John Mills — Actor (42)
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Oklahoma Crude (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Oklahoma Crude
director: Stanley Kramer actor: George C. Scott / Faye Dunaway …
other title: I duri di Oklahoma / L'Or noir de l'Oklahoma …
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
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Deadly Advice (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Deadly Advice
director: Mandie Fletcher actor: Jane Horrocks / Brenda Fricker …
other title: Consejos mortales / Deadly Advice – Ein mörderischer Spaß
Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see themselves as becoming old unmarried, maids. Jodie has feelings for the local doctor, a man much older than her, for which her mother strongly disapproves. Beth finds a relationship with a male stripper in Bristol, but sees nothing in the future with Mother around. While both girls would like to be rid of Mother, nothing happens until Jodie sees images of H. R. Armstrong, the man who put the town on the map by dispatching his un-loving wife
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The Chalk Garden (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Chalk Garden
director: Ronald Neame actor: Deborah Kerr / Hayley Mills …
other title: Il giardino di gesso / Das Haus im Kreidegarten …
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love – a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She skillfully sets about tending to the girl's reckless emotions and the pitifully failed garden.
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Adam's Woman (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Adam's Woman
director: Philip Leacock actor: Beau Bridges / Jane Merrow …
other title: A Mulher de Adão / La mujer de Adán …
Adam is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia.
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Town on Trial (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Town on Trial
director: John Guillermin actor: John Mills / Charles Coburn …
other title: Città sotto inchiesta / Eine Stadt steht vor Gericht …
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
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Frankenstein (1993) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Frankenstein
director: David Wickes actor: Patrick Bergin / Randy Quaid …
other title: Dr. Frankenstein
In the early 19th century, Dr. Frankenstein discovers the secret of life – how to create a perfect man – powerful, intelligent and immune to disease. But something goes wrong in the laboratory and the doctor’s hideous creation disappears into the night. At first, Frankenstein hoped that the horrible monster would perish in the wilderness, but now he senses that it’s alive and sets out for him. Dr. Frankenstein tracks the creature to the Arctic, where the two must battle to decide who will become the master of the other’s life…or death.
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
director: Craig McCall actor: Jack Cardiff / Martin Scorsese …
other title: Jack Cardiff, Vida e Obra de um Cameraman / Cameraman : The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff …
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
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The Truth About Spring (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Truth About Spring
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Hayley Mills / John Mills …
other title: Crociera imprevista / Los piratas del acantilado
Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton turns out to be handy when they encounter dangerous rivals. Tommy also tries to play match maker between Ashton and Spring – a difficult task indeed.
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Tiger Bay (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tiger Bay
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: John Mills / Horst Buchholz …
other title: Questione di vita o di morte / Les Yeux du témoin …
In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.
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The End of the Affair (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The End of the Affair
director: Edward Dmytryk actor: Deborah Kerr / Van Johnson …
other title: La fine dell'avventura / Das Ende einer Affaire …
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
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The Masks of Death (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Masks of Death
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Peter Cushing / John Mills …
other title: La maschera della morte / Sherlock Holmes : Les masques de la mort …
Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems...
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Sahara (1983) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sahara
director: Andrew V. McLaglen actor: Brooke Shields / Lambert Wilson …
other title: Aventuras en el Sahara
Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.