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1. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,292
2.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 2
(1963)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Dr. Syn, alias The Scarecrow, must find a way to protect his smuggling band not only from the King's forces but also from a would-be traitor within his own gang.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 212
3.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 3
(1963)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Under pressure from King George III to capture The Scarecrow or lose his command, General Pugh plans to use two prisoners, an escapee from the Royal Navy and an American colonist, to trap The Scarecrow.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 212
4.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 1
(1963)
Unrated | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures of a disguised vicar who fights for justice in 18th-century England.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 711
5. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
6. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,413 | Gross: $7.09M
7. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,236
8. Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
G | 98 min | Adventure
In eighteenth century England, the mysterious masked rider known as the Scarecrow (Patrick McGoohan) leads a rebel band to save the town of Romney Marsh from King George III's (Eric Pohlmann's) oppression and Naval press gangs.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 659
9. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1946 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Fantasy
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Robert Atkins | Stars: Robert Atkins, Iris Baker, Peter Bell, Vivienne Bennett
Votes: 11
10. Henry V (1944)
Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 7,080
11. Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Fredric March presents tales from Charles Dickens.
Stars: Fredric March, Robert Arditti, Martin Stephens, John Salew
Votes: 41
12. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 323
13. Night Creatures (1962)
Unrated | 82 min | Adventure, Drama
In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed
Votes: 3,608
14. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Approved | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.
Director: Gabriel Pascal | Stars: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson
Votes: 3,143
15. Doctor Syn (1937)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Adventure
When customs and excise men arrive at the village of Dymchurch in Kent, they uncover an intricate smuggling network being coordinated by the local parson, Dr Syn. Unknown to all but a few ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, John Loder, Roy Emerton
Votes: 303
16. A Christmas Carol (1923)
25 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, as well as the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, in order to help... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Russell Thorndike, Nina Vanna, Forbes Dawson, Jack Denton
Votes: 113
17. Whispering Tongues (1934)
55 min | Crime, Drama
When his father commits suicide a gentleman sets out to avenge the death on those who swindled him out of a fortune.
Director: George Pearson | Stars: Reginald Tate, Russell Thorndike, Malcolm Keen, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 31
18. Shot in the Dark (1933)
53 min | Mystery
The relatives of a millionaire--the victim of a mysterious murder--get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the ... See full summary »
Director: George Pearson | Stars: O.B. Clarence, Jack Hawkins, Michael Shepley, Davy Burnaby
Votes: 83
19. Fame (1936)
68 min | Comedy
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Sydney Howard, Muriel Aked, Miki Hood, Brian Lawrance
Votes: 14
20. While Nero Fiddled (1944)
65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A pair of Jolly Jack Tars on shore leave take a Wren (lady sailor) to Stonehenge and get caught in a time warp finishing up in ancient Rome.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Frances Day, Sonnie Hale, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 135
21. The Roof (1933)
58 min | Crime, Mystery
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
Director: George A. Cooper | Stars: Leslie Perrins, Michael Hogan, Russell Thorndike, Ivor Barnard
Votes: 46
22. The Fair Maid of Perth (1923)
Adventure
In Scotland an orphan competes with a prince for the chief's daughter and saves her from a wicked duke.
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Russell Thorndike, Sylvia Caine, Lionel d'Aragon, Tristan Rawson
Votes: 10
23. Wolves of the Underworld (1933)
Passed | 57 min | Crime, Drama
An escaped convict blackmails a murderous doctor into helping him.
Director: George A. Cooper | Stars: Godfrey Tearle, Isla Bevan, Russell Thorndike, Fred Groves
24. Heartstrings (1923)
Romance
A sailor returns from 'death' to find his wife has remarried for the sake of her crippled child.
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Gertrude McCoy, Victor McLaglen, Edith Bishop, Russell Thorndike
25. Macbeth (I) (1922)
Short, Crime, Drama
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Harry B. Parkinson | Stars: Russell Thorndike, Sybil Thorndike
26. Human Desires (1924)
70 min | Drama, Romance
In Paris an actress divorces a jealous impresario and weds the officer who once saved her from suicide.
Director: Burton George | Stars: Marjorie Daw, Clive Brook, Juliette Compton, Warwick Ward
27. Tense Moments from Great Plays (1922)
Drama
Directors: Edwin J. Collins, Harry B. Parkinson, Challis Sanderson, George Wynn | Stars: Ivan Berlyn, Booth Conway, Betty Doyle, Tony Fraser
28. The School for Scandal (I) (1923)
Short, Comedy
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Russell Thorndike, Nina Vanna, Florence Wulff
30. The Sins of a Father (1923)
Short, Drama
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Madge Stuart, Russell Thorndike
31. The Dream of Eugene Aram (1923)
Short, Drama
Stars: Russell Thorndike, Olive Sloane, Wallace Bosco, Gerald Anderson
32. It's Never Too Late to Mend (1922)
Short, Drama
Director: George Wynn | Stars: Russell Thorndike, Ward McAllister, Alec Alexander
33. The Brown Man's Servant (1953 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama
Stars: Russell Thorndike, Victor Platt, Noel Davis, David Kossoff
34. Miriam Rozella (1924)
Drama
A suicide's daughter becomes the mistress of a rich man who reforms after his baby sister appears during an orgy.
Director: Sidney Morgan | Stars: Moyna MacGill, Owen Nares, Gertrude McCoy, Henrietta Watson
35. Ten-Shilling Doll (1948 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Joan White, Russell Thorndike, Sheila Raynor, Susan Richmond
36. Lucrezia Borgia; Or, Plaything of Power (1923)
Short, Biography, Drama
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Nina Vanna, Russell Thorndike
37. The Audacious Mr. Squire (1923)
Comedy
A collector mistakes a thief for his daughter's secret husband and vice versa.
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Valia, Dorinea Shirley, Russell Thorndike
38. Love in an Attic (1923)
Short, Drama
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Nina Vanna, Russell Thorndike, Walter Tennyson
39. Henrietta Maria; or, The Queen of Sorrow (1923)
Short, Drama, History
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Janet Alexander, Russell Thorndike, Lionel d'Aragon, Roy Beard
41.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Tempest
(1956)
Drama
Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
Directors: Ian Atkins, Robert Atkins | Stars: Robert Atkins, Robert Eddison, Douglas Wilmer, Charles Lloyd Pack
42.
Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959– )
Episode:
David and Betsy Trotwood
(1960)
Drama
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Fredric March, Robert Arditti, Sydney Arnold, Kathleen Canty
43.
This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
Episode:
Dame Sybil Thorndike
(1960)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Michael Goodwin | Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, John Gielgud