Roger Livesey — Actor (13)

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Of Human Bondage (1964)
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other title: Schiavo d'amore / Der Menschen Hörigkeit …
Medical student Philip Carey becomes involved with flirtatious waitress Mildred Rogers. Their love affair is interrupted when Philip is made aware of her constant infidelity. As Mildred quits her job and becomes a prostitute, Philip is still in love with her.

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Girl in the News (1940)
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other title: la Nouvelles Fille
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.

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Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
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Derek N. Twist actor: Roger Livesey / Honor Blackman …
other title: Whisky, cognac e libertà / Donde los juncos son verdes
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back to Henry III) to evade government-imposed import duties and taxes. And when the government decides to curb this right, the whole village quietly rises up in a comical rebellion. After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.

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The Intimate Stranger (1956)
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Joseph Losey actor: Richard Basehart / Mary Murphy …
other title: L'amante misteriosa / Intimidad con un extraño …
Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss's daughter after which he quickly rises through the studio ranks. Then the letters begin to appear from a lovesick American actress who wants to know why he has thrown her over.

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Oedipus the King (1968)
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Philip Saville actor: Christopher Plummer / Lilli Palmer …
other title: König Oedipus / Edipo rey …
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

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The League of Gentlemen (1960)
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Basil Dearden actor: Jack Hawkins / Nigel Patrick …
other title: Un colpo da otto / Banken sprænges kl. 11 …
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.

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The Entertainer (1960)
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Tony Richardson actor: Laurence Olivier / Brenda De Banzie …
other title: Gli sfasati / Der Komödiant …
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

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I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
I Know Where I'm Going!
Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger actor: Wendy Hiller / Roger Livesey …
other title: So dove vado / Ich weiß wohin ich gehe …
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
other title: Duello a Berlino / A Vida do Coronel Blimp …
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.