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  • Treasure Island
  • Treasure Island review by from WEST BROMWICH
    Rated - 3 stars 10 May 2004
    ...A good wholesome family film from Disney. Robert Newton set the standard here for all the pirate movies that followed. His performance as Long John Silver is a grand spree i...  
  • Oliver Twist
  • Oliver Twist review by FlyingSam from Melton Mowbray
    Rated - 5 stars David Lean's classic Oliver Twist 24 January 2008
    ...haps the soft and delicate delivery of his lines that are the most compelling. Robert Newton's Bill Sikes is yet another performance of note (in a film which is full of the...  
  • Odd Man Out
  • Odd Man Out review by from Manchester
    Rated - 4 stars Count me in! 28 November 2004
    ... career as the archetypal suave villain). Moreover, you get superb support from Robert Newton as crazed villain, and Reed's willingness to get out on the streets to film. Lo...  

Robert Newton - filmography


  • The Desert Rats on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Richard Burton,  James Mason,  Robert Newton
    Director: Robert Wise
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 732 members
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  • Oliver Twist on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Robert Newton,  Anthony Newley
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    David Lean's prodigious adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic expands fervently on the theme of a lonely boy in a world of bullies. When the orphan hero, Oliver (John Howard Davies), escapes to London, the Artful Dodger (Anthony Newley) delivers him to the notorious Fagan (Alec Guinness), who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,952 members
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  • Odd Man Out on DVD (1946)
    Starring: James Mason,  Robert Newton,  Kathleen Ryan
    Director: Carol Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 521 members
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  • Henry V on DVD (1945)
    Starring: Robert Newton,  Laurence Olivier,  Leslie Banks
    Director: Laurence Olivier
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The definitive call to arms, Laurence Olivier's Henry V is a patriotic saga awash with pageantry, battles, romance and political chicanery. Intended to rally Britain during the darkest days of World War II, the film shows how the star of England sought to stake an ancestral, royal claim on the soil ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,520 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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  • Jamaica Inn on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Charles Laughton,  Maureen O'Hara,  Leslie Banks
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Set in 19th-century Cornwall, this tale of a young woman who visits her aunt, only to discover she's residing in a haven for throat-slashing pirates, is one of Hitchcock's lesser-known films. A period melodrama, the film features an excellent Maureen O'Hara in one of her earlier roles. JAMAICA INN ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,207 member
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  • Long John Silver (5 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Robert Newton
    Director: Lee Sholem
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Straight out of the book 'Treasure Island' comes the character known as Long John Silver. Join him in his serial debut. Also includes: 'The Necklace', 'Pieces of Eight', 'The Orphan's Christmas', 'The Execution Dock', 'The Eviction', 'The Pink Pearl', 'The Tale Of The Tooth', 'Ship Of The Dead', '..read more »
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  • Long John Silver to Watch Now (1954)
    Starring: Robert Newton,  Connie Gilchrist,  Lloyd Berryll
    Director: Byron Haskin
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 106 minutes
    The quintessential Long John Silver re-appears as a follow up to Treasure Island but this time on a Caribbean island. A rival has captured a ship with the governor's daughter on board as well as Jim Hawkins. Long John makes a plan.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4 members
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Robert Newton facts

5 most recent films

Donald Sinden Icon Collection - Mix Me A Person - 3.5 stars
Donald Sinden Icon Collection - Rockets Galore - 4.0 stars
Around The World In 80 Days - 3.0 stars
Donald Sinden Icon Collection - Tiger In The Smoke - 3.5 stars
Donald Sinden Icon Collection - Eyewitness - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

James Mason - The Screen Icons Collection - 3.5 stars
This Happy Breed - 3.5 stars
Oliver Twist - 3.5 stars
Odd Man Out - 3.5 stars
The Desert Rats - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Night Boat To Dublin - 3 stars
The Adventures Of Long John Silver - Vol. 2 - 2.5 stars
Long John Silver - 2.5 stars
The Adventures Of Long John Silver - Vol. 1 - 2.5 stars
The Classic Pirates - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Stanley Holloway - 12 times - show films
John Mills - 12 times - show films
Michael Hordern - 11 times - show films
Glynis Johns - 10 times - show films
Adam Faith - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ralph Thomas - 10 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 10 times - show films
Muriel Box - 10 times - show films
Jim Goddard - 9 times - show films
David Lean - 4 times - show films