List of the best Allan Cuthbertson movies: Tunes of Glory(1960), All at Sea(1957), The Running Man(1963), On the Double(1961), The 7th Dawn(1964), Postmark for Danger(1955), Performance(1970), Captain Nemo and the Underwater City(1969), Tamahine(1963), Term of Trial(1962), Hopscotch(1980), Shake Hands With the Devil(1959) ... ...
Drama
UK
1960
106 Minutes
Capt. Eric Simpson
Alec Guinness John Mills Susannah York Dennis Price John Fraser Allan Cuthbertson Kay Walsh Gordon Jackson Duncan Macrae Keith Faulkner Peter McEnery
commanding officer officer soldier rival daughter girlfriend gripping emotional tense scotland barracks battalion class conflict military authority suicide rivalry forbidden love 1940s
After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.
Comedy
UK
1957
87 Minutes
Chailey
Alec Guinness Irene Browne Percy Herbert Maurice Denham Victor Maddern Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goodwin Lionel Jeffries Harry Locke
sea captain reporter teen boy city official sailor superintendent cheeky crafty playful england ship sea pier dance hall france business gambling ghosts competition deception
A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.
Drama
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Jenkins
Laurence Harvey Lee Remick Alan Bates Felix Aylmer Eleanor Summerfield Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goldblatt Noel Purcell Ramsay Ames Fernando Rey Juan José Menéndez
pilot wife insurance investigator thrilling suspenseful england malaga, spain gibraltar insurance fraud plane crash chase schemes new identity escape wretched excess 1960s
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
Comedy
USA
1961
92 Minutes
Captain Patterson
Danny Kaye Dana Wynter Wilfrid Hyde-White Margaret Rutherford Diana Dors Allan Cuthbertson Jesse White Gregory Walcott Terence de Marney Rex Evans Edgar Barrier
private lady wife valet colonel captain general corporal sergeant adolf hitler amusing confident engaging frenetic gripping gutsy hilarious intricate madcap patriotic
At the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London.
Action
UK|USA
1964
123 Minutes
Cavendish
William Holden Susannah York Capucine Tetsuro Tamba Michael Goodliffe Allan Cuthbertson Maurice Denham Sydney Tafler Beulah Quo Hugh Robinson David Keith
businessman girlfriend revolutionary daughter tense gritty thrilling fiery british malaya jungle guerrilla warfare political coup unusual friendship death row hostage situation world war ii pursuit rescue 1950s
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
1955
84 Minutes
Henry Carmichael
Terry Moore Robert Beatty William Sylvester Geoffrey Keen Josephine Griffin Allan Cuthbertson Henry Oscar William Lucas
actress artist diamond smugglers blackmailer murder suspect killer melodramatic brooding tense suspenseful engaging intense england murder blackmail crime syndicate alibi diamond smuggling father/daughter relationship discovery
A woman's painted portrait and a post card with a sketch of a woman's hand holding a Chianti bottle are the main clues used by the Scotland Yard to solve a string of murders connected to a diamond-smuggling ring.
Crime, Drama
UK
1970
105 Minutes
The Lawyer
James Fox Mick Jagger Anita Pallenberg Michele Breton Ann Sidney John Bindon Stanley Meadows Allan Cuthbertson
criminal rock star young woman lover boss intricate creative fascinating dreamy london house running away identity gangsters drugs nonconformity sexual taboo transformation rivalry 1960s
A violent gangster seeks refuge from the mob in the Bohemian home of a former rock star.
Fantasy, Adventure
UK
1969
106 Minutes
Lomax
Robert Ryan Chuck Connors Nanette Newman Luciana Paluzzi Bill Fraser Kenneth Connor John Turner Allan Cuthbertson Christopher Hartstone Vincent Harding Ralph Nosseck
captain nemo crew member survivor mother son brother engaging incredible suspenseful under the sea submarine nautilus city survival trapped utopia aquatic life isolation shipwreck adventure
When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
Romance
UK
1963
95 Minutes
Nancy Kwan John Fraser Dennis Price Coral Browne Dick Bentley Derek Nimmo Justine Lord Michael Gough Allan Cuthbertson Noel Hood Derek Fowlds
A free-spirited young Polynesian girl is sent to live with her uncle in England. The many social and other rules new to her that she encounters there, as well as attention from student body of a local school cause much hilarity.
Drama
UK
1962
113 Minutes
Sylvan-Jones
Laurence Olivier Simone Signoret Sarah Miles Roland Culver Frank Pettingell Thora Hird Dudley Foster Norman Bird Newton Blick Allan Cuthbertson Nicholas Hannen
teacher wife student bleak somber school england household student-teacher relationship alcoholism guilt marital problems seduction revenge temptation 1960s
In Britain, a high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher but, after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
104 Minutes
Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson Sam Waterston Ned Beatty Herbert Lom David Matthau George Baker Ivor Roberts Lucy Saroyan Severn Darden George Pravda
cia agent kgb agent rescue worker mentee publisher playful amusing munich georgia bermuda london airport vacation home espionage cold war government secrets retirement manhunt memoir revenge
Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.
Drama
Ireland|USA
1959
110 Minutes
James Cagney Don Murray Dana Wynter Glynis Johns Michael Redgrave Sybil Thorndike Marianne Benet John Breslin Harry Brogan Robert Brown Lewis Casson
professor student woman smuggler poet terrorist tense emotional ireland dublin college pub farm hostage situation moral dilemma political repression irish republican army nationalism torture sacrifice
In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being lead by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
Comedy
1970
93 Minutes
Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Esther Anderson Maggie Wright Leslie Sands John Wood Sydney Arnold Edward Evans Percy Herbert Bill Maynard Dudley Sutton
owner partner twin criminal accomplice cop hilarious madcap london nightclub mansion funeral england countryside murder deception investigation smuggling diamond impersonation
London nightclub buddies Salt (Sammy Davis Jr.) and Pepper (Peter Lawford) link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.
Adventure
USA
1970
191 Minutes
Bekim Fehmiu Charles Aznavour Alan Badel Candice Bergen Thommy Berggren Delia Boccardo Ernest Borgnine Rossano Brazzi Olivia de Havilland Anna Moffo Leigh Taylor-Young
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his ... See full summary »