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Alberto Cavalcanti

Alberto Cavalcanti

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Alberto Cavalcanti - filmography


  • The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961)
    Starring: Roy Vicente,  Ronald Howard,  Rachel Clay
    Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In this children's fantasy, a group of British kids befriend a strange monster after it hatches from an odd Malaysian egg. Much of their time is then spent keeping the creature from the exploitative clutches of a greedy circus manager. Eventually, the monster decides to go back to its native island ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 6 members
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  • Nicholas Nickleby on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Cedric Hardwicke,  Stanley Holloway,  Alfred Drayton
    Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender, Ralph Nickleby, finds Nicholas a job teaching in a repulsive school in Yorkshire. Nicholas flees the school taking with him one of the persecuted boys, Smike, and they join a troop of actors. ..read more »
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Alberto Cavalcanti facts

5 most recent films

The Monster of Highgate Ponds - 1.5 stars
Nicholas Nickleby - 3.0 stars
They Made Me A Fugitive - 3.5 stars
Nicholas Nickleby - 2.5 stars
Dead of Night - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Went The Day Well - 3.5 stars
Dead of Night - 3.5 stars
They Made Me A Fugitive - 3.5 stars
30's Britain Volume 1 - GPO Classic Collection - 3.5 stars
Champagne Charlie - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Monster of Highgate Ponds - 1.5 stars
Nicholas Nickleby - 3.0 stars
Nicholas Nickleby - 2.5 stars
Champagne Charlie - 3.0 stars
30's Britain Volume 1 - GPO Classic Collection - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Stanley Holloway - 3 times - show films
Bernard Miles - 2 times - show films
Alfred Drayton - 2 times - show films
Cyril Fletcher - 2 times - show films
Cedric Hardwicke - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Humphrey Je - 1 times - show films
Norman Lee - 1 times - show films
Walter Forde - 1 times - show films
Harry Watt - 1 times - show films
Charles Crichton - 1 times - show films