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Jack Warner - what members say

The Ladykillers review by from Cardiff, Wales

Brilliant comedy 10 March 2005
..., frightening a baby, and reporting to the friendly local police station (where Jack Warner is in charge) that her friend's supposed sighting of aliens from outer space wa... Read customer review

Against The Wind review by A customer from London

Not a classic Ealing film 19 December 2004
...ade at The Ealing Studios but sadly this was not one of them. Although starring Jack Warner (Dixon of Dock Green) and Gordon Jackson, the acting in the film was pretty awf... Read customer review

Train of Events review by Losttheplot from Minehead

Train of Events 15 February 2009
...y favourite old film and is a 'must' for those who like b/w films and railways. Jack Warner is such a genuine character. ... Read customer review

Jack Warner - filmography

Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Certificate:
The moving and dramatic story of Violette Szabo (McKenna), a courageous WW2 secret agent who was captured in northern France... Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring true life story of Violette Szabo. During World War II, Violette (Virgina McKenna) volunteers to parachute into France as a ..read more »

72% from 428 members
Not available for rental

Home And Away on DVD (1956)
Starring: Jack Warner, Charles Victor, Thora Hird
Director: Vernon Sewell
Certificate:
British comedy drama starring Jack Warner and Thora Hird. George Knowles (Warner) thinks he's scooped the jackpot on the pools, but when the real owner of the coupon is revealed everyone wants a piece.

61% from 107 members

The Ladykillers - Blu-ray (1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Certificate:
THE LADYKILLERS, director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce, is the final comedy produced by the famous studio and one of its most celebrated. Alec Guinness stars as the superbly shifty, toothily threatening Professor Marcus, the leader of a crime ring planning a heist. Marcus rents rooms ..read more »

80% from 448 members

Quatermass Collection: Quatermass Experi... on DVD (1955)
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Thora Hird
Director: Val Guest
Certificate:
THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT: At the dawn of the space age the British Rocket Group launches three astronauts on an experimental mission. Their ship, Quatermass 1, loses radio contact with Earth and later crash-lands. Professor Bernard Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) is one of the first on the scene, and ..read more »

63% from 2,944 members

The Ladykillers on DVD (1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Certificate:
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers ..read more »

73% from 10,312 members

The Final Test on DVD (1953)
Starring: Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph
Director: Anthony Asquith
Certificate:
A cricket drama which follows the final test in the series between England and Australia. England's favourite player is retiring after the match and wants his son to witness his final game, but his son would rather interview an eccentric poet. Fortunately the poet would rather watch the match too.

68% from 94 members

The Square Ring on DVD (1953)
Starring: Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen
Director: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
Certificate:
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

65% from 65 members

Those People Next Door on DVD (1953)
Starring: Jack Warner, Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes
Director: John Harlow
Certificate:
The Twiggs are a typical working-class family: Sam (Jack Warner) and Mary (Marjorie Rhodes) are trying to bring their family up in the shadow of the Blitz whilst taking everything in good humour. Their neighbours Joe (Charles Victor) and Emma (Gladys Henson) are constantly in the Twiggs house, ..read more »

61% from 167 members

Emergency Call on DVD (1952)
Starring: Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Certificate:
About a hospital's quest for three members of a rare blood group, in an effort to save a dying child.

71% from 21 members

Scrooge on DVD (1951)
Starring: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Certificate:
Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair Sim (entitled Scrooge in its U.K. release). Sim plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a London miser who, despite his wealth, refuses to make charitable ..read more »

72% from 2,043 members

The Blue Lamp (1950)
Starring: Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden's The Blue Lamp concentrates on interrelated episodes in the lives of several London policemen. Jack Warner heads the cast as George Dixon, a veteran "bobby" who is murdered by small-time delinquents Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan. Rookie cop ..read more »

72% from 317 members
Not currently released

Train of Events on DVD (1949)
Starring: Jack Warner, Gladys Henson, Susan Shaw
Director: Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton
Certificate:
A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

67% from 158 members

Easy Money on DVD (1948)
Starring: Jack Warner, Petula Clark, Dennis Price
Director: Bernard Knowles
Certificate:
Be careful what you wish for: as this compendium about the perils of getting rich quick shows, money doesn’t always buy happiness. Here are four stories that show the down side to high living: a family scoops the pools but it nearly tears them apart and a mild mannered clerk wins the jackpot with ..read more »

63% from 22 members

My Brother's Keeper on DVD (1948)
Starring: Jack Warner, Jane Hylton, David Tomlinson
Director: Alfred Roome
Certificate:
George Martin (Jack Warner) and Willie Stannard (George Cole) are handcuffed together and on their way to a West Country jail when they escape and go on the run. Martin is a hardened, dangerous criminal, but Stannard is a simple-minded youth who claims he is innocent of the crime for which he is ..read more »

62% from 31 members

Against The Wind on DVD (1947)
Starring: Jack Warner, Simone Signoret, James Robertson Justice
Director: Charles Crichton
Certificate:
An Ealing spy thriller set in World War II London. It involves a group of very different people working together in an attempt to confuse the enemy and further the war effort.

57% from 333 members

The Captive Heart on DVD (1946)
Starring: Jack Warner, Basil Radford, Michael Redgrave
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
An Ealing production which revolves around life among British officers in a German POW camp, and their families at home during those years of uncertainty and doubt.

71% from 143 members

Huggetts Collection - Here Comes The Hug... (4 discs) on DVD
Starring: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Jane Hylton
Director: Ken Annakin
Certificate:
Contains four comedy films featuring the antics of the working class Huggett family. Includes HOLIDAY CAMP, HERE COME THE HUGGETTS, VOTE FOR THE HUGGETTS, and THE HUGGETTS ABROAD.

69% from 134 members

Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection (7 discs)
Starring: Harold Pinter, Michael York, Jack Warner
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
A box set of features starring the inimitable Dirk Bogarde. Films Comprise: 1. Accident (Dir. Joseph Losey, 1967) 2. The Servant (Dir. Joseph Losey, 1963) 3. The Blue Lamp (Dir. Basil Dearden, 1950) 4. Victim (Dir. Basil Dearden, 1961) 5. Hunted (Dir. Charles Crichton, 1952) 6. The Spanish ..read more »

66% from 2,024 members
Not currently released

Jack Warner facts

5 most recent films

Carve Her Name With Pride - 3.5 stars
Home And Away - 3.0 stars
The Ladykillers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Quatermass Collection: Quatermass Experiment / Quatermass 2 - 3.0 stars
The Ladykillers - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Ladykillers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Ladykillers - 3.5 stars
Scrooge - 3.5 stars
The Blue Lamp - 3.5 stars
Carve Her Name With Pride - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

My Brother's Keeper - 3.0 stars
Easy Money - 3.0 stars
Emergency Call - 3.5 stars
Against The Wind - 3.0 stars
Home And Away - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bill Owen - 5 times - show films
Sid James - 3 times - show films
Kathleen Harrison - 2 times - show films
Cecil Parker - 2 times - show films
Robert Beatty - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Basil Dearden - 4 times - show films
Lewis Gilbert - 3 times - show films
Alexander Mackendrick - 2 times - show films
Charles Crichton - 2 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 1 times - show films