British archaeologist David Redfern comes to Tunisia to catalog a collection of art relics and stumbles into evidence of a gun-smuggling racket. Read More »
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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 »
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Adventure, Drama, History
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. Read More »
Windwalker (1980) Kieth Merrill, Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus, James Remar, Adventure, Drama, Western
An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his ‘death’ to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of ‘Indians without a single cowboy.’
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Father Goose (1964) Ralph Nelson, Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
During World War II South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!
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Operation Crossbow (1965) Michael Anderson, Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, Action, Drama, War
This is the story of the methods used to defeat Hitler’s V1 (doodlebug) and V2 (rocket) “revenge weapons” towards the end of the second world war. Even though the Nazis were in retreat these weapons could have turned their defeat into victory. The film includes references to Hannah Reich, who in real life was a German test pilot.
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Interpol (1957) John Gilling, Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Crime, Thriller, Drama
U.S. narcotics agent Charles Sturgis trails international dope smuggler Frank McNally by following his reluctant accomplice, Gina Broger, through the “pickup alleys” of New York, London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and Athens. When Gina is finally arrested by Interpol, she helps Sturgis trace McNally and his $3,000,000 consignment back to New York.
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Odette (1950) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring, Drama, History, War
This is the story of a brave woman who volunteered to join SOE (Special Operations Executive) during WWII. She was flown into occupied France where she fought with the French resistance. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo, she refused to identify her accomplices.
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Sons and Lovers (1960) Jack Cardiff, Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller
Jack Cardiff received a 1960 Oscar Nomination as Best Director for this lush, engaging film starring Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell and Donald Pleasence, which was adapted from D.H. Lawrence’s classic novel. A young man with artistic talent who lives in a close-knit, English coal-mining town during the early 20th Century finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative, domineering mother.
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Run for the Sun (1956) Roy Boulting, Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer
Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals in hiding. The Nazis want to stay hidden and plan to dispose of their new guests.
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