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  • I Know Where I'm Going
  • I Know Where I'm Going review by SolarvanMan from North Yorkshire
    Rated - 2 stars I've forgotten him & where I was going! 6 March 2005
    ...ut well acted, and with a great cast including Scottish Stalwarts John Laurie & Finlay Currie. A nice DVD transfer and some spectacular scenery all help to give this an edge...  
  • People Will Talk
  • People Will Talk review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars A Neglected Classic 3 November 2005
    ...involves Praetorius's mysterious companion Mr. Shunderson brilliantly played by Finlay Currie. The film is a wry commentary on sexual mores of the 50s and the McCarthyite pe...  

Finlay Currie - filmography


  • Ben Hur on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Jack Hawkins,  Stephen Boyd
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited writers including Gore Vidal and Maxwell Anderson, the film once more recounts the tale of Jewish prince ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7,339 members
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  • Footsteps In The Fog on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Stewart Granger,  Jean Simmons,  Bill Travers
    Director: Arthur Lubin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons star in this compelling thriller set in the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London. As he buries his wife in a rain-soaked London churchyard, Stephen Lowry (Stewart Granger) thinks he has committed the perfect murder. He's wrong. His quick-witted young maid Lily (..read more »
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  • Quo Vadis on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Robert Taylor,  Deborah Kerr,  Peter Ustinov
    Director: Mervyn LeRoy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    MGM turned Henry Sinkiewicz's Nobel Prize-winning novel into one of the most extravagant productions in film history. The epic tale is set in the decadence and decay of Nero's Rome, where Christianity is just beginning to foment. Robert Taylor (BILLY THE KID, JOHNNY EAGER) stars as Marcus Vinicius, ..read more »
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  • Great Expectations on DVD (1946)
    Starring: John Mills,  Alec Guinness,  Jean Simmons
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,361 members
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  • The Edge Of The World on DVD (1937)
    Starring: Niall MacGinnis,  John Laurie,  Belle Chrystall
    Director: Michael Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    On a remote Scottish island, poor harvests and bad weather are bringing an end to the traditional ways of life. The islanders must decide whether to abandon their homes and seek employment on the mainland. Director Powell's breakthrough film, shot on the island of Foula, was a particularly ..read more »
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  • The Edge of the World to Watch Now (1937)
    Starring: John Laurie,  Belle Chrystall,  Eric Berry
    Director: Michael Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 74 minutes
    Shot over four arduous months in the wild, windswept Shetland Islands, Michael Powell's first independent production establishes the daring techniques and experimentation that would later become familiar hallmarks of his career. The Edge of the World tells the moving story of a remote island and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 7 members
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Finlay Currie facts

5 most recent films

Billy Liar - 3.5 stars
Corridors Of Blood - 3.0 stars
Kidnapped - 2.5 stars
Ben Hur - 3.5 stars
Footsteps In The Fog - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Great Expectations - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Great Expectations - 3.5 stars
Ben Hur - 3.5 stars
I Know Where I'm Going - 3.5 stars
Quo Vadis - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Quo Vadis - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Footsteps In The Fog - 3.5 stars
Kidnapped - 2.5 stars
Corridors Of Blood - 3.0 stars
People Will Talk - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Laurie - 4 times - show films
John Mills - 4 times - show films
Jean Simmons - 4 times - show films
Valerie Hobson - 3 times - show films
Bernard Miles - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Lean - 3 times - show films
Michael Powell - 3 times - show films
Mervyn LeRoy - 2 times - show films
Emeric Pressburger - 1 times - show films
John Schlesinger - 1 times - show films