David Lean Movies

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed...

Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months'...

Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair...

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband.

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the...

A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews...

A short documentary about the making of David Lean's LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. A 1970 documentary with a similar title uses some footage but is otherwise a...

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

Two insurance detectives work with the police to identify and bring down a crime kingpin. One is murdered, but his partner and his daughter continue.

Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he...

'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)

George, the inebriate night porter at the Hotel Splendide, develops a series of increasingly outlandish suspicions about Billy and Percy, two guests...

A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her...

In this espionage drama, a Secret Service agent must discover who has been smuggling British arms into China. The prime suspect is a prosperous...

Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.

A co-production of Columbia Pictures and USC’s Department of Cinema, this 1958 educational short hosted by William Holden explores the art of...

After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his...

'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)

Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.