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  • Reach For The Sky
  • Reach For The Sky review by from Lancashire
    Rated - 3.0 stars Ham in the Sky 4 May 2005
    ...t ( nearly) and a true hero to boot, or rather minus two boots. The trouble is Kenneth More. Just a tad too gung ho for even the stiff upper lip brigade. If I was in his s...   Read customer review
  • Doctor In The House
  • Doctor In The House review by A customer from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 4.0 stars The comic side of medical students' tribulations 11 July 2005
    ... gives a brilliant performance as crusty top surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt, while Kenneth More is appropriately cast as Simon's fellow-student Grimsdyke, Donald Houston gives...   Read customer review
  • The Thirty Nine Steps
  • The Thirty Nine Steps review by from Abergele, N.Wales
    Rated - 5.0 stars Buchan magic 30 July 2005
    ...are spoilt for choice - there is the Robert Donat version from the 1930's this Kenneth More film from the 50's and then the Robert Powell cover from the 70's Although all...   Read customer review

Kenneth More - filmography


  • Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1976)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Kenneth More,  Pep Munne
    Director: Juan Piquer Simon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hamburg, Germany: Professor Lindenbrock (Kenneth More) buys a manuscript from a strange old man that describes a mysterious journey - a map to the centre of the earth itself! With his niece, Glauben, and her fiancé, Axel, they set off to Iceland, where they are joined by Professor Fredrikson and a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 54 members
    Due for release on 25th June 2012
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  • Father Brown - The Mirror Of The Magistr... (2 discs) on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Kenneth More
    Director: Peter Jefferies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    One of the most popular and acclaimed mystery series ever to appear on British television, FATHER BROWN finally gets the video release it deserves. Based on the irresistible stories of G.K. Chesterton, the TV show tracks the adventures of the charming, titular detective. Kenneth More stars.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 143 members
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  • Scrooge on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Edith Evans,  Kenneth More
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A delightful musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic starring Albert Finney in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, the cold-hearted miser visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 957 members
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  • Scrooge - Blu-ray (1970)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Edith Evans,  Kenneth More
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    SCROOGE was designed as a follow-up to 1968's OLIVER!, the Oscar-winning musicalization of Charles Dickens' OLIVER TWIST. The umpteenth musical version of Dickens' 1843 novelette A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SCROOGE features several sprightly Leslie Bricusse songs, including the bona fide hit 'Thank You Very ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 37 members
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  • Battle Of Britain on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Michael Caine,  Robert Shaw
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,155 members
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  • The Forsyte Saga (7 discs) on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Eric Porter,  Fay Compton,  John Welsh
    Director: David Giles,  James Cellan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This celebrated BBC adaptation of John Galsworthy's remarkable work, chronicling nearly fifty turbulent years of a wealthy English family was first transmitted on BBC television to great acclaim, and is now captured forever on BBC DVD.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,049 member
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  • The Greengage Summer on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Danielle Darrieux
    Director: Lewis Gilbert
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Susannah York plays a sixteen-year-old girl who takes charge of her two younger sisters and brother when they are forced to fend for themselves in France after their mother is taken suddenly ill and rushed to hospital. Kenneth More's enigmatic Englishman comes to her aid however - much to the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 96 members
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  • Man In The Moon (1960)
    Starring: John Glyn-Jones,  John Phillips,  Kenneth More
    Director: Basil Dearden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Kenneth More was beginning to segue into comedy roles when he took on the character of William in this standard sci-fi parody by director Basil Dearden. William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold when he is soon fired and offered a job by the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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  • Sink The Bismarck! on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Kenneth More,  Dana Wynter
    Director: Lewis Gilbert,  Dick Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The story of one of World War II's most furious sea battles is brought to the screen in this exciting, semi documentary style movie. In the spring of 1941, Nazi Germany's greatest battleship the Bismarck, scourge of Atlantic shipping, is pinned down at her anchorage in Norway. Making a break for ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,494 member
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  • The Thirty Nine Steps on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Kenneth More,  Taina Elg
    Director: Ralph Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    While it's true that this 1959 screen adaptation of The 39 Steps pales in comparison to Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1935 version, it's still a thoroughly enjoyable romp that compensates for a lack of any tension whatsoever with a generous dose of genial good humour. Affable Kenneth More's Richard ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 687 members
