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Oliver Twist ***** (1948, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies) – Classic Movie Review 165
Director David Lean’s richly entertaining 1948 movie adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist is still by far the best attempt to put the book on screen. Though he was accused of anti-Semitism in […]
The Lavender Hill Mob ***** (1951, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass) – Classic Movie Review 121
The marvellous, splendidly quirky, constantly amusing 1951 Ealing Studios classic comedy caper The Lavender Hill Mob is the only one of their famous comedies ever to win an Oscar. This marvellous, splendidly quirky, constantly amusing […]
Lawrence of Arabia ***** (1962, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Claude Rains, Anthony Quayle, Donald Wolfit, I S Johar) – Classic Movie Review 42
Costing a then record $13 million in 1962, director David Lean’s highly distinguished, monumental classic is surely the epic to end all epics, even more than Cleopatra the next year. Beautifully restored in 2012 for […]
The Ladykillers ***** (1955, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Katie Johnson, Herbert Lom, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Frankie Howerd, Philip Stainton) – Classic Movie Review 36
Ealing Studios’ 1955 black comedy crime film delight The Ladykillers is a deliciously funny film throughout, with Alec Guinness leading a cast to die for. Bafta-winning writer William Rose dreamed the entire film. Packed with […]
Kind Hearts and Coronets ***** (1949, Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson) – Classic Movie Review 5
‘I shot an arrow in the air; she fell to earth in Berkeley Square.’ In his first film for Ealing Studios, Alec Guinness gives a brilliant display of his remarkable versatility and exquisite comic touch […]