Laurence Olivier — Actor (46)
The Betsy (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Betsy
other title: Betsy / Der Clan
Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his grandson's mistress.
Pride and Prejudice (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Pride and Prejudice
other title: Orgoglio e pregiudizio / Orgulho e Preconceito
In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.
The Jigsaw Man (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Jigsaw Man
other title: Triplo gioco / O Xeque Mate
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
Fire Over England (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Fire Over England
other title: Elisabetta d'Inghilterra / Feuer über England
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
21 Days (1940) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
21 Days
director: Basil Dean actor: Vivien Leigh / Laurence Olivier
other title: Fatalità / 21 días juntos
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
The Collection (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Collection
director: Michael Apted actor: Alan Bates / Malcolm McDowell
Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point the moment when four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the suggestion of infidelity. The sinister anonymous phone call that disturbs Harry Kane at four o'clock in the morning becomes increasingly hard to establish...
Carrie (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Carrie
other title: Gli occhi che non sorrisero / Un amour désespéré
In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.
Q Planes (1939) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Q Planes
other title: Ali che non tornano / Testflug QE 97
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) [TV] IMDb TMDB
The Last Days of Pompeii
director: Peter H. Hunt actor: Linda Purl / Anthony Quayle
other title: Die letzten Tage von Pompeji / Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi
The different aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian volcano, which wipes it from the face of the Earth. The residents of Pompeii include Diomed, a common upstart merchant whose self-made riches from trade allow him to consider running for political office against sitting city magistrate Quintus and an impoverished aristocratic marriage for his daughter Julia; the cultivated Greek Glaucus; the gladiator Lydon; the noble-born Antonius and his sister Ione, the evil Isis-priest Arbaces who is after (their) money and power; the persecution-fearing Christian slaves Petrus, his true love Chloe, and their secret leader Olinthus.
Love Among the Ruins (1976) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Love Among the Ruins
other title: Amore tra le rovine / Liebe in der Dämmerung
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.
The Yellow Ticket (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Yellow Ticket
director: Raoul Walsh actor: Elissa Landi / Lionel Barrymore
other title: Il passaporto giallo / Le passeport jaune
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
Richard III (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Richard III
other title: Riccardo III / Richard den Tredje
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
The Devil's Disciple (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Devil's Disciple
director: Guy Hamilton actor: Burt Lancaster / Kirk Douglas
other title: Il discepolo del diavolo / Djævlens discipel
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.
Discovering Hamlet (2011) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Discovering Hamlet
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great tragedy to life. Christopher Plummer, David Tennant, John Nettles, John Simm, Sir Trevor Nunn, Franco Zeffirelli, Philip Saville, and others explore the enduring appeal of the Prince of Denmark more than 400 years after his stage debut.