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Tag Archives: Michael Wilding
Under Capricorn (1949) Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding
In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life Read More »
Piccadilly Incident (1946) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Frances Mercer
Anna Neagle is a WWII WREN–-the counterpart of the American WAVE–-who encounters Michael Wilding Read More »
Danger Within (1959) Don Chaffey, Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding
In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through Read More »
Trent’s Last Case (1952) Herbert Wilcox, Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles
After a wealthy businessman is found dead, reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Read More »
Spring in Park Lane (1948) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Tom Walls
The diamond merchant’s niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat. Read More »
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Gladys Young
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet’s son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate Read More »
The Law and the Lady (1951) Edwin H. Knopf, Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas
A former housemaid (Garson) now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry. Read More »
The Scarlet Coat (1955) John Sturges, Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders
In 1780 Major John Boulton is recruited by Colonial intelligence as a counterspy who will feign desertion to the British forces. Read More »
Derby Day (1952) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. Read More »
Carnival (1946) Stanley Haynes, Sally Gray, Michael Wilding, Stanley Holloway
A dancer attempts to escape from the narrow conventions of society and from the fate foretold for her at her birth. Read More »
Maytime in Mayfair (1949) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Peter Graves, Musical, Romance
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. Read More »
An Ideal Husband (1947) Alexander Korda, Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Comedy
A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens Read More »
Torch Song (1953) Charles Walters, Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Drama, Music, Romance
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn’t take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
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Zarak (1956) Terence Young, Victor Mature, Michael Wilding, Anita Ekberg, Action, Adventure, Romance
On the mountainous frontier between British India and Afghanistan, circa 1860s, Zarak Khan kisses Salma, the youngest wife of his father, Haji Khan. Outraged, his father orders Zarak to be flogged to death but spares his life at the urging of an elderly Mullah. Zarak now leaves his village and becomes a notorious outlaw, prompting the British to assign a Major Ingram to capture him. Zarak and Ingram have several encounters, developing a grudging respect for each other. When Ingram is captured by Ahmad, one of Zarak’s rivals, Zarak risks his life to save the British officer.
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