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  • Battle Of The River Plate
  • Battle Of The River Plate review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4.0 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 4 March 2006
    ...f River Plate is the story of Britain's first significant naval victory in WW2. John Gregson heads the cast as Captain Bell, skipper of the Exeter, one of several vessels e...   Read customer review
  • Gideon's Way - The Complete Series
  • Gideon's Way - The Complete Series review by from York, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars The good old days 30 September 2005
    ... characters is not. The cops were good and the robbers were bad, simple really. John Gregson is great as the pipe and slippers copper and the theme tune is catchy. ...   Read customer review
  • Sea of Sand
  • Sea of Sand review by A customer from
    Rated - 3.5 stars WW2 Epic 24 October 2011
    ...em on the beaches film, Good action, good storyline, and above all good acting, John Gregsons stiff upper lip is terrific...   Read customer review

John Gregson - filmography


  • Dangerous Knowledge on DVD (1976)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Patrick Allen,  Prunella Ransome
    Director: Alan Gibson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Once you're in the spy game, you never leave. Kirby (John Gregson) is ex-Army Intelligence. Now he's a mere insurance salesman. Or is he? Returning from a trip to France, Kirby finds himself being shadowed by two agents. An innocent bystander, Laura (Prunella Ransome) helps him to escape. But how ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 35 members
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  • Shirley's World - The Complete Series (1971)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Ralph Levy
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Shirley MacLaine stars as a photo reporter in this bubbly sitcom from the Seventies. In this lavish production, Shirley travels around the world for her glamour magazine and gets caught in a series of hilarious adventures. Shot on location over many countries, SHIRLEY'S WORLD also features the ever ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 28% from 6 members
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  • Fright on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Susan George,  Ian Bannen,  Honor Blackman
    Director: Peter Collinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When Amanda agreed to babysit for a friend, little did she realise it would begin an endless night of terror. For her neighbour's insane ex-husband has managed to escape from a mental asylum. And tonight is the night he has chosen to come home.....
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 219 members
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  • The Night Of The Generals on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Omar Sharif,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: Anatole Litvak
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The tense story of a manhunt for a psychopathic sex killer during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and Paris in World War II. An Intelligence major is assigned to the task of finding the killer, who is believed to be a top-ranking German officer...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,573 member
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  • Gideon's Way - The Complete Series (7 discs) (1965)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Gerald Harper,  Alfie Bass
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features the complete twenty six episodes from the classic crime thriller series. Episodes include: 'State Visit', 'The V Men', 'The Firebug', 'The Big Fix', 'The Housekeeper', 'The Lady-Killer', 'To Catch A Tiger', 'Big Fish, Little Fish', 'The White Rat' and more...
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 213 members
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  • Tomorrow At Ten on DVD (1962)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Robert Shaw,  Alan Wheatley
    Director: Lance Comfort
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A ruthless kidnapper and blackmailer called Marlowe has abducted a young boy. After imprisoning the child in a deserted house, Marlowe gives him a toy golly for comfort. But hidden inside the golly is time bomb which is set to explode at ten the following morning. A cracking thriller starring a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 191 members
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  • The Frightened City on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Herbert Lom,  John Gregson,  Sean Connery
    Director: John Lemont
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    London is being terrorised by gangs who wreck the premises of shops if the owners refuse to pay protection money. An evil accountant wants to combine the gangs of racketeers and form one big crime syndicate. The City of London is under an even bigger threat if this happens......
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 153 members
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  • Faces In The Dark on DVD (1960)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Mai Zetterling,  John Ireland
    Director: David Eady
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In his quest to find the perfect light-bulb, inventor Richard Hammond is blinded in a laboratory accident. Cared for by his business partner, wife and brother, he begins to have suspicions about their motives.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 9 members
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  • S.O.S. Pacific on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Pier Angeli,  John Gregson
    Director: Guy Green
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Five passengers on a seaplane find that a crash has stranded them on an island used for nuclear testing in this disaster movie. Just to get to the island, they had to endure many hardships including a hurricane, a gun-battle, shark-infested seas, and a fire on the plane. Panic ensues when the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 28 members
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  • The Captain's Table on DVD (1958)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Peggy Cummins,  Donald Sinden
    Director: Jack Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Adapted from the novel by Richard Gordon, this amusing British sea comedy tells of a nervous captain who gets himself into some sticky situations when he finds himself in command of a cruise liner full of beautiful women.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 26 members
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  • Sea of Sand on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  John Gregson,  Michael Craig
    Director: Guy Green
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A small British army team is sent to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Whilst they are there they spot a large number of tanks and realise that army intelligence must be informed or some Tommies are going to be in for a nasty ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 249 members
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  • Jacqueline (1956)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Kathleen Ryan,  Jacqueline Ryan
    Director: Roy Ward Baker
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Labourer John Gregson, unable to get a job on a farm, is lured by high wages into working in the Belfast shipyards. There, high upon the scaffolding surrounding the ships, he suffers from dangerous attacks of vertigo, causing him to take to drink to the despair of his wife.
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 3 members
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  • Titchfield Thunderbolt (1953)
    Starring: Stanley Holloway,  George Relph,  Naunton Wayne
    Director: Charles Crichton
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The railroad between Mallingford and Titfield is losing money, and British Rail decides to close it. Clergyman Sam Weech (George Relph) and Squire Gordon (John Gregson) try to save the railroad by buying it and running it themselves. They enlist wealthy publican Valentine (Stanley Holloway), ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 5 members
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  • Genevieve on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Dinah Sheridan,  Kenneth More,  Kenneth More
    Director: Henry Cornelius
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The plot of the thoroughly captivating British comedy Genevieve can be summed up in a sentence: Two young couples participate in the Vintage Car Rally, a yearly race from London to Brighton. The title character is the 1904 Darracq auto owned by John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan. The couple's friendly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,260 members
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John Gregson facts

5 most recent films

Dangerous Knowledge - 3.0 stars
Shirley's World - The Complete Series - 1.5 stars
Fright - 3.0 stars
The Night Of The Generals - 3.0 stars
Gideon's Way - The Complete Series - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Longest Day - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Longest Day - 3.5 stars
Titfield Thunderbolt - 3.5 stars
Angels One Five - 3.5 stars
John Mills - Centenary Collection Vol.2 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Shirley's World - The Complete Series - 1.5 stars
Kenneth More Collection - 2.5 stars
Faces In The Dark - 2.5 stars
Three Cases Of Murder / Orson Welles Ghost Story - 2.5 stars
Adelphi Collection Vol.3 - The Crowded Day / Song Of Paris - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kenneth More - 4 times - show films
Sean Connery - 4 times - show films
Richard Burton - 3 times - show films
Mel Ferrer - 3 times - show films
Henry Fonda - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 8 times - show films
Andrew Marton - 3 times - show films
Charles Crichton - 3 times - show films
Henry Cornelius - 3 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 3 times - show films