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Alec Guinness - filmography
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A Foreign Field
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Edward Herrmann
Director: Charles Sturridge
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Five decades after blood flowed freely on its shores, Normandy is revisited by a handful of nostalgic World War Two veterans (Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, and John Randolph). It isn't long before the men begin to reopen old wounds as they explore the battlefield that shaped their lives. Two of the ..read more »
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68%
from 223 members
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Kafka
(1991)
Starring: Theresa Russell, Alec Guinness, Jeremy Irons
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Set in 1919 Prague, this mystery drama follows a lonely recluse's efforts to find the truth surrounding his closest friend's disappearance. His search arouses the suspicions of the police and turns him into a hunted man...
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58%
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Not currently released
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A Handful Of Dust
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: James Wilby, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Rupert Graves
Director: Charles Sturridge
Certificate: 
Tony and Brenda appear to have the perfect marriage - living in the fashionable England of the 30's in a Victorian country estate. But when Tony invites the dashing, yet penniless young socialite John Beaver for a weekend stay, he unknowingly ignites a series of shattering events - passion, ..read more »
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62%
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Little Dorrit
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Cyril Cusack, Michael Elphick, Eleanor Bron
Director: Christine Edzard
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A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years.
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60%
from 364 members
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Monsignor Quixote
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Ian Richardson
Director: Rodney Bennett
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Alec Guinness portrays the title character in this made-for-television adaptation of Graham Greene's novel--itself a meditation on Cervantes' "Don Quixote." A provincial Spanish clergyman embarks on a trip to Madrid with a rigid Communist his only company. The unlikely pair converse to pass the ..read more »
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66%
from 288 members
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A Passage To India
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox
Director: David Lean
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David Lean returned to filmmaking after a 14-year absence to direct this award-winning adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel. Adela Quested (Judy Davis), a young and spirited Englishwoman, travels to India alongside the somewhat older Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft). Mrs. Moore's hope is that her son, an ..read more »
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69%
from 2,202 members
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Smiley's People
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Mario Adorf, Eileen Atkins
Director: Simon Langton
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John Le Carre's follow up to the highly acclaimed TINKER, TAILER, SOLDIER, SPY sees shy espionage expert George Smiley coming out of retirement yet again to investigate enemy filtration in his old department. Alec Guinness reprises his superb, definitive nuanced role as Smiley in this masterful ..read more »
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80%
from 2,892 members
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Raise The Titanic
(1980)
Starring: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby
Director: Jerry Jameson
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An action-drama dealing with the recovery of the passenger liner Titanic which sank in icy waters in 1912. Based on Clive Cussler's novel, the film sees American and Russian teams racing to be the first to salvage the famous ship and the mysterious cargo she carries.
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55%
from 457 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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Brother Sun, Sister Moon
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
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Director Franco Zeffirelli brings his unique blend of inspired on-location photography, beautiful young actors, and moving spiritual energy to the story of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francesco (Graham Faulkner) is the spoiled son of a wealthy merchant until he renounces all his worldly possessions to ..read more »
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62%
from 322 members
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Cromwell
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Richard Harris, Stratford Johns
Director: Ken Hughes
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Following the rise of Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris) to power as Lord Protector and in the process was central to bringing King Charles I to trial and exectution. In doing so, Cromwell laid the seeds for the more democratic Great Britain of today. This amazing story is told in an epic and lavish ..read more »
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66%
from 1,139 member
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The Quiller Memorandum
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max Von Sydow
Director: Michael Anderson
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George Segal, Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow square off against each other in this espionage thriller, adapted by Harold Pinter, from the novel by Adam Hall. Ace spy Quiller is lured away from holiday to replace a British agent who died while essaying a most challenging assignment: infiltrating ..read more »
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59%
from 436 members
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Doctor Zhivago
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Geraldine Chaplin, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay
Director: David Lean
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PLEASE NOTE: THE FEATURE DISC MAY ARRIVE AS A DOUBLE-SIDED DISC OR AS TWO DISCS TOGETHER. PLEASE CHECK THE DISCS BEFORE RETURNING.
