Ernest Thesiger — Actor (12)
The Million Pound Note (1954) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Million Pound Note
director: Ronald Neame actor: Gregory Peck / Ronald Squire
other title: Il forestiero / Sein größter Bluff
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
Bride of Frankenstein
director: James Whale actor: Boris Karloff / Colin Clive
other title: La moglie di Frankenstein / Frankensteins Brud
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Report (1967) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Report
director: Bruce Conner actor: John F. Kennedy / Jacqueline Kennedy
Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling repetition of Kennedy assassination coverage—and repurposes them into a meditation on how the media tries to exert authority and apply a sense of order to the anarchic. And though it may sound perverse to say so, the film is also—not incidentally—a thrill to watch.
The Man in the White Suit (1951) [Movie] ReviewDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
The Man in the White Suit
director: Alexander Mackendrick actor: Alec Guinness / Joan Greenwood
other title: Lo scandalo del vestito bianco / O Homem do Fato Claro
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
The Winslow Boy (1948) [Movie] TMDB
The Winslow Boy
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Robert Donat / Cedric Hardwicke
other title: Tutto mi accusa / Der Fall Winslow
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Henry V (1944) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
director: Laurence Olivier actor: Laurence Olivier / Renée Asherson
other title: Enrico V / Henrique V
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
The Horse's Mouth (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Horse's Mouth
director: Ronald Neame actor: Alec Guinness / Kay Walsh
other title: La bocca della verità / Des Pudels Kern
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
director: Lothar Mendes actor: Roland Young / Ralph Richardson
other title: L'uomo dei miracoli / Der Mann, der die Welt verändern wollte
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Meet Mr. Lucifer
director: Anthony Pelissier actor: Stanley Holloway / Peggy Cummins
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.