The best Michael Gwynn’s drama movies

Michael Gwynn

Michael Gwynn

30/11/1916- 29/01/1976
Today we present the best Michael Gwynn’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 Michael Gwynn’s movies.
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Cleopatra

Cleopatra
7/10
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

Dunkirk

Dunkirk
7.1/10
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

Barabbas

Barabbas
6.9/10
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was spared crucifixion when Pilate manipulated the crowd into pardoning him, rather than Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire
6.7/10
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.

Spy Story

Spy Story
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1976
A nuclear war specialist returns from a mission gathering data on Soviet communications and electronic warfare techniques in the Arctic Ocean to find that his flat has been broken into and mysteriously re-decorated.

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
7.4/10
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWar
  • Release: 14/10/1969
  • Character: Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg; a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.

The Camp on Blood Island

The Camp on Blood Island
6.5/10
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.

The Doctor's Dilemma

The Doctor's Dilemma
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 17/12/1958
  • Character: Dr. Blenkinsop
About a young artist, his wife and a doctor who, when the artist suffers from consumption, uses his limited serum on a more worthwhile case. (BFI Website)

Some People

Some People
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 31/05/1962
  • Character: Vicar
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.

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