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The Pirate Movie
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Christopher Atkins, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Ted Hamilton
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate: 
This 1980s Aussie teen parody/spoof of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta 'The Pirates of Penzance' follows the story of Mabel (Kirsty McNichol), an awkward and shy teenager who fantasises about romance, adventure and popularity after meeting Frederic (Christoper Atkins), a curly-haired and debonair ..read more »
 
51%
from 211 members
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Paper Tiger
(1975)
Starring: David Niven, Toshirô Mifune, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate: 
A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.
63%
from 15 members
Currently unavailable
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The Call Of The Wild
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Raimund Harmstorf, Charlton Heston, George Eastman
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Big screen adaptation of wilderness novelist Jack London's tale of a man's journey to the Yukon with his faithful pack-dog. In the 1890s, John Thornton (Charlton Heston) is gripped by gold fever and plans a 200 mile journey across the frozen wastes. Out of the pack of dogs he is using, 'Buck' ..read more »
61%
from 226 members
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Monte Carlo or Bust
(1969)
Starring: Lando Buzzanca
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
In an international car rally, competitors must travel from various points in Europe to Monte Carlo, then race their cars. Things are complicated by smuggling, cheating, honour, inventions, medicine, and love at first sight...
67%
from 40 members
Currently unavailable
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The Long Duel
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Yul Brynner, Harry Andrews, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Yul Brynner and Trevor Howard star in this action drama set in the 1920s in an India under British rule. After being imprisoned by the United Provinces Police, tribe leader Sultan (Brynner) manages to break out with some of his men in tow and leads them in a revolt in an effort to free themselves ..read more »
64%
from 5 members
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Battle Of The Bulge
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Dana Andrews, Charles Bronson, Robert Ryan
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Historical film account (starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw), of Germany's last major European offensive of WWII at the Ardennes in Belgium, in December 1944. Germany, under the command of Hessler, plans an attack with the secret panzer division, but they are desperately short of fuel and their ..read more »
71%
from 1,908 member
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The Informers
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Frank Finlay, Margaret Whiting, Derren Nesbit
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate: 
1960s British crime drama starring Nigel Patrick and Margaret Whiting. Scotland Yard's Inspector Johnnoe (Patrick) has built up his reputation using a network of contacts, but is ordered to sever his links with informers in the wake of new police methods. However, when Johnnoe's best informant, Jim ..read more »
69%
from 42 members
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The Fast Lady
(1962)
Starring: Stanley Baxter, Dick Emery, Julie Christie
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Classic British comedy, starring Stanley Baxter and Julie Christie. Murdoch Troon (Baxter) is a shy civil servant attracted to the vivacious Claire (Julie Christie), the daughter of a prominent businessman. In an attempt to impress Claire, Troon acquires a vintage Bentley racer, 'The Fast Lady', ..read more »
63%
from 305 members
Not available for rental
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Very Important Person
(1961)
Starring: James Robertson Justice, Godfrey Winn, Stanley Baxter
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist who is sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he ..read more »
66%
from 231 members
Not available for rental
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Swiss Family Robinson
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: John Mills, Kevin Corcoran, Cecil Parker
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
None of the many cinemadaptations of Johan Wyss' The Swiss Family Robinson are as relentlessly enjoyable as this 1960 Disney feature. The film wastes no time getting down to business, with the shipwreck of the Robinson family occurring as the credits flash across the screen. Fashioning a raft, the ..read more »
66%
from 2,197 members
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Across The Bridge
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Marla Landi, Bernard Lee, Rod Steiger
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
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Classic psychological thriller starring Rod Steiger as Carl Scaffner, a fugitive on the run from Scotland Yard after stealing a massive fortune and fleeing to Mexico. Eventually it is Scaffner's love for his dog that seals his fate.
63%
from 181 members
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Three Men in a Boat
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Jimmy Edwards, Laurence Harvey, David Tomlinson
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Laurence Harvey, David Tomlinson and Jimmy Edwards star in Ken Annakin's adaptation of the Jerome K. Jerome novel. Three Englishmen decide it would be fun to go on a boating holiday along the Thames for a fortnight. However, these gents' boating skills are notable only for their absence, which ..read more »
51%
from 376 members
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Value For Money
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Diana Dors, John Gregson
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
1950s British romantic comedy starring John Gregson and Diana Dors. After inheriting a large fortune from his father and breaking up with his girlfriend Ethel (Susan Stephen), young northerner Chayley Broadbent (Gregson) heads to London where he meets and falls for nightclub performer Ruthine West (..read more »
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from 1 member
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The Seekers
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate: 
Famous for being the first ever colour film to be made in New Zealand, this Rank 1954 feature is overflowing with beautiful scenery, colour and set pieces. It is 1821 and adventuring seafarer Philip Wayne (Jack Hawkins) and Paddy Clarke (Noel Purcell) have set ashore to explore the Bay of Plenty. ..read more »
48%
from 23 members
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Trio
(1950)
Starring: Lana Morris, James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Harold French, Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
1950 collection of three vignettes from short stories written by W. Somerset Maugham and introduced on screen by the writer himself. 'The Verger' follows the fortunes of Albert Foreman (James Hayter) a man of the cloth at St Neville's whose position is terminated when it emerges that he is ..read more »
70%
from 30 members
Not available for rental
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Landfall
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Denis O'Dea, Laurence Harvey, Maurice Denham
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Ken Annakin directs this World War Two drama based on a novel by Nevil Shute. Michael Denison stars as Rick, a young RAF pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. When he sinks what he believes to be a German submarine, it later turns out to be British and he is charged with neglect. In ..read more »
68%
from 85 members
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Quartet
(1948)
Starring: Jack Watling, George Cole, Cecil Parker
Director: Ken Annakin, Harold French, Arthur Crabtree
Certificate:
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Four film versions of W. Somerset Maugham are brought together and introduced by the man himself: 'The Facts of Life' features a young tennis player who escapes from his domineering partner and absconds to Monaco; 'The Alien Corn' features Dirk Bogarde playing a man with the ambition to be a top ..read more »
70%
from 64 members
Not available for rental
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Leslie Philips - The Comic Icons Collection
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Leslie Philips
Director: Gerald Thomas, Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Collection of features starring the debonair British gentleman with a penchant for seaside-comedic gags and an eye for the ladies, Leslie Phillips. In 'Please Turn Over' (1959) a town is driven to insurrection when a local girl publishes a sexy novel with characters quite plainly lifted from among ..read more »
67%
from 91 members
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Double Confession
on DVD
Starring: Peter Lorre, Joan Hopkins, Leslie Dwyer
Director: Ken Annakin
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Ken Annakin directs this 1950s film noir starring Derek Farr and William Hartnell. When Jim Medway (Farr) discovers his ex-wife has been murdered he tries to find the killer, pointing the finger at mob boss Charlie Durham (Hartnell), who was involved with the deceased. But Inspector Tenby (Naunton ..read more »
72%
from 15 members
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