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review by A customer from London, England
Wonderful, Except... 24 April 2005
review by from Manchester
Count me in! 28 November 2004
review by ancientmariner from Cornwall
Classic British war movie 26 October 2005
James Mason - filmography
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The Shooting Party
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, James Mason
Director: Alan Bridges
Certificate: 
In October 1913, a group of aristocratic men and women gather for a shooting party at an estate in the heart of the English countryside. Assured and opulent, they move through the elaborate rituals of an Edwardian country house party. But times are changing and the values that have ordered their ..read more »
 
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from 635 members
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Unknown Chaplin
(1983)
Starring: James Mason, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman
Director: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
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This three-part programme gives an extraordinary insight into many aspects of Chaplin's dazzing career: his early working methods, the making of famous films such as City Lights and Modern Times and the movies he made for fun. They include the first interviews with two of Chaplin's most enigmatic ..read more »
63%
from 53 members
Not available for rental
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Ivanhoe
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill
Director: Douglas Camfield
Certificate: 
The classic adventure novel by Sir Walter Scott, which covers the same ground as the various Robin Hood legends, becomes this impressive television production, boasting a well-heeled British cast, a robust pace, and solid production values. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) is a young Saxon ..read more »
64%
from 35 members
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Evil Under The Sun
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Peter Ustinov makes his second appearance as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie mystery. When noted stage star Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) is found murdered while visiting a posh island resort, Poirot is called upon to find the culprit, but given ..read more »
70%
from 616 members
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Bloodline
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Romy Schneider, James Mason
Director: Terence Young
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Suspense thriller based on the best-selling novel by Sidney Sheldon. When Sam Roffe, president of a multinational pharmaceutical company, is killed while mountain-climbing, his beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Audrey Hepburn) inherits the controlling interest of his empire - and almost immediately ..read more »
45%
from 122 members
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The Passage
(1979)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Director J. Lee Thompson directed this World War II adventure drama from a script by author Bruce Nicolaysen who adapted the screenplay from his novel The Perilous Passage. Anthony Quinn stars as a brave Basque mountaineer who is hired by the American military to guide Professor Bergsson (James ..read more »
30%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Salem's Lot
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin
Director: Tobe Hooper
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With Salem's Lot, a blood-curdling shocker based on the novel by Stephen King, director Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) sends the time-honored vampire legend soaring on bat wings into the modern era.
Sinister events bring together a writer (David Soul) fascinated with an old hilltop house, a suave ..read more »
67%
from 3,545 members
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Murder By Decree
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland
Director: Bob Clark
Certificate: 
Christopher Plummer and James Mason take on the roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this entertaining mystery-thriller. The famous sleuth and his loyal sidekick try to figure out the identity of Jack the Ripper and stop the madman's killing spree once and for all. In the process, they ..read more »
64%
from 432 members
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The Boys From Brazil
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to ..read more »
66%
from 2,113 members
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The Water Babies
(1978)
Starring: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins
Director: Lionel Jeffries
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Charles Kingsley's classic magical children's tale of Tom, a twelve year-old boy who is apprenticed to the unkind Master Chimney Sweep, Grimes. Life is tough for Tom - while he sweeps, Grimes and his unpleasant sidekick, Masterman, busy themselves thieving. Live action and animation.
64%
from 965 members
Not currently released
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Heaven Can Wait
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
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When L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) is plucked from Earth too soon by an overzealous angel, he is sent back to Earth in another, older body. He struggles to regain his old spot in the line-up while straightening out his host's tangled affairs. Based not on the 1943 movie of the ..read more »
64%
from 1,278 member
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Cross Of Iron
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: James Coburn, James Mason, David Warner
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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A quote from Bertolt Brecht ends this bitter and angry war film by Sam Peckinpah: Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again. Peckinpah's intense and belligerently non-commercial work, (based on the book ..read more »
70%
from 3,682 members
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Cross Of Iron - Blu-ray
(1977)
Starring: James Coburn, James Mason, David Warner
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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A very strong anti-war message film, set during World War II and told entirely from the German perspective. A German Army Sergeant doggedly struggles to keep his platoon intact while surviving the horrors of the Russian front in 1943.
70%
from 253 members
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Autobiography Of A Princess
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: James Mason, Madhur Jaffrey, Keith Varnier
Director: James Ivory
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The London-based daughter-in-exile of an Indian Maharajah holds onto the memory of her father and Imperial India through faded home movies. The annual visit from her former English tutor gives her the chance to further reminisce, and to discover more about her father's complex relationship with the ..read more »
37%
from 92 members
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Mandingo
(1975)
Starring: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King
Director: Richard Fleischer
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A slave owner in the 1840s trains his slaves to be bare-knuckle fighting champions, unaware that his daughter is having an affair with his top fighter.
