Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!.
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15 August 1955
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr.
26 September 1968
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
31 August 1949
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died.
28 August 1940
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted.
30 September 1948
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
28 June 1941
A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.
16 September 1965
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb.
16 November 1936
To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes them to leave.
09 June 1944
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
28 May 1958
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships.
22 January 1940
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners.
31 August 1940
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
13 November 1970
Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations.
27 January 1960
Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly.
30 May 1956
A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.
27 August 1945
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
09 December 1936
A ruthless businessman tries to steal his brother's successful shipping company. He hires a gifted mimic to date one of his brother's daughters to get some inside information about the business.
01 January 1943
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
15 November 1951
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges.
30 January 1947
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
23 September 1938
A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.
15 July 1972
A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.
27 January 1938
A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside.
30 June 1937
A plastic surgeon dispatches his assistant to bring in a young woman who is scheduled to have a procedure done.
19 October 1953
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
01 October 1963
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
01 February 1934
A teacher falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria.
31 October 1938
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana.
29 June 1942
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
24 September 1939
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
01 December 1941
Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them of her life in Blitz-era London.
02 July 1933
A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy.
21 September 1942
In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins.
01 November 1935
Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Royal Navy.
30 June 1935
Paul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters.
