The best Jack Watson’s drama movies

Jack Watson

Jack Watson

14/05/1915- 04/07/1999
We present our ranking of the best Jack Watson’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 Jack Watson.
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The Hill

The Hill
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 17/06/1965
  • Character: Jock McGrath
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom
7.6/10
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

Grand Prix

Grand Prix
7.2/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1966
  • Character: Jeff Jordan
The story tells about the confrontation of four first-class racers of Formula 1. Each of the competitors had their own additional motivation to become a champion. Their world is a risk and extreme, fast driving on the highway. The taste of adrenaline is what race lovers live. Outside of competition, they all experience personal dramas and upheavals, and the more important the desired title becomes for them.

The Idol

The Idol
5.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/02/1966
  • Character: Police Inspector
The Idol is a 1966 British drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks, Jennifer Hilary and Guy Doleman. A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.

The Four Musketeers

The Four Musketeers
6.9/10
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/01/1963
  • Character: Len Miller
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

Tobruk

Tobruk
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 07/02/1967
  • Character: Sgt. Maj. Jack Tyne
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade
6.7/10
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick (William Holden) is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown (Cliff Robertson) leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker (Vince Edwards) the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.

Schizo

Schizo
5.7/10
A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse
6.2/10
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.

The Purple Taxi

The Purple Taxi
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/05/1977
With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.

The Strange Affair

The Strange Affair
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/08/1968
  • Character: Quince
When rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair of pornographers. Meanwhile, seasoned Det. Pierce is out to catch mob boss Quince and soon both plots intertwine.

King Arthur, the Young Warlord

King Arthur, the Young Warlord
6.2/10
This is the inspiring, epic journey of a noble warrior's quest to prove his worth, his might, and his destined fate to become the next ruler of Britain.

Fate Takes a Hand

Fate Takes a Hand
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/10/1961
  • Character: Bulldog
When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees. This solitary incident has profound ramifications on several of the recipients and this film tells the story of how just five of those letters changed peoples lives forever.

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1962
  • Character: Sgt. Tracey
Scotland Yard is thrown into an uproar when a mad killer begins knocking off beautiful young blondes.

Swallows and Amazons Forever!: Coot Club

Swallows and Amazons Forever!: Coot Club
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 19/03/1984
  • Character: Jim Wooddall
Coot Club and its companion story, The Big Six, are based on the celebrated Swallows & Amazons series of childrens' books written by Arthur Ransome. For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, the Arthur Ransome classics stand alone. Set in the '30s, both stories take place on the lakes and waterways of England, and feature the same cast of lively characters, led by six children, who become firm friends, sharing a love of wildlife and all things nautical.

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