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  • Great Expectations
  • Great Expectations review by from england
    Rated - 4 stars excellent adaptation 6 January 2005
    ...neous material to create a tight narrative. The acting is superb, particularly John Mills and Alec Guinness, and the tale of Pip's woes as he atteempts to impress Estrel...  
  • Ice Cold In Alex
  • Ice Cold In Alex review by from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Worth waiting for.......... 9 July 2004
    ... true story the film is great matinee viewing. It centres around Captain Anson (John Mills) journey across occupied North Africa during the Second World War. His mission ...  
  • Tunes of Glory
  • Tunes of Glory review by A customer from Richmond,Surrey,UK
    Rated - 5 stars Martial Art !! 9 September 2008
    ...mess may seem a little outdated today, but the performances of Alec Guiness and John Mills as the stubborn rivals for power are timeless reminders of these two great acto...  

John Mills - filmography


  • Bright Young Things on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore,  Peter O'Toole,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Stephen,  Fry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 5,976 members
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  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories on DVD (2002)
    Starring: John Mills
    Director: Marcus Dillistone
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A fascinating look at the life and career of one of British cinema's most endearing actors, Sir John Mills. Using his own never before seen home movies, and clips from many of his most famous movies, the star of such films as ICE COLD IN ALEX, SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON and SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC tells ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 120 members
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  • Cats on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Elaine Paige,  John Mills,  Ken Page
    Director: Trevor Nunn,  Gillian Lynne
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This ultimate DVD edition of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats is one thing all fans of this phenomenal theatrical smash hit will want to have in their collection. Disc One: Original musical feature. Disc Two: Interviews with original creative team of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, producer Cameron ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,002 members
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  • The Lady And The Highwayman on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Emma Samms,  Oliver Reed,  Claire Bloom
    Director: John Hough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in the turbulent 17th Century reign of King Charles II, this film tells of Lady Panthea Vyre who has attracted the attention of the King and the eye of the folk hero and highwayman, Silver Blade, who, unknown to her, is really a relative of hers and rightful heir to the family estate and title. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 214 members
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  • Who's That Girl on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Madonna,  Haviland Morris,  John McMartin
    Director: James Foley
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Upon her release a streetwise parolee, innocent of the crime for which she was jailed, is to be driven to the bus station by a strait-laced attorney. But she has other ideas, and the poor attorney must face the fact that his world is about to dissolve into chaos...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 869 members
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  • Gandhi on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Candice Bergen,  Edward Fox
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Gandhi is a great subject, but is Gandhi a great film? Undoubtedly it is, not least because it is one of the last old-school epics ever made, a glorious visual treat featuring tens of thousands of extras (real people, not digital effects) and sumptuous Panavision cinematography. But a true epic is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 16,373 members
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  • Zulu Dawn on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Peter O'Toole,  Simon Ward
    Director: Douglas Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    ZULU DAWN depicts the bloody Battle of Isandhlwana, in which 30,000 Zulu warriors wiped out nearly 1,500 British troops stationed in Natal. The film focuses most sharply on the preparations for battle and the political situation in the region at that time. Taking Zulu chief Cetshwayo's defiant ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,614 member
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  • The Big Sleep on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Harry Andrews,  Richard Todd
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A faithful remake of the 1946 original in which private eye Philip Marlowe finds himself involved in murder, blackmail and violence when hired to protect a General's young daughter.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 675 members
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  • The Human Factor on DVD (1975)
    Starring: George Kennedy,  John Mills,  Raf Vallone
    Director: Edward Dmytryk
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    George Kennedy stars in this 1970s revenge film as John Kinsdale, a military employee stationed in Naples who uses state-of-the-art (for the time) computer technology to track down the terrorists who killed his family. Local police inspector Dr. Lupo (Raf Vallone) and Kinsdale’s commander (Arthur ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 22 members
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  • Operation Crossbow (1965)
    Starring: Sophia Loren,  George Peppard,  Trevor Howard
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    During World War II, the British suspect that the Nazis are secretly building a new kind of long-range missile. English operatives -- disguised as German scientists -- are then sent to discover the source of the weapons -- and sabotage the project. Can the spies thwart the efforts of the nefarious ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 16 members
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  • Tiara Tahiti (1962)
    Starring: James Mason,  John Mills
    Director: Ted Kotcheff
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A former army officer travels to Tahiti with the purpose of building a resort hotel there. His efforts are stymied when he encounters his ex-commanding officer already living on the island.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 60% from 3 members
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  • Tunes of Glory on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  John Mills,  Dennis Price
    Director: Ronald Neame
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In Ronald Neame's Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness inhabits the role of Jock Sinclair - a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man, who expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 328 members
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  • Tiger Bay on DVD (1959)
    Starring: John Mills,  Horst Buchholz,  Hayley Mills
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A 12-year-old Hayley Mills made her big-screen debut in this melodramatic thriller as Gillie, a young girl living in Cardiff. She accidentally witnesses a Polish sailor named Korchinsky shoot his girlfriend dead in a fit of rage after he finds out she's left him for another man. Gillie steals the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 48 members
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  • Dunkirk on DVD (1958)
