Search results for "John Mills"
The Green Cockatoo

The Green Cockatoo

The Green Cockatoo
IMDb: 5.8
65

Song and dance man John Mills, guv’nor of the eponymous nitery, helps new-girl-in-town René Ray flee a false murder charge, except neither knows the corpse is Mills’ brother Robert Newton,…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
IMDb: 7.7
86

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the…

Genre: Documentary
It’s Great to be Young!

It’s Great to be Young!

It’s Great to be Young!
IMDb: 6.5
94

IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The October Man

The October Man

The October Man
IMDb: 7.1
95

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met…

The Gentle Gunman

The Gentle Gunman

The Gentle Gunman
IMDb: 6.3
86

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt
IMDb: 6.7
118

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

Genre: Drama, History
O.H.M.S.

O.H.M.S.

O.H.M.S.
IMDb: 5.8
87

American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
So Well Remembered

So Well Remembered

So Well Remembered
IMDb: 7
114

A mill-owner’s ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband’s political career.

Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North
IMDb: 6.7
93

When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter’s current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he…

Genre: Drama
The Quatermass Conclusion

The Quatermass Conclusion

The Quatermass Conclusion
IMDb: N/A
102

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large…

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed
IMDb: 7.3
115

In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Oklahoma Crude

Oklahoma Crude

Oklahoma Crude
IMDb: 6.4
108

In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Sahara

Sahara

Sahara
IMDb: 5
111

After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
IMDb: 6.7
80

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.

Genre: Comedy
The Long Memory

The Long Memory

The Long Memory
IMDb: 6.9
96

1953 British noir thriller, starring John Mills. An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court. Based on…

Genre: Crime
The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song
IMDb: 6.4
132

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

Genre: Drama, Western
Murder with Mirrors

Murder with Mirrors

Murder with Mirrors
IMDb: 6.6
100

When Miss Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there’s time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea cozy, murder most foul is…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner
IMDb: 7.3
91

A strange and ultimately tragic tale of a young boy who learns how to pick winners at the racetrack by riding his rocking horse to aid his parents out of…

Genre: Drama
Young Winston

Young Winston

Young Winston
IMDb: 6.7
149

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with…

Run Wild, Run Free

Run Wild, Run Free

Run Wild, Run Free
IMDb: 6.4
100

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, this 1969 British children’s film stars Mark Lester as a young boy, unable to speak, who befriends both a wild colt with blue eyes and…

Genre: Drama, Family
Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay
IMDb: 7.5
105

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Morning Departure

Morning Departure

Morning Departure
IMDb: 7
102

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

Genre: Drama
Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves
IMDb: 6.6
99

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means,…

Genre: War
The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps
IMDb: 6.6
102

The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel…

Genre: Mystery
Cats

Cats

Cats
IMDb: 7.5
120

Cats is a pop-cultural phenomenon that has been performed on stage for more than 50 million patrons in 26 countries for almost 18 years, resulting in more than two billion…

Genre: Music
The Family Way

The Family Way

The Family Way
IMDb: 7.3
115

Following the wedding of young Jenny Piper and Arthur Fitton (Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett), a rowdy reception is held at a local pub where the newlyweds are subjected to…

Genre: Comedy
Cottage to Let

Cottage to Let

Cottage to Let
IMDb: 6.8
90

Cottage to Let is a 1941 spy film starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim and John Mills. Set in World War II Scotland, its plot concerns Nazi spies trying to kidnap…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve
IMDb: 7.2
115

The story of the HMS Torrin, from it’s construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain…

Genre: Drama, War
The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story
IMDb: 7
94

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an “escape-proof” German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.

Genre: War
Town on Trial

Town on Trial

Town on Trial
IMDb: 6.3
95

When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings,…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double
IMDb: 6.9
101

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German’s about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory
IMDb: 7.5
106

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his…

Genre: Drama
The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box
IMDb: 6.8
105

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter

Ryan’s Daughter
IMDb: 7.4
206

An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Black Veil for Lisa

A Black Veil for Lisa

A Black Veil for Lisa
IMDb: 5.9
95

When a narcotics officer suspects that his beautiful wife, who is a former criminal, is having an affair, he becomes so obsessed with this that he has major problems to…

Genre: Thriller
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep
IMDb: 5.8
100

Private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster. This neo-noir remake of the…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Chuka

Chuka

Chuka
IMDb: 6.3
105

A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.

Genre: Action, Drama, Western
The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars
IMDb: 7.3
109

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Night of the Fox

Night of the Fox

Night of the Fox
IMDb: 6.3
200

An American officer on a Landing Craft carrying plans for the Allied invasion of Europe in Normandy takes part on landing maneuvers, his craft was attacked and sunk by German…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Dulcima

Dulcima

Dulcima
IMDb: 6.6
98

John Mills plays a farmer who loves a drink but his farm is in a state of disrepair. He meets a young girl called Dulcima who takes pity on him…

Genre: Drama