The best Donald Wolfit’s drama movies

Donald Wolfit

Donald Wolfit

20/04/1902- 17/02/1968
We present our ranking of the best Donald Wolfit’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Donald Wolfit.

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia
8.3/10
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.

Becket

Becket
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 11/03/1964
  • Character: Bishop Folliot
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 10/04/1968
  • Character: 'Macbeth'
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge made by the British Light Brigade against a Russian artillery battery in a small valley which resulted in the near-destruction of the brigade due to error of judgement and rash planning on part by the inept British commanders.

Svengali

Svengali
5.5/10
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

Room at the Top

Room at the Top
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 22/01/1959
  • Character: Mr. Brown
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

The Angry Hills

The Angry Hills
5.7/10
Nazis chase a U.S. newsman (Robert Mitchum) paid to smuggle names of Greek resistance leaders to London.

The Mark

The Mark
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/06/1961
  • Character: Clive
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.

The Traitor

The Traitor
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 01/03/1957
  • Character: Colonel Price
One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...

Life at the Top

Life at the Top
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/12/1965
  • Character: Abe Brown
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.

Dr. Crippen

Dr. Crippen
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/08/1963
  • Character: R.D. Muir (as Sir Donald Wolfit)
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.

A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold
6/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 14/10/1955
  • Character: Alfie Stratton
A U.S. sergeant (Richard Widmark), a British sergeant and a British pilot (Nigel Patrick) hijack gold for a German refugee's (Mai Zetterling) war orphans.

I Accuse!

I Accuse!
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 05/03/1958
  • Character: Gen. Mercier
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.

Satellite in the Sky

Satellite in the Sky
5.2/10
A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).

Late Extra

Late Extra
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1935
  • Character: Inspector Greville
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.

Calling the Tune

Calling the Tune
5.7/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 30/06/1936
  • Character: Dick Finlay
Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. 'I predict that the gramophone will be the democratic entertainment of the future' states unscrupulous record label boss Mr Gordon (Sam Livesey), who finally gets his comeuppance after one dirty trick too far against his rivals. If the film's love story is perfunctory, the real interest comes with watching performers of the day, from Henry Wood and his orchestra to George Robey and Charles 'the laughing policeman' Penrose laying down their recordings direct to record. And something very like a prototype laser disc makes a crucial appearance too.

Ninety Degrees in the Shade

Ninety Degrees in the Shade
6.8/10
A woman attempts to cover up the thefts committed by the manager at the shop she works at.

Guilty?

Guilty?
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/04/1956
  • Character: Judge
Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.

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