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Oliver!
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe
Director: Carol Reed
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A rousing film version of Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Dickens's classic novel, OLIVER! stars Ron Moody as Fagin and Mark Lester as the eponymous hero. The orphaned Oliver escapes to London from a dreary workhouse and is taken in by a gang of young pickpockets who work for master thief Fagin ..read more »
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Trapeze
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollobrigida, Tony Curtis
Director: Carol Reed
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This splashy Hollywood spectacular was a radical departure for a director who had specialized in socially conscious thrillers. Set against a circus backdrop, it stars Burt Lancaster as Mike Ribble, a crippled former acrobat. Tino Orsino (Tony Curtis), a young aerialist, seeks out the older man, ..read more »
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The Third Man
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard
Director: Carol Reed
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This classic noir mystery, from the team of Carol Reed and Graham Greene, is generally considered to be the best filmwork of both of these estimable talents. THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his ..read more »
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Odd Man Out
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
Director: Carol Reed
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James Mason stars in this powerful suspense drama as Johnny McQueen, the leader of a quasi-IRA group. When he's wounded in a botched robbery, he becomes the object of an intense police manhunt and must scramble desperately about Belfast in an attempt to escape. Kathleen (Kathleen Ryan), the woman ..read more »
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The Way Ahead
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell
Director: Carol Reed
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Boasting a script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, The Way Ahead [1944] is a rousing version of a familiar WWII genre: an officer must hammer a small group of disparate characters into an effective fighting unit as quickly as possible. David Niven stars as tough-minded Lieutenant Jim Perry, who ..read more »
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The Stars Look Down
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Edward Rigby
Director: Carol Reed
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This powerful depiction of life in a depression-era Welsh mining town features Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick, the idealistic son of a collier, who aspires to improve the lives of the local miners by fighting for reform in their treacherous workplace. But his efforts are hampered by the ..read more »
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from 215 members
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The Fallen Idol
on DVD
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Dora Bryan
Director: Carol Reed
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Based on a short story by Graham Greene, the plot revolves around a young boy who wrongly believes the man he idolises is guilty of murder. He sets out to influence the police investigation...
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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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Carol Reed facts
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Masterpiece 15 February 2004
...rpass anything Hollywood had to offer. The writer, Graham Green; the director, Carol Reed; the entire cast headed by Orson Welles; black-and-white Vienna and the unforge...
Count me in! 28 November 2004
