In the infancy of aviation in 1910, a British newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross-channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ken Annakin
The Longest Day (1962) Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton
In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Read More »
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) Ken Annakin, Vittorio De Sica, Raquel Welch, Robert Wagner
Vittorio De Sica delivers a full-blown comic performance as Cesare Celli, an American gangster exiled to Italy and kidnapped by a collection of inept crooks. Read More »
The Long Duel (1967) Ken Annakin, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews
Superintendent Stafford of the United Provinces Police, has his men arrest an entire tribe on vague allegations of poaching and theft in British India. Read More »
Trio (1950) Ken Annakin, Harold French, James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer
Three short stories are introduced by author W. Somerset Maugham in the second of his anthology film trilogy. Read More »
Hotel Sahara (1951) Ken Annakin, Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov, David Tomlinson
During World War Two, Emad and Yasmin are the proprietors of a desert hotel caught between the various waring sides. Read More »
The Pirate Movie (1982) Ken Annakin, Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A parody/homage to Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate Movie is a comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original Read More »
The Informers (1963) Ken Annakin, Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Katherine Woodville, Crime, Drama, Thriller
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies, starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. Read More »
Miranda (1948) Ken Annakin, Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
A young married physician out on a fishing holiday ends up being saved by a mermaid, who intends to keep him her prisoner. Read More »
The Huggetts Abroad (1949) Ken Annakin, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Dinah Sheridan, Comedy
Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. Read More »
Landfall (1949) Ken Annakin, Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Drama, War
Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. Read More »
Double Confession (1950) Ken Annakin, Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Peter Lorre, Crime, Drama
When his wife is murdered, the husband tries to divert suspicion from himself to someone else. Unfortunately, his scheme winds up getting him mixed up with some real murderers. Read More »
The Fast Lady (1962) Ken Annakin, Leslie Phillips, Julie Christie, James Robertson Justice, Comedy
Murdoch Troon, an enthusiastic member of the local cycling club, gets involved with Charles Chingford, a local businessman, when the two of them are involved in an accident. Read More »
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) Ken Annakin, Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, Action, Adventure, Family
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King’s palace. On the way home his father is murdered by hench men of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father’s death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
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