Anthony Asquith — Director (8)
French Without Tears (1940) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
French Without Tears
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Ray Milland / Ellen Drew
other title: Il francese senza lacrime / Coqueta hasta el fin
It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in France, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates. Alan (Ray Milland), one of the students, successfully resists Diana's charms-meaning of course that Alan and Diana will be in each other's arms by fadeout time. (AllMovie)
The Millionairess (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Millionairess
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Sophia Loren / Peter Sellers
other title: La miliardaria / Die Millionärin
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.
Fanny by Gaslight (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Fanny by Gaslight
other title: Il mio amore vivrà / Gaslicht und Schatten
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
Orders to Kill (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Orders to Kill
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Eddie Albert / Paul Massie
other title: Ordine di uccidere / Ordre til at dræbe
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
other title: Una Rolls-Royce gialla / Der gelbe Rolls-Royce
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.
We Dive at Dawn (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
We Dive at Dawn
director: Anthony Asquith actor: John Mills / Eric Portman
other title: La tigre del mare / Plongée à l'aube
A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...