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  • Secret Mission
  • Secret Mission review by roncoach from
    Rated - 3.0 stars Not bad and always worth seeing James Mason. 27 January 2013
    ...xample actually casts him as the support star to the rarely-seen and very bland Hugh Williams ( who ?-exactly). Mason's French accent leaves a bit to be desired but it's at ...   Read customer review

Hugh Williams - filmography


  • The Grass Is Greener on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Deborah Kerr,  Cary Grant
    Director: Stanley Donen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A rousing chorus of Noël Coward's Stately Homes of England is heard as the opening titles of The Grass Is Greener fade into several stock shots of those stately homes. One of these mansions is owned by British earl Victor Rhyall (Cary Grant), who opens his home to American tourists in order to make ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 262 members
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  • The Holly And The Ivy on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Maureen Delany,  Celia Johnson,  Hugh Williams
    Director: George More O'Ferrall
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Classic post-war drama starring Ralph Richardson as Martin Gregory, a clergyman whose commitment to his religious duties leads him to neglect his family. Things come to a head at the family's Christmas gathering. The film also stars Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton and Denholm Elliott.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 219 members
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  • Gift Horse on DVD (1952)
    Starring: James Donald,  Trevor Howard,  Sid James
    Director: Compton Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    World War Two drama starring Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough. HMS Ballantrae is a delapidated ex-US Navy destroyer, lent by the Americans to a desperate Royal Navy fighting to keep the Atlantic sea lanes open. Her captain, Lt Commander Fraser (Howard), struggles not only to keep her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 142 members
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  • An Ideal Husband on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Hugh Williams,  Glynis Johns,  Paulette Goddard
    Director: Alexander Korda
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Paulette Goddard stars as Mrs. Laura Cheveley, the unscrupulous femme fetale planning to sully the reputation of distinguished politician Robert Chiltern (Hugh Williams) to spite his wife, Lady Chiltern (Diana Wynyard). Being privy to secret information that Chiltern’s reputation and wealth were ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 72 members
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  • Secret Mission on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Fritz Wendhausen,  Percy Walsh,  Karel Stepanek
    Director: Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    World War Two drama starring James Mason. When four intelligence officers arrive in occupied France on a mission to determine the strength of the German forces, they know full well that they are on a suicide mission. But once they penetrate the Nazi headquarters, can they survive long enough to get ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 46 members
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  • The Day Will Dawn on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Griffith Jones,  Hugh Williams,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Terence Rattigan pens this British wartime drama starring Hugh Williams, Ralph Richardson and Deborah Kerr. British journalist Colin Metcalfe (Williams) becomes foreign correspondent in Norway just as Hitler invades Poland in 1939. On the way to Norway, his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 50 members
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  • Ships with Wings on DVD (1942)
    Starring: John Clements,  Leslie Banks,  Jane Baxter
    Director: Sergei Nolbandov
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Morale-rousing World War 2 drama starring John Clements as Lieutenant Dick Stacey, a pilot who is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm after his reckless actions cause the death of a fellow airman. He then rediscovers his patriotic inclinations and joins the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal ('The Ship ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 72 members
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Hugh Williams facts

5 most recent films

The Grass Is Greener - 3.5 stars
The Holly And The Ivy - 3.5 stars
Gift Horse - 3.5 stars
An Ideal Husband - 3.0 stars
Secret Mission - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Gift Horse - 3.5 stars
Margaret Lockwood Collection - 3.5 stars
The Holly And The Ivy - 3.5 stars
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing - 3.5 stars
The Grass Is Greener - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Secret Mission - 2.5 stars
The Last Journey / Return Of A Stranger - 3.0 stars
The Day Will Dawn - 3.0 stars
The Dark Eyes of London - 3.0 stars
Ships with Wings - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Roland Culver - 4 times - show films
Michael Wilding - 3 times - show films
Griffith Jones - 2 times - show films
Ralph Richardson - 2 times - show films
James Mason - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Harold French - 2 times - show films
Victor Hanbury - 1 times - show films
Alexander Korda - 1 times - show films
Val Guest - 1 times - show films
George More O'Ferrall - 1 times - show films