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1. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)
30 min | Talk-Show
Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.
Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan
Votes: 169
2.
The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
Episode:
The Fallen Idol
(1959)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Jacques Hirschler, Jack Hawkins, Jessica Tandy, Dina Merrill
Votes: 14
3. Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.
Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 591
4. This Little Ship (1953)
11 min | Documentary, Short, History
The sacrifice of HMS Plym in the first British atomic bomb test.
Directors: Adrian Cooper, Ron Osborn | Star: Jack Hawkins
Votes: 8
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,146 | Gross: $44.82M
6. The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1988)
TV-G | 90 min | Music, Talk-Show
This particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night December 1969 - January 1975 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night September - December 1986
Stars: Dick Cavett, Bobby Rosengarden, Fred Foy, Mort Sahl
Votes: 944
7. Ben-Hur (1959)
G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet
Votes: 253,508 | Gross: $74.70M
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 233,184 | Gross: $44.91M
9. I've Got a Secret (1952–1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.
Stars: Garry Moore, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, John Cannon
Votes: 562
10. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
11.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Deserter
(1959)
30 min | Drama
A British officer disappears for 6 weeks and then is court-martialed for desertion. He refuses to defend himself and Manfred wants to know why.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Richard Johnson, Ronald Howard, Melissa Stribling
Votes: 36
12. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
13.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Boy Without a Country
(1960)
30 min | Drama
A young boy with no home, who has worked aboard a tramp freighter, escapes the ship and it's vicious captain. He is arrested for theft. Manfred works to clear him and find a way for him to stay in England.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Martin Benson, Andrew Keir, Joseph Cuby
Votes: 32
14.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Man Who Wasn't There
(1960)
30 min | Drama
Manfred's investigates a possibly kidnapped scientist takes him to a reactivated, but top secret Royal Navy station on a small island off Scotland. Though an MP, he's refused entry. He sneaks in, locating the missing man, in an old shed.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Lionel Jeffries, Gerard Heinz, Sheila Allen
Votes: 33
15. Zulu (1964)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, History, War
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth
Votes: 42,731
16. QB VII (1974)
TV-MA | 390 min | Drama, Mystery
A physician (Sir Anthony Hopkins) sues a novelist (Ben Gazzara) for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 876
17.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Survivor
(1960)
30 min | Drama
A list of former Nazis and Nazi sympathizers who, are obtaining high government positions in Germany, is turned over to Manfred. The list may be phony.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Patricia Burke, Allan Cuthbertson
Votes: 35
18.
QB VII (1974)
Episode:
Part Three
(1974)
TV-MA | 160 min | Drama, Mystery
Ignoring the advice of his wife and son, Sir Adam Kelno insists on suing Abe Cady, who has accused him of castrating Jews in a best selling book, for libel.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 35
19. The Fallen Idol (1948)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey
Votes: 9,664 | Gross: $0.34M
20. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
21. Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.
Stars: David Buck, Mark Moss, Freddie Jones, Robert Hunter
Votes: 111
22. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 238
23. Dee Time (1967–1969)
45 min | Music
Dee Time starred charismatic former BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Dee in a series of hip talk shows in which he interviewed the big names in the TV and film showbiz-set as well as stars of the world of popular music.
Stars: Simon Dee, The Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra, Leonard Martin, Anita Harris
Votes: 57
24.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
A Sort of Falling in Love
(1966)
30 min | Drama
To everyone's surprise, militant atheist Justin Post becomes a believer in God.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Jack Hawkins, Diane Baker
Votes: 9
25.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
Crack-Up
(1960)
Drama
A plane which crashed five years earlier is spotted by a hunter in Canada. Jeff is visited by the late pilot's wife. She wants him to get to the wreckage first to see if a half-million dollars of embezzled gold was aboard the aircraft.
