Jean Simmons — Actor (40)
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The Blue Lagoon (1949) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Blue Lagoon
director: Frank Launder actor: Jean Simmons / Donald Houston …
other title: Incantesimo dei mari del Sud / Die blaue Lagune …
In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise.
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The Egyptian (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Egyptian
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Edmund Purdom / Victor Mature …
other title: Sinuhe l'egiziano / Sinuhe Ægypteren …
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
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Androcles and the Lion (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Androcles and the Lion
director: Chester Erskine actor: Victor Mature / Jean Simmons …
other title: Androclo e il leone / Androkles und der Löwe …
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
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The Robe (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Robe
director: Henry Koster actor: Richard Burton / Jean Simmons …
other title: La tunica / Men jeg så ham dø …
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
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The Grass Is Greener (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Grass Is Greener
director: Stanley Donen actor: Cary Grant / Deborah Kerr …
other title: L'erba del vicino è sempre più verde / Blåt blod og amerikansk olie(-konge) …
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. Soon, Hattie Durant gets involved and they have a good old fashioned love triangle.
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Rough Night in Jericho (1967) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rough Night in Jericho
director: Arnold Laven actor: Dean Martin / George Peppard …
other title: Due stelle nella polvere / A noite dos pistoleiros …
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.
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Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
director: Walter Grauman actor: Catherine Hicks / Lisa Hartman …
other title: La valle delle bambole / Das Tal der Puppen
Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.
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The Happy Ending (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Happy Ending
director: Richard Brooks actor: Jean Simmons / John Forsythe …
other title: Lieto fine / Happy End für eine Ehe …
When Fred asked for Mary's hand in marriage, she thought she had the happy ending she only read about in fairy tales. Now it's 16 years later; Fred has had an affair, and Mary drowns her sorrows in pills and booze, a dangerous combination that nearly resulted in her death the year before. As Mary rushes off to the Bahamas for a relaxing escape from her crumbling marriage, she reflects on the past and wonders just where it all went wrong.
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So Long at the Fair (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
So Long at the Fair
director: Antony Darnborough / Terence Fisher actor: Jean Simmons / Dirk Bogarde …
other title: Tragica incertezza / Paris um Mitternacht …
Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.
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Guys and Dolls (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
Guys and Dolls
director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Marlon Brando / Jean Simmons …
other title: Bulli e pupe / Eles e Elas …
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
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Elmer Gantry (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Elmer Gantry
director: Richard Brooks actor: Burt Lancaster / Jean Simmons …
other title: Il figlio di Giuda / O Falso Profeta …
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
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Great Expectations (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Great Expectations
director: David Lean actor: John Mills / Valerie Hobson …
other title: Grandi speranze / Grandes Esperanças …
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) [Movie] NeoDB Melon Log Douban IMDb TMDB Bangumi WikiData Skybridge
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
director: Hironobu Sakaguchi actor: Ming-Na Wen / Alec Baldwin …
other title: Final Fantasy / Final Fantasy - Die Mächte in dir …
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
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Angel Face (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Angel Face
director: Otto Preminger actor: Robert Mitchum / Jean Simmons …
other title: Seduzione mortale / Blindt begær …
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
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Black Narcissus (1947) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban Skybridge WikiData IMDb
Black Narcissus
director: Emeric Pressburger / Michael Powell actor: Deborah Kerr / David Farrar …
other title: Narciso nero / Quando os Sinos Dobram …
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
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Hamlet (1948) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
Hamlet
director: Laurence Olivier actor: Laurence Olivier / Basil Sydney …
other title: Amleto / 王子复仇记 …
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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Spartacus (1960) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb Skybridge WikiData
Spartacus
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Stanley Kubrick actor: Kirk Douglas / Laurence Olivier …
other title: Espartaco
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.