Reginald Beckwith

Filmography

Reginald Beckwith - filmography

Gonks Go Beat on DVD (1965)
Starring: Kenneth Connor, Jerry Desmonde, Reginald Beckwith
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
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Planet Earth is in great turmoil. Beatland and Balladisle are staging a musical battle royal over whose pops are tops. Sent from a far-out galaxy to settle the war, an inept Martian resorts to supernatural romance to get the globe groovy again. A way-out fantasy musical with hot music from Lulu And ..read more »

46% from 68 members

The Big Job on DVD (1965)
Starring: Sid James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery
Director: Gerald Thomas
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The Big Job stars James as George the Brain, leader of a gang of inept bank robbers who end up in prison for 15 years, with only the thought of the stolen money that remains hidden keeping them going until their release. However, when the time comes, it seems the tasking of recovering the loot won'..read more »

72% from 491 members

The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Starring: Leo McKern, Janet Munro, Bernard Braden
Director: Val Guest
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When the Americans test a nuclear weapon at the South Pole at the exact moment that the Soviets are testing their own weapon at the North, the earth's axis is jolted out of alignment, causing catastrophic changes in global weather patterns. Additionally, the earth has been dislodged from its orbit, ..read more »

67% from 1,727 member
Not available for rental

Doctor In Love on DVD (1960)
Starring: Leslie Phillips, Michael Craig, Joan Sims
Director: Ralph Thomas
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In this comedy, young doctors Hare (Michael Craig) and Burke (Leslie Phillips) set up a practice and embark on various amorous adventures.

62% from 351 members

The Captain's Table on DVD (1958)
Starring: John Gregson, Peggy Cummins, Donald Sinden
Director: Jack Lee
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Adapted from the novel by Richard Gordon, this amusing British sea comedy tells of a nervous captain who gets himself into some sticky situations when he finds himself in command of a cruise liner full of beautiful women.

60% from 31 members

Night Of The Demon / Curse Of The Demon on DVD (1957)
Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
Director: Jacques Tourneur
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Classic slice of 1950s psychological horror. Dana Andrews stars as American psychologist Dr John Holden, who arrives in London to attend a paranormal psychology symposium with the aim of exposing devil cult leader Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis) as a charlatan and a fraud. On his arrival, Holden ..read more »

78% from 727 members

Lucky Jim (1957)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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Amusing adaptation of the book by Kingsley Amis directed by John Boulting (I'M ALRIGHT JACK) and starring the classic comedy coupling of Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas. LUCKY JIM is about an accident-prone junior lecturer at a small university who spends one hell of a weekend at the home of his ..read more »

59% from 385 members
Not currently released

It's A Wonderful World on DVD (1956)
Starring: George Cole, Terence Morgan, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Val Guest
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Would-be songsmiths, Ray Thompson (Terence Morgan) and Ken Miller (George Cole), manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the ditty hits the top of the charts, Thompson and Miller find themselves in the embarrassing and unenviable position of having ..read more »

58% from 52 members

Desert Mice on DVD (1954)
Starring: Alfred Marks, Sid James, Dora Bryan
Director: Michael Ralph
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A fair stab at yet another World War II comedy, this film by Michael Ralph features the humorous antics of an ENSA troupe (the British equivalent of the American USO) and an absurd involvement with an army major (Alfred Marks) that leads to the capture of a German commanding officer (Marius Goring)...read more »

60% from 52 members

Scott Of The Antarctic on DVD (1948)
Starring: John Mills, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender
Director: Charles Frend
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The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole

71% from 467 members

Gonks Go Beat - 2.5 stars
The Big Job - 3.5 stars
The Day The Earth Caught Fire - 3.5 stars
Doctor In Love - 3.0 stars
The Captain's Table - 3.0 stars

The Captain's Table - 3.0 stars
Gonks Go Beat - 2.5 stars
It's A Wonderful World - 3.0 stars
Lucky Jim - 3.0 stars
Desert Mice - 3.0 stars

Sid James - 3 times - show films
Joan Sims - 3 times - show films
James Hayter - 3 times - show films
Richard Wattis - 2 times - show films
Peggy Cummins - 2 times - show films

Ralph Thomas - 2 times - show films
Val Guest - 2 times - show films
John Boulting - 1 times - show films
Charles Frend - 1 times - show films
Roy Boulting - 1 times - show films