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1. A Christmas Carol (1951)
directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
featuring Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Michael Hordern, Hermione BaddeleyWidely considered to be the definitive of the many film versions of Charles Dickens' classic novel is this 1951 British adaptation, starring Alastair ... More
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2. The Malta Story (1953)
directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
featuring Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow, Flora Robson, Renée AshershonThe Malta Story stars Alec Guinness as WW II camera reconnaissance pilot Peter Ross. Crash-landing in Malta, Ross presents his photographs to the ... More
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3. Simba (1955)
directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
featuring Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney, Marie Ney, Joseph TomeltyThe recent Mau Mau uprising in Kenya served as story material for the 1955 British film Simba. White farmer Dirk Bogarde and his neighbors are ... More
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4. The Black Tent (1956)
directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
featuring Anthony Steel, Donald Sinden, Anna Maria Sandri, Andre Morell, Ralph TrumanAnthony Steel stars in this fanciful wartime drama. Stationed in Libya, British soldier Steel is wounded, then nursed back to health by a band of ... More
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5. The Playboy of the Western World (1962)
directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
featuring Gary RaymondAdapted from the classic play by John Millington Synge, The Playboy of the Western World opens with the arrival of a stranger, Christy Mahon, in a ... More
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6. The Lion Has Wings (1940)
directed by Adrian Brunel, Alexander Korda, Brian Desmond, Brian Desmond Hurst, Michael Powell
featuring Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, Flora Robson, Robert DouglasThe semidocumentary war film The Lion Has Wings states its case in broad strokes, juxtaposing images of rampaging German-dictator Adolf Hitler and ... More







