Basil Sydney

Filmography

Basil Sydney - filmography

Simba on DVD (1955)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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White farmer Dirk Bogarde and his neighbors are targeted for extermination by the zealously nationalistic Mau Maus. Native doctor Joseph Tomelty, whose brother had earlier been killed under questionable circumstances, endeavors to help the whites escape the hordes, only to discover that his own ..read more »

55% from 18 members

The Dam Busters - Blu-ray (1954)
Starring: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans
Director: Michael Anderson
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One of the most popular British war films of all time, THE DAM BUSTERS tells the true story of one of the most daring and brilliant raids of World War II. With the campaign for Europe in the balance, Dr. Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave) comes up with an ingenious design for a bouncing bomb which ..read more »

80% from 430 members

The Dam Busters on DVD (1954)
Starring: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans
Director: Michael Anderson
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The British The Dam Busters is the story of the development and utilization of the bouncing bombs in World War II. Michael Redgrave stars as Dr. Barnes Wallis, who developed these unorthodox explosives. Wallis' invention is put to practical use during the British raid on the Ruhr Dams in Germany. ..read more »

73% from 8,105 members

Treasure Island on DVD (1950)
Starring: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney
Director: Byron Haskin
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The great Robert Louis Stevenson tale brought to life in the Disney tradition.

67% from 881 members

Hamlet on DVD (1948)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie
Director: Laurence Olivier
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In the opening scene of Hamlet, Laurence Olivier describes the play in a voice-over as "the tragedy of a man who couldn't make up his mind". But Olivier's screen adaptation is considerably more thoughtful and complex than this thesis would suggest. The contradictions and ambiguities of the title ..read more »

65% from 1,777 member

Hamlet - Blu-ray (1948)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie
Director: Laurence Olivier
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Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of 'the man who could not make up his mind'. In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son ..read more »

70% from 43 members

Stewart Granger Collection - Caesar and ... on DVD (1945)
Starring: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, James Mason
Director: Gabriel Pascal, Arthur Crabtree, Anthony Asquith
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In this film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's lavish epic, the venerable Julius Caesar (Claude Rains) meets Cleopatra (Vivian Leigh) under the Sphinx in ancient Egypt. Although the Roman Emperor finds her childishly innocent, she is capable of seizing the throne from her brother and cold-..read more »

55% from 204 members

Went The Day Well? on DVD (1942)
Starring: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
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On the Whitsun weekend of 1942 in the idyllic village of Bramley End, German paratroopers disguised as sappers attempt to set up equipment to disrupt Britain's radar defences yet haven't counted on the indomitable spirit of the English villagers! Directed by the Italian director Alberto Cavalcanti ..read more »

73% from 1,590 member

Ships with Wings on DVD (1942)
Starring: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter
Director: Sergei Nolbandov
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SHIPS WITH WINGS follows three Fleet Air Arm pilots at peace and at war and their exploits during the battle for Greece

54% from 65 members

Went The Day Well? - Blu-ray (1942)
Starring: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
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WENT THE DAY WELL is a solidly constructed wartime melodrama. Actually, the film covers 72 hours in the life of the small British village of Bramley Green, which serves as the focal point for an attempted German invasion. Immediately upon parachuting in the community, vicious Nazi officer Ortier (..read more »

77% from 98 members

Will Hay - The Black Sheep of Whitehall on DVD (1941)
Starring: Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney
Director: Arthur Chandler, Marcel Varnel, Basil Dearden
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall features Hay as William Davis, the head of a correspondence college who becomes embroiled with the Nazis as they try to prevent the signing of a trade agreement. On learning that a Nazi agent has breached security and is posing as the economics expert responsible for ..read more »

75% from 55 members

Simba - 3.0 stars
The Dam Busters - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Dam Busters - 3.5 stars
Treasure Island - 3.5 stars
Hamlet - 3.5 stars

Simba - 3.0 stars
Hamlet - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Ships with Wings - 2.5 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Caesar and Cleopatra - 3.0 stars
Hamlet - 3.5 stars

Jean Simmons - 4 times - show films
Stanley Holloway - 3 times - show films
Anthony Quayle - 3 times - show films
Russell Thorndike - 3 times - show films
Harcourt Williams - 3 times - show films

Laurence Olivier - 3 times - show films
Alberto Cavalcanti - 2 times - show films
Michael Anderson - 2 times - show films
Sergei Nolbandov - 1 times - show films
Gabriel Pascal - 1 times - show films