The best Ralph Richardson’s war movies

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

19/12/1902- 10/10/1983
We present our ranking of the best Ralph Richardson’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 Ralph Richardson.
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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago
7.9/10
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

Exodus

Exodus
6.7/10
Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Khartoum

Khartoum
6.8/10
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain
6.9/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 15/09/1969
  • Character: Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
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.

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers
7.4/10
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusicWar
  • Release: 10/03/1969
  • Character: Sir Edward Grey
Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.

The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier
6.7/10
Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

The Lion Has Wings

The Lion Has Wings
5.7/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryWar
  • Release: 03/11/1939
  • Character: Wing Commander Richardson
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.

The Silver Fleet

The Silver Fleet
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 15/03/1943
  • Character: Jaap van Leyden
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?

School for Secrets

School for Secrets
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 23/12/1946
  • Character: Prof. Heatherville
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.

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