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Jack Hawkins - what members say
review by A customer from GLASGOW
TOP MOVIE !!! 28 January 2006
review by A customer from Leicester, England
BEN HUR 25 July 2004
review by from Plymouth, England
They don't make 'em like this anymore! 21 May 2004
Jack Hawkins - filmography
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Kidnapped
(1971)
Starring: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins
Director: Delbert Mann
Certificate: 
This period drama is set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. A young man David Balfour arrives to claim his inheritance but his wicked uncle attempts to kill him and then unduly ships him off to be sold as a slave. Michael Caine stars as Alan Breck, in a spirited performance, who befriends ..read more »
 
56%
from 191 members
Not available for rental
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When Eight Bells Toll
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon
Director: Etienne Perier
Certificate: 
A Naval Secret Service agent's tough assignment is to stop the ruthless pirating of gold bullion in the Irish Sea. The trail takes him to a tiny port in the Hebrides where mysterious disappearances of boats, yachts and people are commonplace..
64%
from 541 members
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Nicholas And Alexandra
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Certificate:
The story of the final years of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and the revolution which turned their lives upside down, and changed the world. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design.
65%
from 547 members
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Jane Eyre
(1970)
Starring: Ian Bannen, Jack Hawkins, Susannah York
Director: Delbert Mann
Certificate: 
In Charlotte Bronte's classic Victorian tale of Jane Eyre (Susannah York), an orphan girl secures the position of governess to the ward of Edward Rochester (George C. Scott), Lord of the English manor house Thornfield, whose halls hide a dark and sinister secret. Jane and the moody and tyrannical ..read more »
46%
from 62 members
Not currently released
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Shalako
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Certificate:
In late-19th-century New Mexico, a hunting party of decadent European aristocrats wanders onto the reservation of some angry Apaches, and it's up to the mysterious wanderer, Shalako (Sean Connery), to save them from getting slaughtered. The group includes Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER) ..read more »
57%
from 326 members
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Operation Opium
(1966)
Starring: Yul Brynner, Angie Dickinson, Trevor Howard
Director: Terence Young
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A motorcycle gang descend upon a small town and cause total chaos by torturing the townsfolk, raping the women and vandalising property. Only one person can stop the carnage, a disillusioned war hero and relentless one-man killing machine...
42%
from 11 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 286 members
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Zulu
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson
Director: Cyril Endfield
Certificate:
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Filmed on a grand scale, Zulu is a rousing recreation of the January 22, 1879, siege of Rorke's Drift in Natal, Africa. An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors have already decimated a huge British garrison; now they are on their way to the much smaller Rorke's Drift. A Royal Engineers officer (Stanley ..read more »
74%
from 13,701 members
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Zulu - Blu-ray
(1964)
Starring: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson
Director: Cyril Endfield
Certificate:
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Narrated by Richard Burton and starring an outstanding Michael Caine in his first starring role, ZULU is a tense and dramatic war film about the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879--which was part of the Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa--where approximately 150 British soldiers held off 4,000 Zulu ..read more »
81%
from 1,596 member
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Lawrence Of Arabia
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn
Director: David Lean
Certificate: 
This sweeping, highly literate historical epic covers the Allies' mideastern campaign during World War I as seen through the eyes of the enigmatic T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in the role that made him a star). After a prologue showing us Lawrence's ultimate fate, we flash back to Cairo in 1917. ..read more »
74%
from 22,082 members
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The League Of Gentlemen
(1960)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
Director: Basil Dearden
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This British crime story has a delightfully dangerous premise: An ex-army colonel angered at being let after 25 years of service to his country, decides to fight back and put together what could be considered a nice severance package for himself. Armed with information he learned on the job, he ..read more »
56%
from 1,343 member
Currently unavailable
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Ben Hur
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
Director: William Wyler
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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 »
71%
from 8,275 members
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Ben-Hur - Blu-ray
(1959)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
Director: William Wyler
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Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd), who was brought up in ..read more »
79%
from 208 members
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Gideon's Day
(1958)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Andrew Ray
Director: John Ford
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Jack Hawkins stars as Chief Inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard in this classic British crime thriller directed
by Hollywood legend John Ford.
Inspector Gideon is a dedicated family man - but it's hard to meet the demands of your family and tackle the relentless wave of crime sweeping through ..read more »
17%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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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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The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) and newly arrived British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). Saito insists that Nicholson order his men to build a bridge over ..read more »
71%
from 16,530 members
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The Long Arm
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison
Director: Charles Frend
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A well-made police thriller which follows a Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent as he finds links between a recent robbery from a safe in a London office building and other similar crimes over the past two years. In every instance the make of the safe was the same.
73%
from 262 members
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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 »
58%
from 163 members
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Touch And Go
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston, Roland Culver
Director: Michael Truman
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The story finds Jim Fletcher (Jack Hawkins:The Long Arm, The Cruel Sea) planning to emigrate to Australia after a row with his employer (James Hayter). As one might expect, the decision to move lock,stock and barrel to another continent is not without pitfalls. Jim's wife (Margaret Johnston: Night ..read more »
61%
from 60 members
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Land of the Pharaohs
(1955)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin
Director: Howard Hawks
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Epic film about an Egyptian pharaoh and the construction of his pyramid over a span of 30 years. However, the pharaoh's sexy, conniving wife has plans of her own - namely stealing her husband's wealth and power.
56%
from 20 members
Currently unavailable
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The Seekers
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell
Director: Ken Annakin
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Famous for being the first ever colour film to be made in New Zealand, this Rank 1954 feature is overflowing with beautiful scenery, colour and set pieces. It is 1821 and adventuring seafarer Philip Wayne (Jack Hawkins) and Paddy Clarke (Noel Purcell) have set ashore to explore the Bay of Plenty. ..read more »
42%
from 14 members
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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 »
66%
from 874 members
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The Cruel Sea
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker, Denholm Elliott
Director: Charles Frend
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An excellent documentary style film about a British ship in the North Atlantic during World War II. The hardships, loneliness and dangers of the sea are faithfully recreated. Academy Award Nominations: Best Screenplay.
72%
from 3,448 members
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Lola / The Witness
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Susan George, Jack Hawkins
Director: Richard Donner
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Features two movies on one DVD. In LOLA, a middle-aged writer falls in love with a 16-year old English nymphet. Boasting a strong performance from Charles Bronson as the writer. In THE WITNESS, a young boy who has witnessed the crime for which his father is being wrongly accused attempts to free ..read more »
40%
from 79 members
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No Highway in the Sky
(1951)
Starring: James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns
Director: Henry Koster
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Theodore Honey is an aeronautical engineer being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new passenger plane designed by his company. His theory is that the planes are susceptible to metal fatigue after a specific amount of time in the air. The absent minded Honey boards the ..read more »
53%
from 8 members
Currently unavailable
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I Lived With You
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Ivor Novello, Ursula Jeans, Ida Lupino
Director: Maurice Elvey
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Maurice Elvey the most prolific British director of all time, directed this 1933 Twickenham Studios production. The director is a story himself, having run away from his home in Stockton to work on the streets of London aged....nine. Co Written and starring Ivor Novello writer of over three hundred ..read more »
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from 3 members
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Jack Hawkins facts
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