Finlay Currie
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1878-01-19
Locus Natus: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Et ut: William Finlay Currie
Ben-Hur
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of...
release : 1959.11.18popularis : 40.376
Murder at the Gallop
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened....
release : 1963.06.24popularis : 8.664
Bunny Lake Is Missing
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
release : 1965.10.03popularis : 13.504
Around the World in Eighty Days
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a...
release : 1956.10.17popularis : 10.79
Corridors of Blood
An 1840s British surgeon, experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel...
release : 1958.12.01popularis : 3.422
People Will Talk
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's...
release : 1951.08.29popularis : 10.304
Treasure Island
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a...
release : 1950.07.19popularis : 14.471
Quo Vadis
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical...
release : 1951.11.08popularis : 28.151
My Old Dutch
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama -...
release : 1934.10.01popularis : 2.225
Billy Liar
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause...
release : 1963.08.15popularis : 5.257
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of...
release : 1952.07.31popularis : 13.058
The Improper Duchess
The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
release : 1936.01.17popularis : 2.927
Me and Marlborough
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
release : 1935.07.22popularis : 2.359
Great Expectations
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a...
release : 1946.12.26popularis : 11.331
Solomon and Sheba
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the...
release : 1959.12.18popularis : 19.766
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
release : 1960.07.21popularis : 3.786
Kidnapped
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder,...
release : 1960.02.24popularis : 3.161
Stars and Stripes Forever
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
release : 1952.12.22popularis : 2.247
The Edge of the World
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
release : 1937.09.10popularis : 2.407
Footsteps in the Fog
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
release : 1955.09.14popularis : 3.427
6.5 Special
A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides to try and make her name in London. Catching the...
release : 1958.03.01popularis : 0.929
The Brothers
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
release : 1947.05.07popularis : 1.446
The Fall of the Roman Empire
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius...
release : 1964.03.24popularis : 24.907
So Evil My Love
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several...
release : 1948.08.02popularis : 3.811
The History of Mr. Polly
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is...
release : 1949.02.08popularis : 5.277
School for Secrets
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...
release : 1946.12.23popularis : 2.561
I Know Where I'm Going!
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by...
release : 1945.11.16popularis : 7.294
Walk East on Beacon
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.
release : 1952.06.01popularis : 3.388
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually...
release : 1953.10.26popularis : 3.383
Thunder Rock
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his...
release : 1942.12.04popularis : 2.659
Francis of Assisi
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts...
release : 1961.07.12popularis : 2.909
Abandon Ship
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over...
release : 1957.03.12popularis : 3.655
Joseph and His Brethren
A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to...
release : 1961.08.23popularis : 2.974
Saint Joan
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many...
release : 1957.05.08popularis : 7.408
Third Party Risk
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling....
release : 1954.10.08popularis : 2.108
The Mudlark
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
release : 1950.10.03popularis : 4.058
Captain Lightfoot
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets...
release : 1955.03.26popularis : 6.286
My Daughter Joy
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik.
release : 1950.08.21popularis : 1.513
The Little Hut
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are...
release : 1957.05.03popularis : 4.44
Rome Express
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
release : 1932.10.31popularis : 2.302
The Angel Wore Red
A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.
release : 1960.04.14popularis : 1.998
The Inspector
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
release : 1962.05.24popularis : 4.573
Kangaroo
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals...
release : 1952.05.16popularis : 5.734
The Bells Go Down
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London...
release : 1943.05.16popularis : 4.681
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an Italian concert pianist.
release : 1965.05.26popularis : 4.435
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
release : 1948.09.27popularis : 4.505
Treasure of the Golden Condor
A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.
release : 1953.02.04popularis : 3.686
Undercover
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope...
release : 1943.07.26popularis : 3.746
Make Me an Offer!
A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of...
release : 1954.12.08popularis : 1.975
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...
release : 1948.10.26popularis : 2.755
Hand in Hand
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be...
release : 1961.02.06popularis : 1.224
In the Zone
Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.
release : 1946.01.02popularis : 0.405
Mister Cinders
The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case,...
release : 1934.01.01popularis : 0.3
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
release : 1948.10.06popularis : 1.491
Princess Charming
Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her life. She heads for the neighboring country, which...
release : 1934.04.24popularis : 2.268
Clue of the Silver Key
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
release : 1961.08.01popularis : 2.344
Who Was Maddox?
