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David Niven
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David Niven - filmography
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Curse Of The Pink Panther
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine
Director: Blake Edwards
Certificate: 
When inspector Clouseau is declared missing, another inept detective is hired to solve the mystery. This latest in the series of Pink Panther films features an outstanding score by Henry Mancini.
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53%
from 421 members
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The Sea Wolves
(1980)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Certificate: 
They were the unlikeliest heroes of World War II - the gray-haired veterans of the Calcutta Light Horse, who hadn't seen action since the Boer War, but were fated to become The Sea Wolves. Retelling of true wartime exploits hidden until the 1978 British Official Secrets Act lifted security ..read more »
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68%
from 35 members
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Escape To Athena
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
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On a Greek island during World War II, a diverse group of POWs come up with a plan to escape from their Nazi captors--and retrieve valuable stolen art at the same time. Although an unlikely ally comes to the aid of the prisoners, there is no guarantee that they will succeed in their missions. Will ..read more »
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58%
from 691 members
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A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(1979)
Starring: Richard Jordan, David Niven
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Pinky is released from prison and has decided to go straight from now on, but accidentally getting himself a job as a maintenance man at a large bank, gives him a lot of undue attention from Ivan the Terrible, the local hoodlum. By using Pinky, Ivan hopes to rob the bank and Pinky starts to like to ..read more »
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32%
from 9 members
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Death On The Nile
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Angela Lansbury
Director: John Guillermin
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A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favourite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murdered and everyone on the ship is suspect. The passengers include the ..read more »
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67%
from 986 members
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Candleshoe
(1977)
Starring: David Niven, Jodie Foster, Helen Hayes
Director: Norman Tokar
Certificate: 
Casey Brown (Jodie Foster), a street-wise L.A. kid, joins with a con man (Leo McKern) to cheat Lady St. Edmund (Helen Hayes) whom they believe possesses buried treasure. Casey poses the woman's long-lost granddaughter, but soon finds that life in the mansion isn't what she had expected. This film ..read more »
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67%
from 97 members
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Murder By Death
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Peter Falk
Director: Robert Moore
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Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), ..read more »
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66%
from 1,765 member
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Casino Royale
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Ursula Andress
Director: Val Guest, John Huston, Ken Hughes
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This swinging spoof of Ian Fleming's spy hero concerns an aging James Bond (David Niven), reluctantly dragged out of retirement to face down the evil crime clique called SMERSH. In order to confound the enemy, the Secret Service sends five other agents, also under the name "Bond," and all six ..read more »
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50%
from 2,555 members
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Bedtime Story
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones
Director: Ralph Levy
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In this 1960s comedy, Freddy Benson (Marlon Brando) and Lawrence 'The Prince' Jameson (David Niven) are two charming scoundrel confidence trickster gigolos who prey on wealthy women taking holidays on the French Riviera. The pair join a playful competition to see who is best at the job, and the ..read more »
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57%
from 261 members
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55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven
Director: Nicholas Ray
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The courage and leadership of U.S. Marine (Charlton Heston) and British Ambassador (David Niven) are the only hope against insurmountable odds, while a beautiful Russian Countess (Ava Gardner) must choose between freedom and commitment.
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58%
from 43 members
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Road To Hong Kong
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins
Director: Norman Panama
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In the seventh ROAD... movie wisecracking Chester Babcock (Bob Hope) loses his memory, it leads to a wacky espionage adventure for him and his vaudeville partner Harry (Bing Crosby). The duo's exploits take them from Sri Lanka to Hong Kong, as they contend with a comely spy (Joan Collins) and a ..read more »
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60%
from 308 members
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The Guns Of Navarone
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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One of the great war movies of all time, with an all start cast, and a gripping plot--based on the Alistair MacLean novel. A commando team is sent to a Greek Island to destroy the giant guns of World War II Germany which are controlling a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea. This was a ..read more »
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70%
from 4,761 members
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige
Director: Charles Walters
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David Niven meets his match when he crosses Doris Day's path and questions her ambitions. Niven plays a drama critic who copes with his wife's remodeling plans and a conniving actress friend at the same time...
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67%
from 345 members
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Separate Tables
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, David Niven
Director: Delbert Mann
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Life in an English bed and breakfast where the eccentric guests all have one common trait – loneliness. There's Major Pollack who hides a dark secret behind a polished military veneer; Sibyl Railton-Bell, a shy, neurotic old maid who lacks the courage to break away from her domineering mother. John ..read more »
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68%
from 358 members
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Around The World In 80 Days
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: David Niven, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Michael Anderson
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David Niven is perfect as the imperturbable Victorian English gentleman Phileas Fogg who attempts to win a bet by circumnavigating the globe in just eighty days. The Jules Verne story on a truly cinematic and epic scale. Utilising 140 studio sets, 44 cameo appearances by Hollywood players, 8,552 ..read more »
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59%
from 1,260 member
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Appointment with Venus
(1951)
Starring: David Niven, Kenneth More, Kenneth More
Director: Ralph Thomas
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Delightful World War II farce based on the novel by Jerrard Tickell. At the outbreak of WWII, the Ministry of Agriculture and the War Office join forces to launch a daring mission to rescue a highly lucrative pedigree cow, Venus, from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel. English Army ..read more »
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10%
from 1 member
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The Bishop's Wife
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Cary Grant, David Niven, Loretta Young
Director: Henry Koster
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David Niven plays preoccupied, harrassed Bishop Henry Brougham whose prayers are answered at Christmas when an angel (played by Cary Grant) is sent from heaven to help him raise money for a new church, enabling him to give his full attention to his neglected wife (Loretta Young) and parishioners. ..read more »
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71%
from 1,351 member
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The Way Ahead
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell
Director: Carol Reed
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Boasting a script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, The Way Ahead [1944] is a rousing version of a familiar WWII genre: an officer must hammer a small group of disparate characters into an effective fighting unit as quickly as possible. David Niven stars as tough-minded Lieutenant Jim Perry, who ..read more »
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70%
from 643 members
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The First Of The Few
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: David Niven, Leslie Howard, Rosamund John
Director: Leslie Howard
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This fictionalized biopic tells the story of R.J. Mitchell (Leslie Howard), the British aviator who developed the Spitfire--an ace fighter plane, and Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven, who was granted military leave to star in the film), his daring test pilot who tells the tale in flashback. After ..read more »
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70%
from 438 members
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Bonjour Tristesse
on DVD
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg
Director: Otto Preminger
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Cecile and her father Raymond live a luxurious life, filled with pleasure-seeking excesses. All this is threatened, however, when Raymond decides to marry Cecile's conservative godmother, Anne. Desperate to maintain her lifestyle, Cecile plots to drive Anne away... Based on Francoise Sagan's ..read more »
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58%
from 495 members
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David Niven facts
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One of my favourite films 14 July 2004
...rope in WWII to the miraculous survival (or so it appears) of the ever so sauve David Niven to Heaven - and back again. Or did everything take place in his head - the wild...
A World War II Classic not to be missed!! 22 November 2004
2 August 2004
