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Filmography

Thorold Dickinson - filmography


  • The Malta Story on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Jack Hawkins,  Flora Robson,  Ralph
    Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Wartime drama starring Alec Guiness as Peter Ross, an RAF reconnaisance photographer assigned to trace and destroy an Italian convoy threatening to invade Malta. As the Luftwaffe threatens, Ross's romance with a local girl hangs in the balance.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 921 members
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  • Secret People on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Megs Jenkins,  Angela Fouldes,  Charles Goldner
    Director: Thorold Dickinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Suspense drama starring Valentina Cortese and a young Audrey Hepburn. In 1930, Maria Brentano (Cortese) and her younger sister Nora (Hepburn) flee to London as refugees after their political activist father is murdered by a European dictator. Several years later, while on a weekend trip to Paris, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 124 members
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  • The Queen Of Spades on DVD (1949)
    Starring: Yvonne Mitchell,  Edith Evans,  Anton Walbrook
    Director: Thorold Dickinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Atmospheric suspense thriller based on a short story by Pushkin. Anton Walbrook stars as Russian army captain Herman Suvorin, who secretly covets the wealth and position of his fellow officers and becomes obsessed with learning the secrets of the card game Faro. When he hears that the elderly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 481 members
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  • Next Of Kin on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Mervyn Johns,  John Chandos,  Nova Pilbeam
    Director: Thorold Dickinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Imperial War Museum Collection features rare and fascinating original films preserved in the Museum's vaults. Many have never been released to the public before. The collection of four rare, dramatised films presented here capture life in Britain during World War Two, both on the Home Front ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 147 members
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  • The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
    Starring: Ian McLean,  Liane Linden,  Leslie Banks
    Director: Thorold Dickinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Classic crime drama. During a friendly charity match between Arsenal and amateur side the Trojans, the Trojans' key striker Jack Dyce (Anthony Bushell) mysteriously collapses in full view of the capacity crowd. When it is discovered that Dyce has been poisoned, Inspector Slade (Leslie Banks) of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 115 members
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  • The High Command on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Lucie Mannheim,  Leslie Perrins,  James Mason
    Director: Thorold Dickinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lionel Atwill stars in this 1930s drama based on a novel by Lewis Robinson. Decorated British army general Sir John Sangye (Atwill) has a dirty secret: before being stationed in Africa, he murdered a man in Ireland in a fit of jealous rage, then blamed his death on the actions of Sinn Fein rebels. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 54 members
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Thorold Dickinson facts

5 most recent films

The Malta Story - 3.5 stars
Secret People - 3.0 stars
The Queen Of Spades - 3.5 stars
Next Of Kin - 3.5 stars
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Queen Of Spades - 3.5 stars
The Malta Story - 3.5 stars
Next Of Kin - 3.5 stars
Secret People - 3.0 stars
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Java Head / Tiger Bay - 3.0 stars
The High Command - 3.0 stars
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery - 3.0 stars
Secret People - 3.0 stars
Next Of Kin - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Liane Linden - 3 times - show films
Reginald Tate - 3 times - show films
Greta Gynt - 3 times - show films
Leslie Banks - 3 times - show films
Valentina Cortese - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

J. Elder Wil - 1 times - show films
Brian Desmond Hurst - 1 times - show films
J. Walter Ruben - 1 times - show films
J. Elder Wills - 1 times - show films