Louis Mazzini’s mother belongs to the aristocratic family D’Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Read More »
Tag Archives: Alec Guinness
To Paris with Love (1955) Robert Hamer, Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Vernon Gray
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 »
Our Man in Havana (1959) Carol Reed, Alec Guinness, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives
Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. Read More »
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) Anthony Mann, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness
Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Read More »
The Man in the White Suit (1951) Alexander Mackendrick, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. Read More »
Cromwell (1970) Ken Hughes, Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. 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 »
Hotel Paradiso (1966) Peter Glenville, Gina Lollobrigida, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley
Monsieur Feydeau has writer’s block, and he needs a new play. Read More »
Barnacle Bill (1957) Charles Frend, Alec Guinness, Harry Locke, Frederick Piper
Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors…but is all too susceptible to seasickness. Read More »
The Scapegoat (1959) Robert Hamer, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey
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 »