The best John Phillips’s drama movies

John Phillips

John Phillips

20/07/1914- 11/05/1995
Today we present the best John Phillips’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best John Phillips’s movies.

Quadrophenia

Quadrophenia
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 14/09/1979
  • Character: Magistrate
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.

Becket

Becket
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 11/03/1964
  • Character: Bishop of Winchester
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 Mouse on the Moon

The Mouse on the Moon
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/05/1963
  • Character: Bracewell - U.S. Delegate
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them to the moon.

Angels One Five

Angels One Five
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 19/03/1952
  • Character: Engineer Officer
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.

I Accuse!

I Accuse!
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 05/03/1958
  • Character: Prosecutor at Esterhazy Trial
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.

A Prize of Arms

A Prize of Arms
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 11/12/1962
  • Character: Col. Fowler
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

The Shiralee

The Shiralee
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/07/1957
  • Character: Doctor
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.

Fortune Is a Woman

Fortune Is a Woman
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 13/03/1957
  • Character: Willis Croft
An insurance man (Jack Hawkins) discovers his ex-girlfriend (Arlene Dahl) and her husband's (Dennis Price) art-forgery/arson scam.

The Executioner

The Executioner
7.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/04/1980
  • Character: Examining Judge
Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is ripped open and life will never be the same again.

Dial Red O

Dial Red O
6.6/10
The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's department, Dial Red "O" (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as on a telephone dial, shown in ") opens with war-torn veteran Ralph Wyatt getting word that his wife is divorcing him, and he flees the psychiatric ward of the veteran's hospital, wanting to talk to her. His escape touches off an all-out manhunt, led by Lieutenant Andy Flynn of the sheriff's department.

The Hallelujah Handshake

The Hallelujah Handshake
7.4/10
A lonely young man longing to be accepted lies his way into a local church. The priest and his congregation soon begin to unravel his tales as his actions become versatile.

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