A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed the publisher's wife.
release : 1964.06.01popularis : 3.404
Little Friend
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
release : 1934.11.18popularis : 0.55
Warn That Man
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a...
release : 1943.07.13popularis : 1.096
The Good Companions
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
release : 1933.02.28popularis : 1.067
49th Parallel
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by...
release : 1941.11.24popularis : 10.11
Heat Wave
Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical...
release : 1935.05.30popularis : 2.314
My Brother Jonathan
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work...
release : 1948.02.05popularis : 2.367
King's Rhapsody
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic...
release : 1955.06.07popularis : 1.873
Excess Baggage
'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)
release : 1933.03.24popularis : 2.254
No Funny Business
'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)
release : 1933.03.30popularis : 0.886
The Monkey's Paw
The monkey's paw can make wishes come true. But not in the ways people expect.
release : 1948.02.18popularis : 1.977
Tempest
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he...
release : 1958.12.01popularis : 6.346
Dangerous Exile
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and...
release : 1957.12.12popularis : 3.152
Glamorous Night
Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their king from the clutches of a would-be dictator.
release : 1937.04.28popularis : 1.009
The Day Will Dawn
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat...
release : 1942.06.08popularis : 3.482
The Black Rose
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of...
release : 1950.09.01popularis : 2.938
Zarak
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
release : 1956.12.01popularis : 1.9
Gay Love
Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new...
release : 1934.09.01popularis : 1.55
The Big Splash
A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
release : 1935.01.01popularis : 1.235
Brigadoon
Every 100 years, people stumble upon the Scottish village of Brigadoon, which will never be found on a map. A wonderful, fun filled day will be had...
release : 1966.10.15popularis : 1.836
Paradise for Two
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
release : 1937.12.22popularis : 0.938
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller,...
release : 1966.12.28popularis : 5.963
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in...
release : 1938.09.04popularis : 0.414
Crook's Tour
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of...
release : 1940.09.03popularis : 3.524
Command Performance
Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The...
release : 1937.01.01popularis : 1.918
The Old Man
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
release : 1931.12.15popularis : 1.38
The Frightened Lady
A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to...
release : 1932.03.01popularis : 4.722
Trio
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
release : 1950.10.10popularis : 4.327
West 11
Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own...
release : 1963.10.08popularis : 2.792
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet...
release : 1963.12.11popularis : 5.461
The Naked Earth
Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives and adventures, on the banks of a river infested...
release : 1958.02.05popularis : 1.218
Campbell's Kingdom
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In...
release : 1957.09.03popularis : 4.758
Orders Is Orders
A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander...
release : 1933.07.18popularis : 2.013
The Cracksman
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable...
release : 1963.01.01popularis : 1.927
The End of the Road
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.
release : 1954.01.01popularis : 1.474
The Shipbuilders
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the...
release : 1943.12.15popularis : 1.524
The Amorous Prawn
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in...
release : 1962.11.26popularis : 2.398
Go to Blazes
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate...
release : 1962.04.18popularis : 3.148
Cleopatra
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his...
release : 1963.06.12popularis : 20.824
Wanted!
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves...
release : 1937.08.23popularis : 1.254
The Trojan Brothers
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.
release : 1946.02.04popularis : 3.226
They Met in the Dark
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court...
release : 1943.08.11popularis : 2.454
Catch as Catch Can
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on transatlantic crossings. After Leyland falls for...
release : 1937.07.01popularis : 0.952
Spring Song
The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
release : 1946.12.23popularis : 0.739
Don Chicago
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he...
release : 1945.08.06popularis : 0.921
Theatre Royal
The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threatens to close it, the workers fear that they will...
release : 1943.07.26popularis : 0.663
Rockets Galore
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world...
release : 1958.10.19popularis : 2.873
Five Golden Hours
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely...
release : 1961.02.01popularis : 5.31