Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

September 14, 1910 · 116 years old

John Edward Hawkins, CBE was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was best known for his portrayal of military men in films like Angels One Five (1951), The Cruel Sea (1953), Bridge on the River K…

Known For

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Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 · 3h 47m · Movie

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

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Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

1959 · 3h 32m · Movie

A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 · 2h 41m · Movie

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

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Zulu

Zulu

1964 · 2h 18m · Movie

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.

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Waterloo

Waterloo

1970 · 2h 3m · Movie

Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.

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Theater of Blood

Theater of Blood

1973 · 1h 44m · Movie

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

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The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

1948 · 1h 35m · Movie

A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.

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The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class

1972 · 2h 34m · Movie

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.

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Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971 · 3h 3m · Movie

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

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The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

1953 · 2h 6m · Movie

The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.

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The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen

1960 · 1h 56m · Movie

A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.

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Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs

1955 · 1h 46m · Movie

A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.

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No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky

1951 · 1h 38m · Movie

An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.

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Lord Jim

Lord Jim

1965 · 2h 34m · Movie

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.

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Shalako

Shalako

1968 · 1h 53m · Movie

In 1880 New Mexico, a group of European hunters runs afoul of the Apache but is aided by an ex-cavalryman turned guide.

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Hour of Glory

Hour of Glory

1949 · 1h 46m · Movie

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

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Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969 · 2h 24m · Movie

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

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Young Winston

Young Winston

1972 · 2h 4m · Movie

Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.

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Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies

Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies

1969 · 2h 2m · Movie

An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.

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Tales That Witness Madness

Tales That Witness Madness

1973 · 1h 30m · Movie

A psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.

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Gideon of Scotland Yard

Gideon of Scotland Yard

1958 · 1h 31m · Movie

A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.

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The Third Key

The Third Key

1956 · 1h 36m · Movie

The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.

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The Third Secret

The Third Secret

1964 · 1h 43m · Movie

The first secret is what we don't tell people, the second secret is what we don't tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth. The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient.

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Angels One Five

Angels One Five

1952 · 1h 38m · Movie

The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.

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She Played with Fire

She Played with Fire

1957 · 1h 35m · Movie

An insurance investigator reunites with an ex-girlfriend who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail and murder.

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Murder on Monday

Murder on Monday

1952 · 1h 25m · Movie

David Preston, a bank official, goes missing for twenty-four hours and has no memory of the lost time. When he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and has been found murdered, Preston finds h...

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