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  • The Manchurian Candidate
  • The Manchurian Candidate review by from Bromsgrove, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars A Memorable and Important Thriller 2 April 2004
    ...Top 100 Movies of All Time' lists. Frank Sinatra is decent as always, but it's Laurence Harvey as the brainwashed sleeper agent who is the highlight of the movie. It feat...   Read customer review
  • Darling
  • Darling review by A customer from Staffordshire, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Charming But Brain Dead 23 February 2010
    ...ether, but when he shows that he is serious Diana turns her attention to Miles (Laurence Harvey) who has connections in the media. Perhaps more by luck than judgement Diana m...   Read customer review
  • Three Men in a Boat
  • Three Men in a Boat review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 2.0 stars Customer Review 23 June 2008
    ...ssic book was maybe always a flawed one. Add a little miscasting - (I felt that Laurence Harvey was horribly miscast as George), add script elements that really jar with the t...   Read customer review

Laurence Harvey - filmography


  • The Magic Christian on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Peter Sellers,  Laurence Harvey
    Director: Joseph McGrath
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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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 »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 449 members
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  • The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Daliah Lavi,  Lionel Jeffries
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A veterinarian is hired by the British government to implant a recording device into a bulldog, which will then be given to the Russians as a gift. When the dog gets sick, the vet must fly to Russia to treat it before the Russians find out the animal is "bugged."
    1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 9 members
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  • Darling on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Julie Christie,  Dirk Bogarde,  Laurence Harvey
    Director: John Schlesinger,  Bryan Forbes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Julie Christie stars as the immensely charming Darling, a role that would garner her an Oscar as Best Actress. Although she's married, she falls hard for television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde), and their friendship blossoms into a full-blown affair that has each of them leaving their spouses ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,214 members
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  • Life At The Top on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Jean Simmons,  Honor Blackman
    Director: Ted Kotcheff
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Laurence Harvey turns in an excellent performance in this sequel to the highly successful Room At The Top which follows the life of a social climber whose self-doubt tarnishes his success. With his marriage to the boss' daughter on the rocks, Harvey finds himself embroiled in an affair with a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 25 members
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  • Walk On The Wild Side (1962)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Capucine,  Jane Fonda
    Director: Edward Dmytryk
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    At the Dolls House, a 1930's bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both the clients and for Jo, the Madame. Her comfortable if not tedious existence is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of 3 years before who has been searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 14 members
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  • The Long And The Short And The Tall on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Richard Todd,  Richard Harris
    Director: Leslie Norman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Seven British soldiers are trapped behind Japanese lines during World War II. During the long days and dangerous Malayan jungle nights, tempers are short and the tension is high. A vivid and stark portrayal of a British patrol unit from the director of Dunkirk and producer Michael Balcon.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 258 members
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  • Room At The Top (1959)
    Starring: Simone Signoret,  Laurence Harvey,  Heather Sears
    Director: Jack Clayton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Ruthless young working-class Englishman Laurence Harvey takes a job in a North Country village controlled by millionaire Donald Wolfit. Harvey resents Wolfit's class consciousness and vows to rise to the top by wooing the millionaire's daughter, Heather Sears. Meanwhile he has an affair with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,006 member
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  • I Am A Camera on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Julie Harris,  Shelley Winters
    Director: Henry Cornelius
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on Christopher Isherwood's short stories about decadent pre-Nazi Berlin, this film chronicles the adventures of a struggling writer and his wild female friend Sally Bowles. The basis for the later musical and movie CABARET. A young English writer, exploring the hedonism of 1930's Berlin, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 145 members
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  • The Silent Enemy on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Laurence Harvey,  Dawn Addams,  David Lodge
    Director: William Fairchild
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the maritime events chronicled by Marshall Pugh in his biography of Lieutenant 'Buster' Crabb, this Second World War film concentrates on the heroic defence of allied shipping under threat from Italian mines.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 150 members
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  • Three Men in a Boat on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Jimmy Edwards,  David Tomlinson,  Laurence Harvey
    Director: Ken Annakin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Three friends escape their dull lives by taking a leisurely excursion along the Thames in a small boat. However their planned restful journey is interrupted by a number of comic mishaps and adventures, as well as complications of a romantic nature as they cross paths with ladies such as Sophie ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 348 members
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  • Wall of Death on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Maxwell Reed,  Laurence Harvey,  Susan Shaw
    Director: Lewis Gilbert
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set in the rarefied world of fairground auto racing, the film stars Susan Shaw as Lillian, a stranded performer who attaches herself to a pair of young men. One of them, played by Maxwell Reed, is known only as Racer, a suitable cognomen; the other is Maguire (Laurence Harvey), an aspiring boxer. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 6 members
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  • Cairo Road (1950)
    Starring: Eric Portman,  Laurence Harvey,  Maria Mauban
    Director: David MacDonald
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drug smuggling is rife in Egypt and the Police Chief and his assistant are anxious to catch these pedlars of death. However the traps set on the frontiers are not enough...
    1.5 stars out of 5 34% from 5 members
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  • Landfall on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Michael Denison,  Patricia Plunkett,  Kathleen Harrison
    Director: Ken Annakin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Landfall takes place during the early portions of WWII. RAF pilot Rick (Michael Denison) is transferred to another squadron after sinking a British sub during a bombing raid. Disgraced, Rick has no one to turn to, save for sympathetic barmaid Mona (Patricia Plunkett). With her help, the pilot is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 70 members
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Laurence Harvey facts

5 most recent films

The Magic Christian - 3.0 stars
A Dandy In Aspic - 3.0 stars
The Spy with a Cold Nose - 1.5 stars
Darling - 3.0 stars
Life At The Top - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Silent Enemy - 3.5 stars
The Alamo - 3.5 stars
Landfall - 3.5 stars
The Manchurian Candidate - 3.5 stars
Room At The Top - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Spy with a Cold Nose - 1.5 stars
Cairo Road - 1.5 stars
Scarlet Thread - 2.0 stars
Walk On The Wild Side - 2.0 stars
Wall of Death - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Natalie Wood - 6 times - show films
Ann Blyth - 6 times - show films
Paul Newman - 6 times - show films
Richard Carlson - 6 times - show films
Virginia Mayo - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Victor Saville - 6 times - show films
Michael Curtiz - 6 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 3 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 3 times - show films
Martin Ritt - 3 times - show films