72%
from 5 members
Currently unavailable
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11 Harrowhouse
(1974)
Starring: Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin, James Mason
Director: Aram Avakian
Certificate: 
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
63%
from 3 members
Currently unavailable
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Age Of Consent
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran
Director: Michael Powell
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Disillusioned with life, celebrated artist Bradley Morahan (James Mason) retreats to the solitude of a tropical island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The island, however, turns out to be far from uninhabited. Bradley soon stumbles upon Cora, played by Helen Mirren (The Queen), a beautiful, ..read more »
56%
from 207 members
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The Deadly Affair
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: James Mason, Simone Signoret, Harry Andrews
Director: Sidney Lumet
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A Foreign Office man apparently commits suicide. A colleague is not convinced and teams up with a retired CID Inspector to look into it. They finally uncover a spy ring but in doing so endanger their own lives.....
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from 457 members
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The Blue Max
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Karl Michael Vogler, Derren Nesbitt, Derek Newark
Director: John Guillermin
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During World War I, the Blue Max, a coveted medal for achievement in flying, is ruthlessly sought by Bruno Satchel (George Peppard), a poor-boy German soldier who climbs out of the trenches and into the aristocratic air force. He is met with prejudice by the other contestants, wealthy snobs who ..read more »
63%
from 853 members
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Genghis Khan
(1965)
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason
Director: Henry Levin
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Genghis Khan stars Omar Sharif in the role of the legendary Mongol chieftain, uniter of the nomadic hoardes, conqueror of all Asia and terror of the west! This film tells the story of his rise from captive slave boy to daring guerilla leader, to confiant and ally of the Emperor of China, to saviour ..read more »
40%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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Lord Jim
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach
Director: Richard Brooks
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This faithful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1900 novel tells the story of a romantic young Englishman, Jim (Peter O'Toole), who takes to the sea on a merchant vessel in his quest for adventure. Imagining himself to be a great man with a bright future, Jim instead deserts at the first true test of ..read more »
60%
from 293 members
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The Fall Of The Roman Empire
(1964)
Starring: Alec Guinness, James Mason, Stephen Boyd
Director: Anthony Mann
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Though Fall of the Roman Empire is now infamous as the epic which destroyed the cinematic empire of producer Samuel Bronston, the film is actually an above-average historical drama, attempting to make sense of the political intrigues which resulted in the dissolution of the Glory That Was Rome. The ..read more »
59%
from 623 members
Not currently released
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Tiara Tahiti
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: James Mason, John Mills
Director: Ted Kotcheff
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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.
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from 29 members
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Lolita
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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How did they make a movie out of Lolita? teased the print ads of this Stanley Kubrick production. The answer: by adding three years to the title character's age. The original Vladimir Nabokov novel caused no end of scandal by detailing the romance between a middle-aged intellectual and a 12-year-..read more »
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from 4,948 members
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North by Northwest - Blu-ray
(1959)
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
NORTH BY NORTHWEST is a suspense thriller that finds Cary Grant in the role of Roger Thornhill, a Manhattan advertising executive mistaken for a spy. Considered by many to be the prototypical pure action movie (creating the template for later James Bond and Indiana Jones films), the film is a cross-..read more »
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from 1,151 member
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Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl
Director: Henry Levin
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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH is based on Jules Verne's 1864 novel. A scientist heads out on a treacherous journey to the center of the earth. With him are an intrepid student, an Icelandic guide and the widow of a geologist who steals his information in an attempt to beat him to the earth's ..read more »
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from 1,455 member
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Bigger than Life
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
Director: Nicholas Ray
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Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone ..read more »
70%
from 385 members
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Prince Valiant
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner
Director: Henry Hathaway
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The Saturday matinee adventure classic is back! Young Prince Valiant travels to Camelot to become a squire for Sir Gawain, one of King Arthur's legendary knights, unaware that the traitor that sold his father King Aguar to the pagan rival King Sligon is already seated at the Round Table!
With ..read more »
63%
from 27 members
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Prince Valiant - Blu-ray
(1954)
Starring: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner
Director: Henry Hathaway
Certificate:
The Saturday matinee adventure classic is back! Young Prince Valiant travels to Camelot to become a squire for Sir Gawain, one of King Arthur's legendary knights, unaware that the traitor that sold his father King Aguar to the pagan rival King Sligon is already seated at the Round Table!
