The best Jack Gwillim’s movies

Jack Gwillim

Jack Gwillim

15/12/1909- 02/07/2001
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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.

Thunderball

Thunderball
6.9/10
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale
5/10
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts
7.3/10
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans
6.9/10
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head, and battling the Kraken monster.

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 13/12/1966
  • Character: Chief Justice
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba
6.1/10
Under the rule of King David, Israel is united and prosperous although surrounded by enemies including Egypt and its allies. The aging King David favors his younger son, Solomon, as his successor, but David's elder son Prince Adonijah, a warrior, declares himself King. When David learns of this, he publicly announces Solomon to be his successor. Adonijah and Joab, his general, withdraw in rage. Israel prospers under King Solomon's wise and benevolent rule and is seen as a threat to more tyrannical monarchs in the region. The Pharaoh of Egypt agrees to cede a Red Sea port to the Queen of Sheba in a plot to undermine Solomon's rule. Sheba is to seduce Solomon and introduce Sheban pagan worship into Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Prince Adonijah, now banished, also conspires with Pharaoh and is given an army to defeat Solomon. The film is a highly fictionalized dramatization of events depicted in The Bible -- First Kings chapter 10 and Second Chronicles chapter 9.

Patton

Patton
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 25/01/1970
  • Character: General Sir Harold Alexander
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

The Monster Squad

The Monster Squad
6.9/10
Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!
7.2/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 11/02/1960
  • Character: Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain
6.9/10
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways
6.5/10
Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film was based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.

Cromwell

Cromwell
7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 16/09/1970
  • Character: General Byron
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 30/10/1956
  • Character: Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
In the opening years of World War II the Royal Navy was fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open and the British Isles supplied. Of great danger were the numerous surface/commerce raiders that had slipped out of German waters just before war was declared. Supplied by axis cargo ships or tankers, they primarily attacked and sank merchant shipping, and they could and did strike anywhere and everywhere. This is the story of one such ship – the 'Admiral Graf Spee' – and how 3 lightly armed Royal Navy cruisers with mere 6 and 8 inch guns boldly took on this powerful 'pocket battleship' armed with 11 inch guns.

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
5.6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 18/10/1964
  • Character: Sir Giles Dalrymple
Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert advice, American showman and financial backer of the expedition, Alexander King, plans a world tour exhibiting this magnificent discovery from the ancient world but on the opening night the sarcophagus is void of its contents. The mummy has escaped to fulfill the dreadful prophesy and exact a violent and bloody revenge on all those who defiled his final resting place.

The Inspector

The Inspector
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 24/05/1962
  • Character: Inspector Cobb
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

Circus of Horrors

Circus of Horrors
6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 01/04/1960
  • Character: Supt. Andrews
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 22/11/1957
  • Character: Commandant, Grizedale
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only german prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.

North West Frontier

North West Frontier
7.1/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 13/10/1959
  • Character: Brig. Ames
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
6.1/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 08/09/1966
  • Character: British ambassador
Anglo-American secret agents foil a mad industrialist out to sterilize the world.

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