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Attenborough in mourning -
29 December 2004
Lord Richard Attenborough is today mourning the loss of three family members in the tsunami disaster in south-east Asia.-The film director's 14-year-old granddaughter is confirmed as one of a number of British tourists to have died following the Boxing Day earthquake, while h
Richard Attenborough - what members say
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Classic Cinema 20 February 2007
review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
Elizabeth 6 November 2007
review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
superb......... 23 January 2007
Richard Attenborough - filmography
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Jack Cardiff - Cameraman
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jack Cardiff, John Mills, Thelma Schoonmaker
Director: Craig McCall
Certificate: 
Jack Cardiff was lauded by the Hollywood greats he photographed films for - John Huston, Sophia Loren, Alfred Hitchcock, Marilyn Monroe - and described by Michael Powell as "A genius, a daydreamer, a baby. He should have been a painter instead of being the best colour cameraman in the world." Yet ..read more »
 
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from 159 members
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Puckoon
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Elliott Gould, Daragh O'Malley
Director: Terence Ryan
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Adapted from Spike Milligan's comic novel this story, in the vein of PASSPORT TO PIMLICO, where a small area of land is segregated from the rest of society. When an Irish Free State is set up in the 1920s when the Sligo border is drawn bisecting the Irish village of Puckoon right down the middle, ..read more »
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from 345 members
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Grey Owl
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau, Renee Asherson
Director: Richard Attenborough
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The true story of the enigmatic Archibald Belaney (Brosnan), an Englishman who moved to the Canadian wilds and reinvented himself as the Apache Indian "Grey Owl." Haunted by a mysterious past but inspired by the beauty of nature, Grey Owl rose to international fame during the 1930s as a pioneering ..read more »
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from 543 members
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Tom And Vicky - Up, Up And Away
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Rik Mayall
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Tom and Vicky is the new puppet animation series of words, music and song for young children. It's about a brother and sister who every day come to play and share adventures in their Grandad's garden. This is the second video release and contains another 5 fun-packed adventures from the first CITV ..read more »
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from 17 members
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Elizabeth
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
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from 18,822 members
Not currently released
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Elizabeth - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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Shekhar Kapur's visually stunning film tells the story of Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett), from her days as an innocent young woman to her coronation, up to the formation of her reputation as England's stern Virgin Queen. A lush portrait of history, full of pomp, intrigue, and romance and ..read more »
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from 133 members
Not available for rental
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In Love And War
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin
Director: Richard Attenborough
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In this period romance based on Agnes von Kurowsky's diary account of her brief liaison with a young Ernest Hemingway, the future novelist is injured while working for the Red Cross in Italy in WWI. Upon entering the hospital, the brash American falls in love with Agnes, his saintly nurse, and vows ..read more »
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from 2,047 members
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Miracle On 34th Street
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson, Robert Prosky
Director: Les Mayfield
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The 1947 holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street is transplanted to the 1990s with few changes in this family-oriented remake. The screenplay by the prolific John Hughes sticks close to the original outline, centering on Macy's executive Dorey Walker (Elizabeth Perkins) and her young daughter Susan (..read more »
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from 6,489 members
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Jurassic Park
(1993)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Bob Peck
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's phenomenally successful sci-fi adventure thriller is graced by state-of-the-art special effects from the team of Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri from George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic. The film follows two dinosaur experts -- Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and ..read more »
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from 46,190 members
Not currently released
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Shadowlands
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Julian Fellowes
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Set in England in 1952, Shadowlands is the tender and deeply moving true story of the love affair between CS Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) and Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). CS Lewis, a highly acclaimed writer (The Narnia Chronicles) lived a quiet and ordered life as a professor of English Literature at ..read more »
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from 8,841 members
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Chaplin
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Sir Richard Attenborough's CHAPLIN is a dramatised depiction of the highs and lows in the life of Charlie Chaplin (Robert Downey, Jr. in a highly acclaimed performance), one of the true comic geniuses of the early silver screen. Presented as the memories of an elderly Chaplin, the narrative opens ..read more »
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from 4,054 members
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Cry Freedom
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton
Director: Richard Attenborough
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This is the retelling of the life of South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko as seen through the eyes of his friend, liberal white newspaper editor Donald Woods. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Supporting Actor--Denzel Washington.
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from 3,959 members
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A Chorus Line
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Audrey Landers, Vicki Frederick
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Based on the popular Broadway show, CHORUS LINE is the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in the program. The film, starring Michael Douglas, includes such song hits as "What I Did for Love;" "Dance 10, Looks 3;" and "Surprise, Surprise."
