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1. The Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue HayakawaNone of the many cinemadaptations of Johan Wyss' The Swiss Family Robinson are as relentlessly enjoyable as this 1960 Disney feature. The film ... More
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2. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, Diane HullPrecocious Pippi Longstocking (Tami Erin) falls off her father's pirate ship and washes up in a small coastal town in Florida. She causes social ... More
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3. The Pirate Movie (1982)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr, Maggie KirkpatrickAn introverted girl who yearns for popularity (Kristy McNichol) attends a pirate festival in her seaside community, featuring a swordplay demo led by ... More
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4. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert MorleyKen Annakin's large-canvas comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines is set in 1910. In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord ... More
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5. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Telly Savalas, George MontgomeryIn December of 1944, the Allied high command is convinced that German forces in Belgium are in a low state of readiness, and perhaps even about to ... More
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6. Call of the Wild (1972)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Charlton Heston, Raimund Harmstorf, Michele Mercier, George Eastman, Sancho GraciaDirector Ken Annakin and an international cast including Charlton Heston and George Eastman try to breath life into Jack London's often-filmed ... More
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7. Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Bourvil, Lando Buzzanca, Peter Cook, Walter Chiari, Dudley Moore, Tony CurtisThis slapstick comedy concerns the annual auto race in Monte Carlo and boasts an international cast of all-star thespians. Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage ... More
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8. The Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Michael Rennie, Janet Munro, James Donald, Herbert LomFilmed on location in Switzerland, Walt Disney's Third Man on the Mountain was based on Banner in the Sky, a book by James Ramsey Ullman. James ... More
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9. The Story of Robin Hood (1952)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter, James Robertson Justice, Martita HuntBetter known as The Story of Robin Hood, this colorful costume adventure was the second made-in-Britain production for Hollywood's Walt Disney. ... More
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10. Land of Fury (1954)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell, Inia Te Wiata, Kenny WilliamsLand of Fury is an austere "western" set in New Zealand during the 1820s. The epic-proportioned storyline involves a group of British pioneers ... More
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11. Across the Bridge (1957)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman, Bernard LeeList of all editionsA Graham Greene novel was the basic source for the British psychological melodrama Across the Bridge. Rod Steiger plays Carl Schaffner, a prominent ... More
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12. The Sword and the Rose (1953)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Michael Gough, Jane BarrettList of all editionsThe second of Disney's British-produced "historicals" (the first was Robin Hood, the last was Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue), The Sword and the Rose ... More
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13. The Fast Lady (1963)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baxter, Leslie Phillips, Kathleen Harrison, Julie ChristieList of all editionsThe star of this slapstick comedy is not a person but an antique Bentley sports car, the source of several misadventures. Murdoch Troon (Stanley ... More
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14. The 5th Musketeer (1977)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Beau Bridges, Rex Harrison, Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Cornel Wilde, Ian McShane, Lloyd BridgesList of all editionsThe story in this lavish cinemadaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Man in the Iron Mask remains faithful to the original novel: the right heir to the ... More
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15. Miranda (1948)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, John McCallum, Margaret RutherfordList of all editionsBased on the play by Peter Blackmore, Miranda was the first of two British comedies starring Glynis Johns as a mischievous mermaid. Rescued from a ... More
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16. Three Men in a Boat (1957)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring David Tomlinson, Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton, Jill IrelandList of all editionsThree Men in a Boat is the second film version of the comic novel by Jerome K. Jerome. The titular trio is played by popular British comedian Jimmy ... More
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17. You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Akim Tamiroff, Donald Sinden, Sarah Lawson, Naunton Wayne, Bill KerrList of all editionsWhile off on a drunken toot, three British naval officers attach an old baby carriage and a pawnbroker's sign to the stern of a foreign naval vessel. ... More
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18. Very Important Person (1961)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Eric SykesList of all editionsVery Important Person is an amusing British comedy set in a German POW camp during World War II. Sir Ernest Pease (James Robertson Justice) is a self ... More
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19. Crooks Anonymous (1963)
directed by Ken Annakin
List of all editionsThis comedy features a 12-step Program for habitual hoods. The recovering criminal takes a job as a department store Santa, and again finds himself ... More
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20. Landfall (1949)
directed by Ken Annakin
featuring Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Margaret Barton, Charles VictorLandfall takes place during the early portions of WWII. RAF pilot Rick (Michael Denison) is transferred to another squadron after sinking a British ... More
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21. Trio (1950)
directed by Harold French, Ken Annakin
featuring James Hayter, Anne Crawford, Felix Aylmer, Nigel Patrick, Jean Simmons, Lana Morris, Michael Hordern, Michael Rennie, Kathleen HarrisonList of all editionsTrio was the 1950 follow-up to the successful Somerset Maugham "omnibus" feature Quartet. Maugham himself introduces the three short playlets in this ... More
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22. The Longest Day (1962)
directed by Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin
featuring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard ToddList of all editionsThe Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck. Whenever possible, the ... More
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23. Quartet (1948)
directed by Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ken Annakin, Ralph Smart
featuring Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Dirk Bogarde, Ian Fleming, George Cole, Jack Raine, Angela Baddeley, Cecil ParkerList of all editionsThe first of three well-received "omnibus" films hosted by Somerset Maugham, Quartet features four of Maugham's most celebrated stories, each ... More