    Starring: John Mills,  Richard Attenborough,  Robert Urquhart
    Director: Leslie Norman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 832 members
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  • Madeleine on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Trevor Howard,  Celia Johnson
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The David Lean Collection - 9 Disc Box Set showcases a brilliant selection of classic films by the director David Lean. Titles include: "Brief Encounter"; "Great Expectations"; "Oliver Twist"; "Madeleine"; "The Passionate Friends"; "The Sound Barrier"; "Hobson's Choice"; "This Happy Breed"; and "..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 81 members
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  • The History of Mr Polly (1949)
    Starring: John Mills,  Betty Ann Davies
    Director: Anthony Pelissier
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    John Mills stars in this celebrated adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. Mr Polly is a sensitive soul, idling away his days as a humble draper's assistant until one day he is abruptly sacked for daydreaming at work. His well-ordered life is plunged into chaos, until his father's death suddenly ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 190 members
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  • The October Man (1947)
    Starring: John Mills,  Joan Greenwood,  Edward Chapman
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed. [Black and White]
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 10 members
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  • Great Expectations on DVD (1946)
    Starring: John Mills,  Alec Guinness,  Jean Simmons
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, the young boy encounters an escaped convict, and a chance meeting years later ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,302 members
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  • This Happy Breed (1944)
    Starring: Robert Newton,  Celia Johnson,  John Mills
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Three classic wartime dramas: A TOWN LIKE ALICE sees female prisoners of war at the mercy of the notoriously sadistic Japanese Army, a man and woman find hope and love in each other as they are forced at bayonet point on a long march of death. Based on Nevil Shute's best-seller, this film saw Best ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 463 members
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  • We Dive At Dawn on DVD (1943)
    Starring: John Mills,  Eric Portman,  Jack Watling
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    We Dive At Dawn is a gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,034 member
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  • Cottage To Let (1941)
    Starring: John Mills,  George Cole,  Michael Wilding
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A film adaptation, with the original stage actors, of one of the first war-time stage thrillers about an unsuspecting inventor who is in danger of being kidnapped by a Fifth ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 76 members
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  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Robert Donat,  Greer Garson,  Terry Kilburn
    Director: Sam Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the novel by James Hilton, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS is the story of a shy schoolteacher who dedicates his life to his boys. In an Oscar-winning performance, Robert Donat plays Mr. Chipping, a young classics scholar en route to his first assignment at the reputable Brookfield school. Although his ..read more »
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  • Morning Departure on DVD
    Starring: John Mills
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In 'Morning Departure' a Navy Submarine hits a mine whilst searching for German shipping. The resulting explosion sends it to the bottom of the sea. Some of the crew can escape using the hatches but the rest remain trapped and have to hope that they will be rescued in time
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  • Charles Dickens Collection (8 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Michael Hordern,  Maggie Smith,  Bob Hoskins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Featuring a box set of the BBC adaptations of popular tales from Charles Dickens. Includes: 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Martin Chuzzlewit', 'David Copperfield', 'A Tale Of Two Cities', 'Great Expectations', and 'Our Mutual Friend'.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,367 members
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  • The Zoo Gang
    Starring: John Mills,  Brian Keith,  Lilli Palmer
    Director: Sidney Hagers,  John Hough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A group of former Resistance Fighters reunite to scram criminals in order to raise money for a hospital in memorary of one of their former comrades.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 4 members
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  • The Big Sleep to Watch Now (1978)
    Starring: Robert Mitchum,  Harry Andrews,  Richard Todd
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 99 minutes
    A faithful remake of the 1946 original in which private eye Philip Marlowe finds himself involved in murder, blackmail and violence when hired to protect a General's young daughter.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 2 members
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  • Sky West and Crooked to Watch Now (1966)
    Starring: Hayley Mills,  Ian McShane,  Annette Crosbie.
    Director: John Mills
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 105 minutes
    A girl with learning difficulties is traumatised at a young age after witnessing an accidental death of a child. Essentially abandoned by her alcoholic mother and misunderstood and ostracised by the 1960s English rural community she lives in, suspicious of the circumstances of the accident, she ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4 members
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  • Cottage To Let to Watch Now (1941)
    Starring: Leslie Banks,  Alastair Sim,  John Mills
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 91 minutes
    John Barington is an inventor, testing bomb mechanisms for the Air Ministry. His laboratory is in his country house where, unknown to him, various members of his domestic staff are undercover spies. The plan is to kidnap Barington, aided by a German agent. This agent comes in the form of a wounded ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 5 members
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John Mills facts

5 most recent films

Bright Young Things - 3.0 stars
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories - 3.5 stars
Cats - 3.5 stars
Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie - 3.0 stars
Mary Wesley's Harnessing Peacocks - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Gandhi - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Hobson's Choice - 4.0 stars
John Mills - Centenary Collection Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Tunes of Glory - 4.0 stars
Ice Cold In Alex - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Memoirs Of Women Who Went To War - 2.5 stars
Tiara Tahiti - 2.5 stars
The Human Factor - 2.5 stars
The Zoo Gang - 2.5 stars
Donald Sinden Icon Collection - You Know What Sailors Are - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dirk Bogarde - 16 times - show films
Chris Sarandon - 13 times - show films
Michael Hordern - 12 times - show films
Stanley Holloway - 12 times - show films
Robert Newton - 12 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ken Annakin - 11 times - show films
Ralph Thomas - 11 times - show films
Muriel Box - 10 times - show films
Jim Goddard - 9 times - show films
David Lean - 9 times - show films