Director: Anthony Bushell | Stars: Richard Conte, June Thorburn, Delena Kidd, Charles Irwin
Votes: 34
26.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
National Treasure
(1959)
30 min | Drama
Manfred is called to the estate of Lord Eastleigh for a deathbed confession: the Rembrandt painting hanging in his home is an original. It had been stolen from the museum and replaced with ... See full summary »
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, William Lucas, Richard Wordsworth, Andrew Keir
Votes: 39
27.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
Their Man in London
(1959)
30 min | Drama
A young woman, an opponent to the dictatorship in Guatarica, is murdered in London. The killer may be hiding in the embassy protected by diplomatic immunity.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, June Thorburn, Mark Dignam, Ralph Truman
Votes: 31
28. The Cruel Sea (1953)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, War
The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 5,401
29. Crash of Silence (1952)
Approved | 93 min | Drama
Mandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 1,020
30. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 131
31. Waterloo (I) (1970)
G | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 12,613 | Gross: $3.05M
32. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 6,799
33.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
The Open Door
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Colonel Mortimer returns to his family after a long spell in India to find his young son in bed ill, and tormented by a wailing voice... but is it in the boy's imagination or not?
Director: Joan Kemp-Welch | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Rachel Gurney, Mark Dignam, John Laurie
Votes: 39
34.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
Money to Burn
(1960)
30 min | Drama
When Sir Barling, a banknote printer, is tricked into printing 5 million pesos that will be used to destabilize a government, Manfred is called to help.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Ian Hunter, Helena Pickard, Andrew Keir
Votes: 35
35. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
GP | 183 min | Biography, Drama, History
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson
Votes: 5,561 | Gross: $3.96M
36. The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Unrated | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 5,272
37. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 185
38. Autumn Crocus (1934)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A demure Manchester schoolmistress falls in love while holidaying in the Austrian Tyrol.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Ivor Novello, Fay Compton, Muriel Aked, Esme Church
Votes: 80
39. Stalked (1968)
29 min | Short
Director: Rolf Forsberg | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Saeed Jaffrey, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 29
40.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
(1965)
75 min | Drama
An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarming agenda.
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Ian McKellen, Faith Brook, Mary Hinton
Votes: 52
41.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
Marie
(1960)
Drama
Tim saves a woman from jumping off a bridge into the Seine River. After coming to at his apartment, he and Nicole learn only her name, Marie, and that she's from Algeria before running off.... See full summary »
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Dan Dailey, Honor Blackman, Perlita Neilson, Alec Mango
Votes: 33
42.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Battle of the Bridge
(1959)
30 min | Drama
When their old commander dies, four wartime comrades come together to fulfill his last wish.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Dan Dailey, Richard Conte, Vittorio De Sica
Votes: 50
43.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Judge
(1959)
Drama
A woman is convicted of poisoning her husband. Her attorney, asks Ryder for help in getting to the truth. The biggest problem is that she was convicted, based on the evidence, provided by a well-respected Doctor who performed the autopsy.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Richard Conte, James Dyrenforth, Estelle Brody, Naomi Chance
Votes: 41
44.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Village of Shame
(1959)
30 min | Drama
Manfred investigates after an old World War II friend, formerly with the OSS and later a post war Nazi hunter, drowns.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Andrew Keir, Leo Britt, Malou Pantera
Votes: 44
45. Theater of Blood (1973)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews
Votes: 12,270
46. No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 4,452
47. Hour of Glory (1949)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Farrar, Jack Hawkins, Michael Gough, Henry Caine
Votes: 3,098
48. Guns at Batasi (1964)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, War
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton
Votes: 1,957
49. The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
30 min | Drama
Four men: a British politician, an American journalist in Paris, a lawyer in the U.S., and a Roman hotelier, band together to fight injustice wherever they find it.
Stars: Richard Conte, Jack Hawkins, Dan Dailey, Arthur Gomez
Votes: 158
50.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Godfather
(1959)
Drama
Collier's godson is kidnapped and held for a one million dollar ransom.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Dan Dailey, Honor Blackman, George Murcell, Cecile Chevreau
Votes: 27