Tag Archives: Alec Guinness

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness) finds his old organization Read More »

George Smiley has been retired for about a year when he finds a friend from the Circus Read More »

Louis Mazzini’s mother belongs to the aristocratic family D’Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Read More »

A middle-aged widower (Guinness) and his son go to Paris on vacation and try to find wives for each other in this charming romantic comedy. Read More »

Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Read More »

Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. Read More »

Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Read More »

Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. Read More »

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. Read More »

This movie deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Read More »

Monsieur Feydeau has writer’s block, and he needs a new play. Read More »

Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors…but is all too susceptible to seasickness. Read More »

On a vacation in France from his nondescript job and life, John Barratt encounters a titled but impoverished French nobleman who looks exactly like him. Read More »

During World War II, two Americans are forced to bail out and parachute into a small German town. Read More »

A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler’s final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun. Read More »