A little-known gem, No Highway in the Sky is an interesting hybrid of U.S. and British film production. Most of the cast is British, as are the look and feel of the film, but the lead actor and the budget are both American. James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Janette ScottDirected By: Henry Koster
Director David Lean's masterful 1957 realization of Pierre Boulle's novel remains a benchmark for war films, and a deeply absorbing movie by any standard--like most of Lean's canon, The Bridge on the River Kwai achieves a richness in theme, narrative, and characterization that transcends genre. The story centers on a Japanese prison camp isolated deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia, ...
Manufacturer: Sony PicturesStarring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James DonaldDirected By: David Lean
William Wyler (Wuthering Heights) had directing duties on most of this 1959 version of the story by Lew Wallace, starring Charlton Heston as the Jewish friend of a Roman (Stephen Boyd), who inevitably become enemies during the time of Christ. Stodgy but engrossing, the film has never lost its initial value as an ambitious and entertaining historical epic. Heston looks at home against the ...
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh GriffithDirected By: William Wyler
Imagine a group of eight slightly shady, definitely desperate ex-army officers getting together--not for old times' sake, but to use their collective military talents to capture a bank! Jack Hawkins is superb as the mastermind behind "Operation Golden Fleece," flanked by Nigel Patrick as the capable transport officer and Richard Atteborough as the sleazy radio operator. The League of ...
Manufacturer: HomevisionStarring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan ForbesDirected By: Basil Dearden
Ben-Hur scooped an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards® in 1959 and, unlike some later rivals, richly deserved every single one. This is epic filmmaking on a scale that had not been seen before and is unlikely ever to be seen again. But it's not just running time or a cast of thousands that makes an epic, it's the subject matter, and here the subject--Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh GriffithDirected By: William Wyler
Manufacturer: Sony PicturesStarring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne FrederickDirected By: Franklin J. Schaffner
Manufacturer: RCA Columbia Pictures Home VideoStarring: Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Jack Hawkins, Ian HolmDirected By: Richard Attenborough
Manufacturer: Paramount Home VideoStarring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKennaDirected By: Sergei Bondarchuk
The Great Pharaoh orders architech Vashtar to build him the highest pyramid in the world as his tomb. After fifteen years, the work slows as the treasury diminishes. The Pharaoh tries to exact tribute from Cypress, which is ruled by the beautiful and ruthless Princess Nellifer. Impressed with her abilities to charm, the Pharaoh marries her. But Mellifer plots to kill the ruling family - so ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, Alex Minotis, James Robertson JusticeDirected By: Howard Hawks
