Michael Anderson Movies
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1. Private Angelo (1949)
106 min | Comedy, War
Angelo has been draft into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
Directors: Michael Anderson, Peter Ustinov | Stars: Godfrey Tearle, Maria Denis, Peter Ustinov, Marjorie Rhodes
Votes: 40
2. Waterfront Women (1950)
80 min | Drama
A worthless sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. They make a go of their lives, but the eldest daughter is not happy when her father decides to return.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Susan Shaw
Votes: 488
3. Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
A book entitled "Hell Is Sold Out" is sent to the publishers under the name of "Danges", a popular writer long believed to be dead. Then, the real and very much alive Dominic Danges turns ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Ivor Barnard, Nicholas Hannen, Joan Hickson
Votes: 203
4. Night Was Our Friend (1951)
61 min | Drama, Thriller
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil and nobody believes he survived. His wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man while Martin is found and returns. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Gough, Ronald Howard, Marie Ney
Votes: 162
5. The House of the Arrow (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Mystery
A rich old lady dies in bed and leaves all of her money to her recently adopted daughter, who is quickly accused and exonerated of her murder. But that most British of questions remains. Who dunnit? (1953; B&W)
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Oscar Homolka, Robert Urquhart, Yvonne Furneaux, Josephine Griffin
Votes: 154
6. Will Any Gentleman...? (1953)
84 min | Comedy
After a mix-up at a music hall, a henpecked bank clerk who lives a dreary existence in suburban London finds himself onstage with ambiguously foreign magician Mendoza, who hypnotizes him into losing all of his inhibitions.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Heather Thatcher, Jon Pertwee
Votes: 222
7. The Dam Busters (1955)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, History, War
Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney
Votes: 11,351
The film is over-long and the music score is, regrettably, very blatant; but despite these drawbacks, a mood of sober respect is maintained.
8. 1984 (1956)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff
Votes: 4,174
9. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,662 | Gross: $42.00M
It's undeniably shallow, but its cheerful lack of pretense -- as well as its grand scale and star-stuffed cast -- help make Around the World in 80 Days charmingly light-hearted entertainment.
10. Battle Hell (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, History, War
In 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston
Votes: 771
11. Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
At Kimberley Prescott's villa, a stranger shows up and claims he is her brother who supposedly died the previous year in a car accident.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, Anne Baxter, Herbert Lom, Alexander Knox
Votes: 1,463
12. Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
Approved | 111 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being led by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns
Votes: 1,519
13. The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 2,936
14. All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Salome, pregnant by Chad, runs away from her rural-Texas home and marries wealthy Yale student Tony. Years later she runs into Chad, who is now a successful musician in New York.
Directors: Michael Anderson, Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton
Votes: 883
15. The Naked Edge (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento
Votes: 1,471
16. Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama
A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris, Suzy Parker
Votes: 717
17. Wild and Wonderful (1964)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy
Cognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her new husband.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Tony Curtis, Christine Kaufmann, Larry Storch, Pierre Olaf
Votes: 362
18. Operation Crossbow (1965)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Drama, War
Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills
Votes: 5,502
Takes an unlikely scenario and ends it with an explosive fantasy James Bond-like finale.
19. The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the West Berlin of the 1960s, two British agents are killed by a Nazi group, prompting British Intelligence to dispatch agent Quiller to investigate.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger
Votes: 4,346
It relies on a straight narrative storyline, simple but holding, literate dialog and well-drawn characters.
20. The Shoes of the Fisherman (I) (1968)
G | 162 min | Drama
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner, David Janssen
Votes: 4,150
Critics have comically dubbed it Zorba the Pope.
21. Pope Joan (1972)
PG | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Natasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter
Votes: 396
22. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
G | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Doc and the Amazing Five battle Captain Seas and "the green death" for control of a fabulous resource.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, William Lucking, Michael Miller
Votes: 2,143
23. Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
PG | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Stacy Keach
Votes: 959
24. Logan's Run (1976)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 60,966 | Gross: $25.00M
Logan's Run is a vast, silly extravaganza that delivers a certain amount of fun, once it stops taking itself seriously.
25. Orca (1977)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek
Votes: 13,270 | Gross: $14.72M
The kind of movie that is so deranged in every way that you legitimately cannot guess where it's going next, and sort of can't wait to see it get there.
26. Dominique (1979)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Simon Ward
Votes: 1,175
27. Murder by Phone (1982)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Robin Gammell
Votes: 922
28. Second Time Lucky (1984)
101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
There's a new wager between Heaven and Hell. Devil bets God that if God were to pick two young people to be the new Adam and Eve, they'd sin again. God accepts and sends a college couple to various eras, starting with the Garden of Eden.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Diane Franklin, Roger Wilson, Jon Gadsby, Robert Helpmann
Votes: 318
29. Separate Vacations (1986)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A young architect finds himself in a situation that he never had to deal with before--now that he is successful (and married), sexy young women are throwing themselves at him. He and his wife take separate vacations to follow their urges.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: David Naughton, Jennifer Dale, Mark Keyloun, Lally Cadeau
Votes: 286
30. The Jeweller's Shop (1988)
95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The Jeweller sells wedding rings to a young couple and teaches them some precious truths about the meaning of love and marriage. He also helps another couple fight for their troubled marriage, rebuilding their relationship.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Daniel Olbrychski, Ben Cross, Andrea Occhipinti
Votes: 331
31. Millennium (1989)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy
Votes: 6,957 | Gross: $5.78M
Millennium plays out much like someone trying to drunkenly explain the plot of a Doctor Who episode they haven't seen in several years.
32. Scales of Justice (1992)
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Marina Anderson, Grace Armas, Peter Kosaka, Colette Stevenson
33. Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
G | 101 min | Adventure, Drama
Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier
Votes: 618 | Gross: $0.02M
34. The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Puppeteer Geppetto becomes a puppet himself after drinking an elixir that Pinocchio bought from a traveling carnival.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Martin Landau, Udo Kier, Gabriel Thomson, Sarah Alexander
Votes: 865
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