List of the best Alexander Mackendrick movies: Sweet Smell of Success(1957), The Ladykillers(1955), The Man in the White Suit(1951), Whisky Galore!(1949), A High Wind in Jamaica(1965), Don't Make Waves(1967), A Boy Ten Feet Tall(1965), Mandy(1952), The Maggie(1954) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Martin Milner Barbara Nichols Susan Harrison Sam Levene Jeff Donnell
writer publicist pretty woman sister guitarist uneasy tense new york city shady dealings romance morality siblings newspapers quest fall 1950s
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
7.7/10
Comedy
UK
1955
90 Minutes
Director
Alec Guinness Katie Johnson Cecil Parker Herbert Lom Peter Sellers Danny Green Frankie Howerd
widow musician gangster police officer amusing quirky hilarious outlandish king's cross station london household crime heist murder botched murder escape rivalry 1950s
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
7.3/10
Comedy
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Director
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Cecil Parker Michael Gough Ernest Thesiger Vida Hope George Benson Edie Martin
scientist inventor researcher amusing cheeky engaging madcap factory england inventions big business capitalism obsession unrequited love clothing industry discovery escape 1950s
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
7.2/10
Comedy, War
UK
1949
82 Minutes
Director
Basil Radford Joan Greenwood Gordon Jackson Catherine Lacey Bruce Seton Wylie Watson Gabrielle Blunt Jean Cadell Morland Graham John Gregson James Woodburn
shopkeeper daughter sailor military officer villager captain airy amusing cheeky scotland island ship small town countryside world war ii military rebellion liquor pursuit discovery
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
6.6/10
Adventure
UK
1965
103 Minutes
Director
Anthony Quinn James Coburn Lila Kedrova Dennis Price Gert Froebe Nigel Davenport Kenneth J. Warren Isabel Dean Ben Carruthers Brian Phelan
father mother buccaneer pirate child thrilling suspenseful ship island jamaica pirate ship family going home abduction raids seafaring pirates adventure escape rescue
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1967
97 Minutes
Director
Tony Curtis Claudia Cardinale Sharon Tate Robert Webber Joanna Barnes David Draper Mort Sahl Edgar Bergen Ann Elder Chester Yorton Marc London
new yorker beautiful woman free spirit surfer boyfriend relaxing amusing venice, calif. los angeles pool beach malibu, calif. love triangle vacation beach culture affair romance bodybuilding love adventure
Carlo goes on a vacation to Southern California where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture while getting entangled in two beach-side romances.
Adventure
1965
128 Minutes
Director
Edward G. Robinson Fergus McClelland Constance Cummings Harry H. Corbett
An orphan (Fergus McClelland) leaves Egypt with a toy compass to find his aunt in Durban, South Africa, about 5,000 miles south.
Drama
1952
93 Minutes
Director
Phyllis Calvert Mandy Miller Jack Hawkins Terence Morgan Godfrey Tearle Marjorie Fielding Nancy Price Edward Chapman Patricia Plunkett Eleanor Summerfield Colin Gordon
deaf child mother father grandmother grandfather headmaster emotional sad intense profound london house manchester, england school deafness parent/child relationship family postwar britain parental pressure commitment
A British mother (Phyllis Calvert), father and headmaster (Jack Hawkins) decide the education of a deaf-mute girl (Mandy Miller).
Comedy
1954
93 Minutes
Director
Paul Douglas Alex Mackenzie James Copeland Abe Barker Hubert Gregg Geoffrey Keen Dorothy Alison Andrew Keir Meg Buchanan Mark Dignam Jameson Clark
american captain first mate sailor boy cheeky spirited amusing docks boat pub party household scotland duplicity money drinking friendship journey pursuit
An old Scottish skipper (Alex Mackenzie) outwits a U.S. businessman (Paul Douglas) trying to back out of a cargo deal.
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