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A Matter Of Life And Death review by from Andover, Hampshire England

Classic Cinema 20 February 2007
...r theme. What other film has a dumbstruck Richard Attenborough, a anti-English Raymond Massey (not playing Lincoln, for once) and a DeHavilland Mosquito buzzing the beach. ... Read customer review

Arsenic and Old Lace review by GraftheGreatest from London, England

There is a Happydale far far away! 26 May 2004
...tims' in the cellar (Panama Canal). The third of the 3 nephews, is Jonathan (Raymond Massey), a mad psychotic killer with an unmistakable likeness to Boris Karloff & his a... Read customer review

3 Classic Crime Films Of The Silver Screen - The Speckled Band review by A customer from North Yorks

Of Historical Interest 6 August 2008
...ity which spoils the viewers enjoyment. The two Sherlock Holmes in these films (Raymond Massey and Arthur Wontner) are now largely forgotten but they aquit themselves well in... Read customer review

Raymond Massey - filmography

MacKenna's Gold on DVD (1968)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Certificate:
A U.S. Sheriff, entrusted with a map of the legendary Valley of Gold, is attacked by an unruly bandit gang and his own local townspeople. They are all fired by greed and gold lust, but bound together by a fear of their common enemy - the Apache. Based on a novel by Will Henry, with music by Quincy ..read more »

63% from 442 members

East Of Eden on DVD (1955)
Starring: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris
Director: Elia Kazan
Certificate:
The 24-year old idol-to-be James Dean plays Cal, a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favored brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Playing off the haunting sensitivity of Julie Harris, Dean's performance earned one of the film's four ..read more »

71% from 1,923 member

Battle Cry on DVD (1954)
Starring: Dorothy Malone, William Campbell, Anne Francis
Director: Raoul Walsh
Certificate:
Non-stop action characterises this World War II epic with an all-star cast. The heroic exploits of a Marine battalion are followed from basic training through the bloody invasion of Aaipan. Newsreel and 'Speedy Gonzales' cartoon are a part of this Leon Uris novel brought to the big screen. Academy ..read more »

52% from 221 members

David And Bathsheba on DVD (1951)
Starring: Gregory Peck, James Robertson Justice, Susan Hayward
Director: Henry King
Certificate:
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA brings to life what is possibly the most dramatic story in the Old Testament. Gregory Peck stars as King David, a devout servant of God who is having serious marital difficulties with his wife Michal. Recently returned home from the wars with the Ark of the Covenant in tow, ..read more »

63% from 48 members

The Fountainhead (1949)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey
Director: King Vidor
Certificate:
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards

69% from 42 members
Currently unavailable

Possessed (1947)
Starring: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Certificate:
A nurse marries her employer and kills another man...

68% from 217 members
Not currently released

A Matter Of Life And Death on DVD (1946)
Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Certificate:
Also known as Stairway to Heaven, A Matter of Life and Death is the remarkable British fantasy film that became the surprise hit of 1946. David Niven stars as Peter Carter, a World War II RAF pilot who is forced to bail out of his crippled plane without a parachute. He wakes up to find he has ..read more »

71% from 10,530 members

The Woman in the Window on DVD (1945)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey
Director: Fritz Lang
Certificate:
In this tense melodrama, a meek college professor gets mixed up in murder and blackmail.

69% from 429 members

Arsenic and Old Lace on DVD (1944)
Starring: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Director: Frank Capra
Certificate:
A drama critic discovers that his family are mad on the eve of his wedding. His aunts have hidden thirteen bodies in the cellar and the police are hunting for his brother who has also committed murder. Can he keep it all a secret from the rest of the world....?

72% from 4,812 members

Reap The Wild Wind on DVD (1942)
Starring: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Certificate:
John Wayne, Ray Milland, and Paulette Goddard team up with the legendary producer-director Cecil B. DeMille to create one of the greatest swashbuckling epics of all time. Adventures on the panoramic high seas highlight this tale of two men competing for the same woman. Key West in the 1840s is ..read more »

62% from 210 members

49th Parallel on DVD (1941)
Starring: Eric Portman, Laurence Olivier, Anton Walbrook
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressbu
Certificate:
After being sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the Canadian Air Force, six German U-boat survivors attempt to escape into the United States.

61% from 802 members

Santa Fe Trail on DVD (1940)
Starring: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale
Director: Michael Curtiz
Certificate:
Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, and Olivia de Havilland star in this lofty Western about the cavalry officers responsible for capturing abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey). As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn), George ..read more »

59% from 176 members

Fire Over England on DVD (1937)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh, Flora Robson
Director: William K. Howard, William K. Howard
Certificate:
Set during the reign of Elizabeth I, Fire over England follows the adventures of Michael Ingolby, agent of the Queen, as he tries to uncover the extent of a Spanish spy-ring operating in England. This requires him to pretend to be one of them. When his pretence fails he is imprisoned in Spain. Can ..read more »

60% from 85 members

Things To Come (1936)
Starring: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
H. G. Wells was both the author of the original source -- an essay, rather than an actual novel, concerning mankind's future -- and the screenplay (in conjunction with Lajos Biro) of this epic science fiction tale, but it was producer Alexander Korda who framed the terms on which it is presented, ..read more »

67% from 580 members
Currently unavailable

Things To Come - Blu-ray (1936)
Starring: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A visually sweeping sci-fi classic full of futuristic vistas and modern cityscapes, based on the story by H.G. Wells and written for the screen by Wells. Beginning before World War II and travelling to 2036 AD, this journey predicts a host of modernities before following a rocketship to the moon. ..read more »

20% from 1 member
Not available for rental

3 Classic Crime Films Of The Silver Scre... on DVD
Starring: Raymond Massey, Arthur Wontner, Ralph Byrd
Director: Jack Raymond, Thomas Bentley
Certificate:
Three features. In 'The Speckled Band', Sherlock Holmes exposes a mysterious plot whilst investigating the case of a murdered girl. Also features: 'Silver Blaze' and 'Blake Of Scotland Yard'.

46% from 15 members

Sherlock Holmes - The Classic Sherlock H...
Starring: Raymond Massey
Director: Jack Raymond
Certificate:
Two movies featuring Raymond Massey and eight television adventures featuring Ronald Howard. Also 'Blake Of Scotland Yard'.

65% from 17 members
Currently unavailable

Raymond Massey facts

5 most recent films

MacKenna's Gold - 3.0 stars
East Of Eden - 3.5 stars
Battle Cry - 2.5 stars
David And Bathsheba - 3.0 stars
The Fountainhead - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Arsenic and Old Lace - 3.5 stars
East Of Eden - 3.5 stars
A Matter Of Life And Death - 3.5 stars
The Woman in the Window - 3.5 stars
Possessed - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Things To Come - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
3 Classic Crime Films Of The Silver Screen - The Speckled Band - 2.5 stars
David And Bathsheba - 3.0 stars
Sherlock Holmes - The Classic Sherlock Holmes - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
The Fountainhead - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sophie Stewart - 4 times - show films
Margaretta Scott - 4 times - show films
Julie Harris - 3 times - show films
Ivan Brandt - 3 times - show films
Maurice Braddell - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Elia Kazan - 3 times - show films
William Cameron Menzies - 3 times - show films
Emeric Pressburger - 2 times - show films
Harold Young - 2 times - show films
Michael Powell - 2 times - show films