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  • The Millionairess on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Sophia Loren,  Peter Sellers,  Vittorio De Sica
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Anthony Asquith, more famous for his direction of George Bernard Shaw's PYGMALION, here adapts the lighter, though still socially conscious Shaw play, THE MILLIONAIRESS. Sophia Loren, as the beautiful, statuesque heiress, Epifinia, can't find a man who measures up to her late father's marriage test...read more »
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  • Orders To Kill on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Eddie Albert,  Paul Massie,  Lillian Gish
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    ORDERS TO KILL is a psychological drama about a young American bomber pilot (played by Paul Massie , winner of the Most Promising Newcomer to Film Award at the 1959 BAFTA Film Awards) who is sent to Nazi-occupied France to kill a Paris lawyer (Eddie Albert – ROMAN HOLIDAY) believed to be betraying ..read more »
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  • The Final Test on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Jack Warner,  Robert Morley,  George Relph
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A cricket drama which follows the final test in the series between England and Australia. England's favourite player is retiring after the match and wants his son to witness his final game, but his son would rather interview an eccentric poet. Fortunately the poet would rather watch the match too.
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  • We Dive At Dawn on DVD (1943)
    Starring: John Mills,  Eric Portman,  Jack Watling
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    We Dive At Dawn is a gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. ..read more »
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  • Cottage To Let (1941)
    Starring: John Mills,  George Cole,  Michael Wilding
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. A film adaptation, with the original stage actors, of one of the first war-time stage thrillers about an unsuspecting inventor who is in danger of being kidnapped by a Fifth ..read more »
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  • A Cottage On Dartmoor on DVD (1929)
    Starring: Hans Schlettow,  Uno Henning,  Norah Baring
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Shot at British Instructional Films' newly opened Welwyn Studios, A Cottage on Dartmoor marked another milestone for Anthony Asquith following his impressive 1928 debut Shooting Stars. A straightforward but beautifully realised tale of sexual jealousy, the film easily counters the entrenched ..read more »
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  • Cottage To Let to Watch Now (1941)
    Starring: Leslie Banks,  Alastair Sim,  John Mills
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 91 minutes
    John Barington is an inventor, testing bomb mechanisms for the Air Ministry. His laboratory is in his country house where, unknown to him, various members of his domestic staff are undercover spies. The plan is to kidnap Barington, aided by a German agent. This agent comes in the form of a wounded ..read more »
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  • Cottage on Dartmoor to Watch Now (1929)
    Starring: Hans Schlettow,  Uno Henning,  Norah Baring
    Director: Anthony Asquith
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 84 minutes
    Directed by Anthony Asquith (better known for The Browning Version and The Way to the Stars) A Cottage on Dartmoor is an embroiled melodrama, a tale of love and revenge, set on the bleak landscape of Dartmoor. In a small-town hairdressing salon, a young barber, Joe, is trying to court Sally, the ..read more »
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5 most recent films

The Yellow Rolls-Royce - 3.0 stars
The Millionairess - 2.5 stars
Orders To Kill - 3.0 stars
Carrington V.C. - 3.0 stars
The Final Test - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Browning Version - 4.0 stars
John Mills - Centenary Collection Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Pygmalion - 3.5 stars
A Cottage On Dartmoor - 3.5 stars
The Importance Of Being Earnest - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Stewart Granger Collection - Caravan - 2.5 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - The Magic Bow - 3.0 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Woman Hater - 3.0 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Blanche Fury - 3.0 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Madonna Of The Seven Moons - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Phyllis Calvert - 13 times - show films
Patricia Roc - 13 times - show films
Stewart Granger - 13 times - show films
James Mason - 13 times - show films
John Mills - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Arthur Crabtree - 13 times - show films
Leslie Arlis - 13 times - show films
Maurice Elvey - 1 times - show films
Leslie Howard - 1 times - show films
Bernard Knowles - 1 times - show films