Carol Reed — Director (11)
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Bank Holiday (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bank Holiday
director: Carol Reed actor: John Lodge / Margaret Lockwood …
other title: Fiamme di passione / Week-end …
A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside. Doreen and Milly are off to a beauty contest, Geoffrey and Catherine are having an illicit weekend in the Grand Hotel and May and the kids are set for a more straightforward holiday of sea, sand, and pub. Meanwhile, the manager and performers on the pier are praying for rain.
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The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Young Mr. Pitt
director: Carol Reed actor: Robert Donat / Robert Morley …
other title: Il nemico di Napoleone / The Young Mr Pitt …
In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.
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Girl in the News (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Girl in the News
director: Carol Reed actor: Margaret Lockwood / Barry K. Barnes …
other title: la Nouvelles Fille
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.
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The Key (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Key
director: Carol Reed actor: William Holden / Sophia Loren …
other title: La chiave / A Chave …
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.
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Follow Me! (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Follow Me!
director: Carol Reed actor: Mia Farrow / Chaim Topol …
other title: Detective privato... anche troppo / Ein liebenswerter Schatten …
A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.
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The Way Ahead (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Way Ahead
director: Carol Reed actor: David Niven / Stanley Holloway …
other title: La via della gloria / Têmpera de Aço …
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
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Laburnum Grove (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Laburnum Grove
director: Carol Reed actor: Edmund Gwenn / Cedric Hardwicke …
To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave. His wife believes he is joking, but he has in fact allowed the truth to slip out and now he is danger of being arrested.
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Night Train to Munich (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Night Train to Munich
director: Carol Reed actor: Margaret Lockwood / Rex Harrison …
other title: Expresso de Munique / Train de nuit pour Munich …
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
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The Stars Look Down (1940) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Stars Look Down
director: Carol Reed actor: Michael Redgrave / Margaret Lockwood …
other title: E le stelle stanno a guardare / Die Sterne blicken herab …
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.