ends Well
IMDb: 6.9
141

Helena loves Bertram, but he’s of noble birth, while she’s just a doctor’s daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship
IMDb: 5.4
96

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails…

Genre: Comedy
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
IMDb: 7.6
112

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Trouble with Spies

The Trouble with Spies

The Trouble with Spies
IMDb: 4.2
91

George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with…

Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard
IMDb: 5.9
96

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he’s sentenced to 20 years in St….

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
The Slipper and the Rose

The Slipper and the Rose

The Slipper and the Rose
IMDb: 6.8
143

In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love. Meanwhile, young Cinderella finds…

Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood
IMDb: 7.1
104

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan
IMDb: 5.8
127

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and…

Genre: History
Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days
IMDb: 7.4
145

Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

How I Won the War

How I Won the War

How I Won the War
IMDb: 5.5
109

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

Genre: Comedy, War
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
IMDb: 6.8
99

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum
IMDb: 6.8
134

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people…

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!
IMDb: 7.1
97

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz,…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
El Cid

El Cid

El Cid
IMDb: 7.2
182

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (“El Cid” to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving…

I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double
IMDb: 6.9
101

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German’s about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great
IMDb: 5.8
136

He was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believed was part god – this was Alexander the…

The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up
IMDb: 7.1
94

At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong a Royal Navy officer is coaxed into revealing details of a dream in which eight persons take off from Bangkok in a…

Scrooge

Scrooge

Scrooge
IMDb: 8.1
86

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel miserly businessman until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three spirits, sent show him how his unhappy childhood…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World
IMDb: 6.7
99

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of…

Genre: Drama
Storm Over the Nile

Storm Over the Nile

Storm Over the Nile
IMDb: 6.2
107

Storm Over the Nile is a 1955 film adaptation of the novel The Four Feathers, directed by Terence Young. The film not only extensively used footage of the action scenes…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist
IMDb: 6.8
103

The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews
IMDb: 5.6
99

Lady Booby alias ‘Belle’, the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Hour of 13

The Hour of 13

The Hour of 13
IMDb: 6.3
79

1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits…

Genre: Crime
Man in the Moon

Man in the Moon

Man in the Moon
IMDb: 6.1
98

William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet
IMDb: 6.7
167

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth…

Highly Dangerous

Highly Dangerous

Highly Dangerous
IMDb: 5.9
90

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

Genre: Action, Thriller
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows
IMDb: 7.6
79

One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a…

The Missionary

The Missionary

The Missionary
IMDb: 6.2
90

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment – to minister to…

Genre: Comedy
Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare
IMDb: 7.6
155

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that’s nearly impossible to breach. It’s…

Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Comrades

Comrades

Comrades
IMDb: 7.3
183

The story of “The Tolpuddle Martyrs”. A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

Genre: Drama
The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch
IMDb: 6.9
109

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man…

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper
IMDb: 6.4
90

Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor’s daughter’s wedding to the Baron’s son. He wants her dowry…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe
IMDb: 6.7
137

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and…

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew
IMDb: 7.1
117

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
IMDb: 7.3
98

English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III’s taxmen.

The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room
IMDb: 6.1
91

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a ‘nuclear misunderstanding’ is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into…