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  • The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Jayne Mansfield,  Henry Hull
    Director: Raoul Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Kenneth More portrays a British gunsmith who travels to the American West. After winning a rigged poker game, More is appointed sheriff of FRACTURED JAW, a wide-open town where law officers are plugged and planted on a regular basis. He befriends hard-bitten saloon gal Jayne Mansfield, who doesn't ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 15 members
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  • A Night To Remember on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Kenneth More,  Honor Blackman
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A Night To Remember / The Making Of A Night To Remember DVD contains the 1958 film--directed by Roy Baker and based on the novel by Walter Lord--and a "making of" documentary about the movie's production. "A Night to Remember" tells the tragic tale of the maiden voyage of the Titanic in a semi-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 962 members
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  • Reach For The Sky on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Kenneth More,  Muriel Pavlow
    Director: Philip Leacock
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    One of the many inspirational true stories told about WWII, this is the story of Douglas Bader, an undauntable character who was involved in an accident which cost him both of his legs. Despite this, he became a WWII squadron commander and was a hero during the Battle of Britain. Shot down over ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,627 members
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  • Doctor In The House on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Dirk Bogarde,  Muriel Pavlow,  Kenneth More
    Director: Ralph Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This film introduces Simon Sparrow and his first five years at St. Swithins Hospital - from naive student to his first day as a qualified doctor. He also masters other hazards of being a medical student - fiery ward sisters, over-knowledgeable patients, attractive nurses and frightening surgeons.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 906 members
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  • Our Girl Friday on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Joan Collins,  George Cole,  Kenneth More
    Director: Noel Langley
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A young Joan Collins sizzles as a desert island beauty being courted by George Cole, Kenneth More and Robertson Hare in this charming all-star British comedy gem! Shipwrecked on an idyllic tropical island, heiress Sadie Patch (Joan Collins) quickly discovers that her fellow castaways are a pretty ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 75 members
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  • Genevieve on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Kenneth More,  Dinah Sheridan,  Kenneth More
    Director: Henry Cornelius
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The plot of the thoroughly captivating British comedy Genevieve can be summed up in a sentence: Two young couples participate in the Vintage Car Rally, a yearly race from London to Brighton. The title character is the 1904 Darracq auto owned by John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan. The couple's friendly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,291 members
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  • The Yellow Balloon on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Kathleen Ryan,  Kenneth More,  Kenneth More
    Director: J Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A young boy is involved in an accident, and, guilt-ridden, falls prey to an unscrupulous criminal who wishes to exploit the child to his own ends. Playing out under the shadows of the recent war, The Yellow Balloon takes the viewer on a trip through the criminal underworld of London, culminating in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 116 members
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  • Brandy For The Parson on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Charles Hawtrey,  Kenneth More,  Kenneth More
    Director: John Eldridge
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Bill Harper (James Donald) and Petronilla Brand (Jean Lodge), a young couple on a yachting holiday together, become involved with Tony Rackham (Kenneth More), who is smuggling brandy from France to a respectable London wine merchants. Through various mishaps, Bill and Petronilla find themselves ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 112 members
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  • Appointment with Venus (1951)
    Starring: David Niven,  Kenneth More,  Kenneth More
    Director: Ralph Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Delightful World War II farce based on the novel by Jerrard Tickell. At the outbreak of WWII, the Ministry of Agriculture and the War Office join forces to launch a daring mission to rescue a highly lucrative pedigree cow, Venus, from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel. English Army ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 6 members
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Kenneth More facts

5 most recent films

Unidentified Flying Oddball - 3.0 stars
The Slipper And The Rose - 3.5 stars
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth - 2.5 stars
Father Brown - The Man With Two Beards And Other Stories - 2.5 stars
Father Brown - The Mirror Of The Magistrate And Other Stories - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Battle Of Britain - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Admirable Crichton - 3.5 stars
Scrooge - 3.5 stars
Battle Of Britain - 3.5 stars
A Night To Remember - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Appointment with Venus - 1.5 stars
Kenneth More Collection - 2.5 stars
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw - 2.5 stars
Man In The Moon - 3.0 stars
The Terence Rattigan Collection - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kenneth More - 29 times - show films
Michael Redgrave - 10 times - show films
Fay Compton - 8 times - show films
Lana Morris - 8 times - show films
John Welsh - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Giles - 8 times - show films
James Cellan Jones - 8 times - show films
Anatole Litvak - 6 times - show films
Anthony Asquith - 6 times - show films
Ralph Thomas - 4 times - show films