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from 1,785 member
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Gandhi
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress ..read more »
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from 18,764 members
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Gandhi - Blu-ray
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress ..read more »
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from 1,009 member
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The Human Factor
(1979)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer, John Gielgud
Director: Otto Preminger
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Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Graham Greene's novel, this is a story of a world peopled by lonely men cut off from the luxury of communication, a world where a leak of relatively unimportant information can be the catalyst for a witch hunt, and it's one man's duty to point the finger... Colonel John ..read more »
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from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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Magic
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Anthony Hopkins is Corky, a painfully shy, failed magician who finds overnight success as a ventriloquist. His brash, foul-mouthed dummy, Fats, becomes a huge nightclub hit. With his star on the rise, talent agent Ben Greene (Burgess Meredith) arranges an important shot at national TV. But the ..read more »
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from 618 members
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Brannigan
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson
Director: Douglas Hickox
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BRANNIGAN is an Irish Chicago cop (John Wayne) who goes to London in search of an American racketeer who fled the United States to avoid a grand jury. As the search develops, so does an interesting conflict between the Chicago detective and his Scotland Yard counterpart. This action-packed search ..read more »
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from 692 members
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Rosebud
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Kim Cattrall
Director: Otto Preminger
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Legendary filmmaker Otto Preminger (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM) directs this dramatic tale concerning a group of terrorists who kidnap five beautiful women from a yacht in Greece and hold them for ransom.
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from 73 members
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And Then There Were None
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Stephane Audran
Director: Peter Collinson
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Directed by Peter Collinson (UP THE JUNCTION, THE ITALIAN JOB) and based on one of Agatha Christie's famous novels, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE focuses on a group of people who are lured to a Persian hotel and murdered one by one...
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from 192 members
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The Last Grenade
(1970)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Alex Cord, Honor Blackman
Director: Gordon Flemyng
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Gun for hire Maj. Harry Grigsby is ordered to head to Hong Kong to take out Kip Thompson, who has been causing border incidents with China. But Harry also has a score to settle with Kip, who betrayed Harry and his trrops in the Congo when he defected to the other side.
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from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Loot
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett
Director: Silvio Narizzano
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Two men are planning to make a lot of money quickly and easily by committing a robbery. But the problem is hiding the money. As an undertaker burying the money seems to be a good idea but an inquisitive nurse and a dedicated Police Inspector seem to have other ideas.
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from 277 members
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10 Rillington Place
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, John Hurt, Judy Geeson
Director: Richard Fleischer
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London, 1944. John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough) is digging in his backyard when he comes across a woman's leg. Without being bothered at all, he covers up the leg and continues to bury the woman he just strangled in his kitchen. Three years later, Timothy Evans (John Hurt), along with ..read more »
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from 2,334 members
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A Severed Head
(1970)
Starring: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Ian Holm
Director: Dick Clement
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Antonia, the pampered wife of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, an upper class wine merchant, tells her husband that she is in love with their best friend, the psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. Palmer and Antonia want to deal with the situation in a civilized way, by remaining friends with Martin. Meanwhile Martin ..read more »
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from 3 members
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The Magic Christian
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Peter Sellers, Laurence Harvey
Director: Joseph McGrath
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This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his ..read more »
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from 449 members
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Doctor Dolittle
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Rex Harrison, Anthony Newley, Samantha Eggar
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Rex Harrison, although not at all like the portly man described in Hugh Lofting's charming series of children's stories, is sheer perfection as the kindly animal doctor in Leslie Bricusse's musical fantasy Doctor Dolittle. Sadly, Harrison is the only thing nearing perfection in this overstuffed and ..read more »
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from 859 members
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The Sand Pebbles
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Simon Oakland, Mako, Steve McQueen
Director: Robert Wise
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One of the most exciting and heart-wrenching epics ever made, THE SAND PEBBLES is a masterpiece of storytelling, with exceptional performances by a stellar cast. The complex tale begins simply enough in 1926 China, where a group of American soldiers are patrolling the Yangtze River on a gunboat ..read more »
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from 965 members
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The Flight Of The Phoenix
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's 'The Flight Of The Phoenix', based on Elleston Trevor's novel, a small plane carrying oil workers and military personnel crashes, stranding a group of survivors in the Sahara Desert. As the lethal heat and grating sand begin to take a toll on the group, the conscientious pilot, ..read more »
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from 2,024 members
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The Great Escape
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Garner
Director: John Sturges
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Arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made, John Sturges's dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who executed a massive escape from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944, stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts. The ..read more »
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from 25,537 members
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Trial and Error
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid
Director: James Hill
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Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough play multiple characters in this satirical comedy, based on John Mortimer's play. Fowle (Attenborough) has murdered his wife Doris because her constant laughing finally drove him to distraction. He is put on trial and defended by over-the-hill attorney ..read more »
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from 260 members
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All Night Long
(1961)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Richard Attenborough
Director: Basil Dearden
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Based on Shakespeare's OTHELLO, ALL NIGHT LONG updates the story to London of the early sixties and features Jazz legends Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck.
