82% (3) Dr. No 110 min, PG, [Action, Adventure, Thriller] [Terence Young] [07 Oct 1962]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 78%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
Actors: Bernard Lee, Jack Lord, Joseph Wiseman, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress
Writer: Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Johanna Harwood (screenplay), Berkely Mather (screenplay), Ian Fleming (novel)
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Plot: James Bond (007) is Britain's top agent and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, "fire breathing dragons" and a trio of assassins, known as the three blind mice. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No.
Rotten Tomatoes: James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program.
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89% (2) Whistle Down the Wind 99 min, UNRATED, [Crime, Drama] [Bryan Forbes] [06 Aug 1961]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Diane Clare, Norman Bird
Writer: Mary Hayley Bell (original novel), Keith Waterhouse (screenplay), Willis Hall (screenplay)
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Plot: Little Kathy discovers a man wanted for murder hiding in her family's barn. When she asks him who he is, he says Jesus Christ just before he goes unconscious. Kathy and her siblings are convinced that he is Jesus and try to hide him from grown-ups.
Rotten Tomatoes: Bryan Forbes' first directorial effort is set in a rugged Lancashire farm community. Three impressionable children, played by Hayley Mills, Diane Holgate, and Alan Barnes, come across a bearded vagrant named Arthur Blakey (Alan Bates) sleeping in their barn. Upon awakening, the ill-tempered bum takes a look at the white-eyed kids and mutters the imprecation "Jesus Christ!" In their innocence, the children assume that Arthur is Jesus Christ, and they spread the word to their friends. In truth, he is an escaped killer. But when the authorities come around looking for him, the kids, remembering Christ's persecution, do their best to protect their far-from-deserving new friend. Though the material, based on a novel by Mary Hayley Bell (Hayley Mills's mother) could have been mawkish and obvious in other hands, Forbes handles the situation and the characters realistically; even the blatant New Testament symbolism is logically incorporated into the proceedings. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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77% (1) The Angry Silence 95 min, TV-14, [Drama] [Guy Green] [29 Jul 1960]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations.
Actors: Bernard Lee, Michael Craig, Pier Angeli, Richard Attenborough
Writer: Richard Gregson (original treatment for the screen), Michael Craig (original treatment for the screen), Bryan Forbes
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Plot: The right of every individual to be different from his fellow men is the theme behind this internationally-hailed, British production. The story tells of a man's dilemma when he refused to participate in an unofficial strike, where he works. While vicious, calculated violence brings the other dissenters into line, he goes it alone and is sent to Coventry (given the silent treatment) by his fellow workers. A stirring, thought-provoking film that portrays the human problems and high emotions generated when a man dares to act on the courage of his convictions and dares fight to keep his individual freedom.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this gripping British drama, a young factory worker encounters terrible trouble when he stands against his fellow union members who want to hold a wildcat strike. Soon he finds himself an outcast at work, and even his wife and children are affected by his stubbornness.
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73% (1) Across the Bridge 103 min, [Crime, Drama, Film-Noir] [Ken Annakin] [06 Sep 1957]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, External Reviews
Actors: Bernard Lee, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman, Rod Steiger
Writer: Graham Greene (story "Across the Bridge"), Guy Elmes (screenplay), Denis Freeman (screenplay)
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Plot: On the run from the US police after being charged with embezzlement, a billionaire attempts to flee to Mexico by stealing the identity of a stranger. However, his life is made much more difficult when he finds out that that man is a wanted Mexican criminal.
Rotten Tomatoes: A Graham Greene novel was the basic source for the British psychological melodrama Across the Bridge. Rod Steiger plays Carl Schaffner, a prominent financier who has absconded with company funds. A genius at improvisation, he plans to elude the authorities by murdering Paul Scarff (Bill Nagy) and assuming the dead man's identity. Upon arriving in Mexico, however, Schaffner learns to his chagrin that Scarff was himself an even more notorious fugitive from justice. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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71% (1) Dunkirk 135 min, Approved, [Action, Drama, History, War] [Leslie Norman] [10 Sep 1958]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews
Actors: Bernard Lee, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Robert Urquhart
Writer: Trevor Dudley Smith (novel), Ewan Butler (book), J.S. Bradford (book), David Divine (screenplay), W.P. Lipscomb (screenplay)
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Plot: Two stories in one - an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others are less willing.
Rotten Tomatoes: One of the most significant moments in the history of British warfare is given reverent but reserved treatment in this movie. The film takes place during the 1940 evacuation of Allied troops across the English channel. One party of British soldiers becomes detached from the rest of the retreating Allies.
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69% (1) Breakout 101 min, [Drama, War] [Don Chaffey] [17 Jan 1960]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, External Reviews
Actors: Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough, Richard Todd
Writer: Bryan Forbes (screenplay), Frank Harvey (screenplay), Michael Gilbert (novel)
External Links: IMDb Language: English Country: UK
Plot: Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.
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65% (1) Dulcima 98 min, PG, [Drama] [Frank Nesbitt] [01 Dec 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Bernard Lee, Carol White, John Mills, Stuart Wilson
Writer: H.E. Bates (story), Frank Nesbitt (screenplay)
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Plot: A farmer who has the reputation of drinking most of his money away, lives on farm which is in a poor state of repair. A pretty young girl, Dulcima, takes pity on him and decides to help him by cleaning the place. She is happy to be earning money, and he is happy because she is there..... Despite being a miserable old bastard, he finds himself falling for Dulcima, and askes her to move in with him, to save her the walk every from her home to his farm every day. She does, and is happy with her work. She however falls for a gamekeeper from the nearby estate, and they start to meet in secret beacuse of the farmers increasing jelousy. One day while he is at the market she discovers a whole load of money hidden in an upsatirs room, and this changes the relationship between the farmer and Dulcima. She becomes more freindly towards the farmer, now knowing of his wealth, and the farmer decides that he wants her for his bride. Dulcima however still sees the gamekeeper, and eventually the farmer finds out.
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