Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

September 7, 1913 · 113 years old

Sir John Anthony Quayle CBE (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was an English actor and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Quayle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

20 titles
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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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The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961 · 2h 38m · Movie

A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

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The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1956 · 1h 45m · Movie

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

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The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

1976 · 2h 3m · Movie

A German plot to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

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Hamlet

Hamlet

1948 · 2h 34m · Movie

Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.

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Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

1969 · 2h 8m · Movie

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

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Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969 · 2h 25m · Movie

King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

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Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

1979 · 2h 4m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.

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Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

1958 · 2h 10m · Movie

During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.

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10
Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

1956 · 1h 59m · Movie

In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.

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Buster

Buster

1988 · 1h 42m · Movie

Based on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.

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Damn the Defiant!

Damn the Defiant!

1962 · 1h 41m · Movie

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

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13
A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror

1965 · 1h 35m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

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14
The Tamarind Seed

The Tamarind Seed

1974 · 2h 5m · Movie

During a Caribbean vacation, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian Agent.

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15
The Legend of the Holy Drinker

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988 · 2h 8m · Movie

An alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger, who requests that when he can he will return the money to Saint Therese in the cathedral.

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The Chosen

The Chosen

1977 · 1h 45m · Movie

Robert's in charge of constructing a nuclear power plant in the Middle East. Will it be instrumental in prophecies of antichrist's apocalypse?

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17
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

1959 · 1h 28m · Movie

Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine.

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18
Misunderstood

Misunderstood

1967 · 1h 44m · Movie

A study of bitter relationships between a widower and his two sons.

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19
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1974 · 1h 40m · Movie

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

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20
The Nelson Affair

The Nelson Affair

1973 · 1h 58m · Movie

Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet, Nelson is a hero, a great man. How can this be resolve...

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