Nigel Stock — Actor (16)
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H.M.S. Defiant (1962) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
H.M.S. Defiant
director: Lewis Gilbert actor: Alec Guinness / Dirk Bogarde …
other title: Ponte di comando / Under brændende sejl …
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
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The Password Is Courage (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Password Is Courage
director: Andrew L. Stone actor: Dirk Bogarde / Maria Perschy …
other title: Parola d'ordine: coraggio / Mot de passe : courage …
Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, where the deceived enemy forces award him the Iron Cross. Though he is ultimately discovered, he goes on to courageously pursue his freedom with a whimsical and undying audacity.
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Eyewitness (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Eyewitness
director: Muriel Box actor: Donald Sinden / Muriel Pavlow …
other title: Testigo en peligro
Lucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.
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The Night of the Generals (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Night of the Generals
director: Anatole Litvak actor: Peter O'Toole / Omar Sharif …
other title: La notte dei generali / Generalernes nat …
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
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Brighton Rock (1948) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Brighton Rock
director: John Boulting actor: Richard Attenborough / Hermione Baddeley …
other title: Le gang des tueurs / El joven Scarface …
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
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The Lost Continent (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Lost Continent
director: Michael Carreras actor: Eric Porter / Hildegard Knef …
other title: La nebbia degli orrori / O Continente Esquecido …
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.
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Never Let Go (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Never Let Go
director: John Guillermin actor: Richard Todd / Peter Sellers …
other title: I gangsters di Piccadilly / Der Marder von London …
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.
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The Night My Number Came Up (1955) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Night My Number Came Up
director: Leslie Norman actor: Michael Redgrave / Sheila Sim …
other title: La scogliera della morte / Sie waren 13 …
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach. Hardie dismisses the dream as pure fantasy, but while he is flying to Tokyo the next day, circumstances start changing to align with the pilot's vivid vision, and it looks like the dream disaster may become a reality.
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Victim (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Victim
director: Basil Dearden actor: Dirk Bogarde / Sylvia Syms …
other title: Der Teufelskreis / La victime …
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
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The Great Escape (1963) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb Skybridge
The Great Escape
7.0 (6 ratings) director: John Sturges actor: Steve McQueen / James Garner …
other title: La grande fuga / Den store flugt …
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
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Yellowbeard (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Yellowbeard
director: Mel Damski actor: Graham Chapman / Martin Hewitt …
other title: Barbagialla, il terrore dei sette mari e mezzo / Kaptajn Guldskæg …
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Young Sherlock Holmes
director: Barry Levinson actor: Nicholas Rowe / Alan Cox …
other title: Piramide di paura / Frygtens pyramide …
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
director: Sam Wood actor: Robert Donat / Greer Garson …
other title: Addio, mr. Chips! / Adeus, Mr. Chips …
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.