With ..read more »
52%
from 33 members
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A Star Is Born
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford
Director: George Cukor
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The 1954 musical remake of A Star is Born could have been titled A Star is Reborn, in that it represented the triumphal return to the screen of Judy Garland after a four-year absence. The remake adheres closely to the plotline of the 1937 original: An alcoholic film star, on his last professional ..read more »
68%
from 1,384 member
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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas
Director: Richard Fleischer
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This 1954 Disney version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea represented the studio's costliest and most elaborate American-filmed effort to date. Kirk Douglas plays a trouble-shooting 19th century seaman, trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. ..read more »
63%
from 1,801 member
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: James Mason, Ava Gardner
Director: Albert Lewin
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In this adaptation of the famous "Flying Dutchman" legend, James Mason plays a man condemned to travel the world until he finds a woman willing to die for his love. He certainly doesn't think he's discovered her in a beautiful nightclub singer (the stunning Ava Gardner) who juggles lines of suitors...read more »
67%
from 341 members
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman - Blu-ray
(1951)
Starring: James Mason, Ava Gardner
Director: Albert Lewin
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In this adaptation of the famous "Flying Dutchman" legend, James Mason plays a man condemned to travel the world until he finds a woman willing to die for his love. He certainly doesn't think he's discovered her in a beautiful nightclub singer (the stunning Ava Gardner) who juggles lines of suitors...read more »
69%
from 81 members
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The Desert Rats
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton
Director: Robert Wise
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Richard Burton stars in this exciting film directed by Robert Wise about the courageous men who held off German Field Marshall Erwin Rommell, despite being hopelessly outnumbered. The year is 1941, and all that stands between Rommel and the Suez Canal is the fortress of Tobruk, which is manned only ..read more »
68%
from 867 members
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The Desert Fox
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy
Director: Henry Hathaway
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James Mason delivers a strong performance in the title role of this sympathetic study of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. In the early '40s, Rommel's juggernaut Afrika Korps dominated North Africa. But as the tide turned and he came to the painful realization that his Fuhrer, to whom he had sworn ..read more »
69%
from 775 members
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Reckless Moment
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks
Director: Max Ophuls
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Following the accidental death of her lowlife boyfriend, respectable mother Lucia Harper instinctively hides the body to protect her family. Before a long a stranger calls, sent by his partner to blackmail her. the comfort and security of Lucia's world appears to be in danger of collapsing.
71%
from 497 members
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Caught
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: James Mason, Robert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes
Director: Max Ophuls
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After a long career in Europe making costume dramas like MAYERLING TO SARAJEVO, Max Ophuls came to Hollywood. In CAUGHT, he attempted an American-style film noir with a heavy soap opera influence. Taken from a novel, WILD CALENDAR by Libbie Block, the script is by Arthur Laurents, most famous as ..read more »
68%
from 205 members
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Odd Man Out
(1946)
Starring: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
Director: Carol Reed
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James Mason stars in this powerful suspense drama as Johnny McQueen, the leader of a quasi-IRA group. When he's wounded in a botched robbery, he becomes the object of an intense police manhunt and must scramble desperately about Belfast in an attempt to escape. Kathleen (Kathleen Ryan), the woman ..read more »
71%
from 761 members
Not currently released
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Odd Man Out - Blu-ray
(1946)
Starring: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
Director: Carol Reed
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James Mason stars in this powerful suspense drama as Johnny McQueen, the leader of a quasi-IRA group. When he's wounded in a botched robbery, he becomes the object of an intense police manhunt and must scramble desperately about Belfast in an attempt to escape. Kathleen (Kathleen Ryan), the woman ..read more »
37%
from 4 members
Not available for rental
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They Were Sisters
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Hugh Sinclair
Director: Arthur Crabtree
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An epic tale of three sisters, their loves and their lives, played out by an all-star British cast, They Were Sisters was voted fourth in the National Film Awards of 1946 behind The Way to the Stars. Lucy (Phyllis Calvert), Charlotte (Dulcie Gray) and Vera (Anne rawford) are three sisters who are ..read more »
64%
from 42 members
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They Met in the Dark
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls
Director: Carl Lamac
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A thrilling wartime espionage drama in which the respected naval commander Richard Heritage (James Mason) is duped by Mary, an attractive, enemy agent who plants false naval movement orders on him. As a consequence of these false plans, a merchant ship is lost to enemy submarines and Heritage is ..read more »
56%
from 26 members
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Candlelight In Algeria
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell
Director: George King
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Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) is cast into a web of international intrigue when she decides to hide fugitive British agent Alan Thurston (James Mason) from suave Nazi Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla). Thurston's mission is to travel to the Vichy colony of Algiers and recover a camera revealing the exact ..read more »
63%
from 90 members
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Thunder Rock
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen, James Mason
Director: Roy Boulting
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Based on a play by Robert Ardrey, Michael Redgrave stars in this powerful and intriguing drama as a political journalist who retreats from the corrupt world of the press to seek solace in a remote lighthouse station. Soon he is having visions of those whose lives have been lost to the sea, a ..read more »
57%
from 220 members
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Secret Mission
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver
Director: Harold French
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James Mason stars as a French intelligence officer in this classic wartime thriller. Parachuting into occupied France along with fellow agents Roland Culver, Michael Wilding and Hugh Williams, the team embark on a seemingly suicidal mission to determine the strength of the German defence forces - a ..read more »
53%
from 40 members
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Stewart Granger Collection
(12 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Stewart Granger, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert
Director: Arthur Crabtree, Anthony Asquith, Arthur Crabt
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Includes the Stewart Granger films ADAM AND EVELYNE, BLANCHE FURY, CAESER AND CLEOPATRA, CAPTAIN BOYCOTT, FANNY BY GASLIGHT, LAMP STILL BURNS, LOVE STORY, MADONNA OF THE SEVEN MOONS, MAGIC BOW, WATERLOO ROAD, WOMAN HATER, and CARAVAN.
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from 78 members
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James Mason facts
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... this world. This musical, with Judy Garland's rising star falling in love with James Mason's falling star, is still moving and brilliant today.
The deleted scenes, how...
