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Madeleine (1950) David Lean, Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she Read More »
Brief Encounter (1945) David Lean, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) Read More »
A Passage to India (1984) David Lean, Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft
Circa 1920, during the Indian British rule, Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed was born and brought up in India. Read More »
Ryan’s Daughter (1970) David Lean, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, John Mills
World War I seems far away from Ireland’s Dingle peninsula when Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy (Sarah Miles) Read More »
In Which We Serve (1942) Noël Coward, David Lean, John Mills, Bernard Miles
In the midst of World War II, the renowned playwright Noël Coward engaged a young film editor named David Read More »
Summertime (1955) David Lean, Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda
The American secretary Jane Hudson travels from Ohio to Venice. Jane is a middle-age single and lonely woman that have saved money for her dream trip. Read More »
Blithe Spirit (1945) David Lean, Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond
Blithe Spirit, David Lean’s delightful film version of Noël Coward’s theater sensation Read More »
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David Lean, William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
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 »
Great Expectations (1946) David Lean, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife ‘Mrs. Joe’. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1948) David Lean, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Adventure, Crime, Drama
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan), for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Read More »
The Passionate Friends (1949) David Lean, Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains, Drama
The Passionate Friends were in love when young, but separated, and she married an older man. Read More »
Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952) David Lean, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, Drama, Romance, War
Tony successful fighter pilot during World War II marries into the family of a wealthy oil magnate who also designs airplanes. The movie traces the company’s attempt to break the sound barrier, as well as tensions between father and daughter. Lots of footage of early 50s jet aviation in Great Britain as well as shots of the Comet airliner, world’s first jet passenger plane.
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