David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar ..read more »
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72%
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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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The success of Mann's widescreen epic El Cid (1961) led to this even grander undertaking, one of Hollywood's periodic infatuations with the decadence of Imperial Rome. After murdering his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus drifts into a life of wanton depravity as the Gothic hordes gather at ..read more »
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59%
from 547 members
Not currently released
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H.M.S. Defiant
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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Alec Guinness must battle a mutinous crew and Napoleon's fleet in the rousing, historical adventure H.M.S Defiant. As commander of the British warship H.M.S. Defiant, the humane Crawford (Guinness) strives to maintain order throughout the ship against the ceaseless brutality of sadistic first mate ..read more »
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64%
from 482 members
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Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn
Director: David Lean
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David Lean's masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, ..read more »
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74%
from 19,283 members
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Tunes of Glory
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price
Director: Ronald Neame
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In Ronald Neame's Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness inhabits the role of Jock Sinclair - a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man, who expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil ..read more »
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76%
from 328 members
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Barnacle Bill
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Percy Herbert
Director: Charles Frend
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Captain Ambrose (Alec Guinness) is the last in a long line of distinguished seafarers. Forced to retire due to chronic seasickness, he takes charge of a dilapidated pier in a seaside resort. After he finds out the town�s Mayor wants to demolish his beloved pier, Ambrose registers the pier as ..read more »
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72%
from 107 members
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The Bridge On The River Kwai
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins
Director: David Lean
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One of the all-time great war films, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI is yet another classic from the marvelous David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, DR. ZHIVAGO). The film is an outstanding, psychologically complex adaptation of Pierre Boulle's 1952 novel, a classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to ..read more »
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71%
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The Prisoner
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Director: Peter Glenville
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In a nameless totalitarian nation teeming with social unrest, a clergyman (Alec Guiness) is jailed on a trumped-up charge of treason. A government worker (Jack Hawkins) interrogates the inmate, eventually, goading the priest into admitting several crimes. After his confessions are made public, the ..read more »
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58%
from 105 members
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The Ladykillers
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Alice Krige
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
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Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers ..read more »
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72%
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The Malta Story
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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This British wartime drama focuses on the crucial battle for control of Malta. Lieutenant Peter Ross, a Royal Air Force reconnaissance photographer, gets shot down over Malta while flying to Egypt. Since he cannot get off the island, the British forces there employ his talents to help defeat the ..read more »
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65%
from 769 members
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The Card
(1952)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson
Director: Ronald Neame
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Amusing adaptation of Arnold Bennett's tale of a young man who made the cards fall his way.
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67%
from 44 members
Not available for rental
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Madeleine
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Director: David Lean
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The David Lean Collection - 9 Disc Box Set showcases a brilliant selection of classic films by the director David Lean. Titles include: "Brief Encounter"; "Great Expectations"; "Oliver Twist"; "Madeleine"; "The Passionate Friends"; "The Sound Barrier"; "Hobson's Choice"; "This Happy Breed"; and "..read more »
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67%
from 81 members
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Oliver Twist
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Anthony Newley
Director: David Lean
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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 »
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69%
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, the young boy encounters an escaped convict, and a chance meeting years later ..read more »
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71%
from 4,302 members
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Great Expectations - BLU-RAY Version
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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Lean's definitive version of the Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In nineteenth century London, in the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years ..read more »
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74%
from 154 members
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Father Brown
Starring: Gerard Oury, Joan Greenwood, Alice Krige
Director: Robert Hamer
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Alec Guinness stars as G.K. Chesterton's legendary detective Father Brown in this splendid comedy thriller directed by Robert Hamer (Kind Hearts and Coronets).
When Father Brown hears that Flambeau (Peter Finch), an international art thief, is planning to steal a priceless cross once owned by ..read more »
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55%
from 10 members
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Our Man In Havana
on DVD
Starring: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Mareen O'Hara
Director: Carol Reed
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Jim Wormold sells vacuum cleaners in Havana. His daughter Milly, 17, spends a lot of money, so he accepts to work for the Intelligence Service. As he has nothing to report, he invents facts, pretends to recruit agents and to discover secret constructions...
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To Paris With Love
to Watch Now
(1955)
Starring: Odile Versois, Vernon Gray, Alec Guinness
Director: Robert Hamer
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Run time: 78 minutes
Sir Edgar Fraser, a widowed Scottish aristocrat who decides that it is time to introduce his 20-year-old son to the opposite sex. This, he decides, must be done in Paris, the most romantic city in the world. So off they go, and Sir Edgar is determined to find a beautiful, spirited girl for his son. ..read more »
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Alec Guinness facts
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excellent adaptation 6 January 2005
...to create a tight narrative. The acting is superb, particularly John Mills and Alec Guinness, and the tale of Pip's woes as he atteempts to impress Estrella remain compelli...
David Lean's classic Oliver Twist 24 January 2008
Fairly disappointing 24 January 2005
