Brian Desmond Hurst

Filmography

Brian Desmond Hurst - filmography

His and Hers (1961)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Thomas stars as Reggie Blake, a novelist who literally lives his stories before then putting pen to paper to retell the crazy adventures that his editor sends him on. After returning from one such experience in the desert a changed man, Blake finds his wife is less than overjoyed with his ..read more »

17% from 4 members
Currently unavailable

Behind The Mask on DVD (1958)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Tony Britton
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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This hospital-set drama chronicles the deadly rivalry between two head surgeons. Vanessa Redgrave stars as one of the surgeons. She and her competitor have radically different ideas about how the hospital should be run.

40% from 11 members

Donald Sinden Icon Collection - The Blac... on DVD (1956)
Starring: Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Donald Pleasence
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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A battle-wounded British Army captain is saved by a tribe of nomads in the Libyan desert, and they take him to their camp, where he's cared for by the sheikh's daughter. However, before he can resume his fight against the Nazis, he's enraptured by her exotic charms.

60% from 26 members

Simba on DVD (1955)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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White farmer Dirk Bogarde and his neighbors are targeted for extermination by the zealously nationalistic Mau Maus. Native doctor Joseph Tomelty, whose brother had earlier been killed under questionable circumstances, endeavors to help the whites escape the hordes, only to discover that his own ..read more »

55% from 18 members

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 885 members

Scrooge on DVD (1951)
Starring: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Kathleen Harrison
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Widely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair Sim (entitled Scrooge in its U.K. release). Sim plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a London miser who, despite his wealth, refuses to make charitable ..read more »

72% from 2,043 members

Trottie True on DVD (1949)
Starring: Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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British screen legend Jean Kent stars in this exuberant comedy-drama about a showgirl who marries a lord. After making her name in the music halls, Trottie True (Kent) is recruited to join the legendary Gaiety theatre in London. As a ‘Gaiety Girl’, she attracts the attention of some very well-bred ..read more »

53% from 13 members

Theirs Is The Glory - Men Of Arnhem on DVD (1946)
Starring: Stanley Maxted, Thomas Scullion, Allan Wood
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst, Terence Young
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Re-enactment of World War 2 Battle of Arnhem. Later lavishly remade as A Bridge Too Far.

68% from 75 members

Dangerous Moonlight on DVD (1941)
Starring: Sally Gray, Kenneth Kent, Derrick De Marney
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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Anton Walbrook plays a famed Polish composer who refuses to leave his homeland when the Nazis march in. His friends literally have to hoodwink him into leaving so that he will avoid extermination. Still anxious to avenge his countrymen, Walbrook joins a Polish air squadron headquartered in England. ..read more »

64% from 73 members

The Tell-Tale Heart (1934)
Starring: Norman Dryden, John Kelt, Yolande Terrell
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
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A young man is driven mad by his obsession with the repulsive diseased eye of the old man who cares for him.

53% from 3 members
Currently unavailable

His and Hers - 1.0 stars
Behind The Mask - 2.0 stars
Donald Sinden Icon Collection - The Black Tent - 3.0 stars
Simba - 3.0 stars
The Malta Story - 3.5 stars

His and Hers - 1.0 stars
Behind The Mask - 2.0 stars
Trottie True - 2.5 stars
The Tell-Tale Heart - 2.5 stars
Simba - 3.0 stars

Anthony Steel - 3 times - show films
Alec Guinness - 2 times - show films
Muriel Pavlow - 2 times - show films
Ralph Truman - 2 times - show films
Flora Robson - 2 times - show films

Terence Young - 1 times - show films
Roger Corman - 1 times - show films