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from 138 members
Not available for rental
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The Angry Silence
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Michael Craig, Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli
Director: Guy Green
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Richard Attenborough stars in this powerful drama as a factory worker, who refuses to join and unofficial strike and is consequently faces the anger of his coworkers and the harsh glare of the press and political parties.
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from 202 members
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The League Of Gentlemen
(1960)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
Director: Basil Dearden
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This British crime story has a delightfully dangerous premise: An ex-army colonel angered at being let after 25 years of service to his country, decides to fight back and put together what could be considered a nice severance package for himself. Armed with information he learned on the job, he ..read more »
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from 1,345 member
Currently unavailable
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S.O.S. Pacific
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, John Gregson
Director: Guy Green
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Five passengers on a seaplane find that a crash has stranded them on an island used for nuclear testing in this disaster movie. Just to get to the island, they had to endure many hardships including a hurricane, a gun-battle, shark-infested seas, and a fire on the plane. Panic ensues when the ..read more »
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from 30 members
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I'm All Right Jack
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Director: John Boulting
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Though it may be distinguished by its virtuosic comedic performances from Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers, I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK, John Boulting's sly satire of class struggle, is a comic gem in its own right. The film stars Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush, a recent Oxford graduate and old money ..read more »
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from 3,670 members
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The Man Upstairs
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Alfred Burke
Director: Don Chaffey
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The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile that stars Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidentally kills the brother of his fiancee. In order to escape the pain, Attenborough changes his name and ..read more »
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from 23 members
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Sea of Sand
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, John Gregson, Michael Craig
Director: Guy Green
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A small British army team is sent to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Whilst they are there they spot a large number of tanks and realise that army intelligence must be informed or some Tommies are going to be in for a nasty ..read more »
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from 254 members
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Dunkirk
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Robert Urquhart
Director: Leslie Norman
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1940 France. A British Corporal is forced to take responsibility for the lives of his men when their officer is killed in battle. The troops are boxed in and he has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are recruited into the British war effort with Operation Dynamo, the ..read more »
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from 1,046 member
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The Baby and the Battleship
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Andre Morell
Director: Jay Lewis
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After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancĂ©e, able Seaman, Knocker White, finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding ..read more »
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from 66 members
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Gift Horse
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, James Donald
Director: Compton Bennett
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Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough star in this famous story of a Royal Navy destroyer and her officers and crew during the early years of the Second World War. H.M.S. Ballantrae is an ex-U.S. Navy destroyer - one of fifty lent by the Americans in 1940 to a desperate Royal Navy fighting to keep ..read more »
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from 121 members
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Hell Is Sold Out
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Mai Zetterling, Herbert Lom, Richard Attenborough
Director: Michael Anderson
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The renowned French author Dominic Danges (Herbert Lom) returns from a prisoner of war camp with his old friend Pierre Bonnet (Richard Attenborough). Danges was missing, presumed dead, but when he turns up unannounced at his old house, he finds that not only has he unknowingly written a best-..read more »
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from 95 members
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Brighton Rock - Blu-ray
(1947)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley
Director: John Boulting
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In this vivid adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about the seedy British underworld, Richard Attenborough appears in top form as petty gangster Pinkie Brown. The manipulative thug rashly commits a murder and uses a waitress (Carol Marsh) to provide his alibi with unexpected consequences.
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from 289 members
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Brighton Rock
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley
Director: John Boulting
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
In this vivid adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about the seedy British underworld, Richard Attenborough appears in top form as petty gangster Pinkie Brown. The manipulative thug rashly commits a murder and uses a waitress (Carol Marsh) to provide his alibi with unexpected consequences.
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from 6,184 members
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Journey Together
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson
Director: John Boulting
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Originally produced by the RAF Film Unit in 1943 as a public information film which tells the story of the arduous training of pilots, bombers and navigators during World War II. Starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson and Edward G. Robinson.
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from 92 members
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Richard Attenborough facts
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... BIG Film with a BIG Heart and a super theme. What other film has a dumbstruck Richard Attenborough, a anti-English Raymond Massey (not playing Lincoln, for once) and a DeHavillan...
