List of the best Basil Sydney movies: The Angel with the Trumpet(1950), Hell Below Zero(1954), Sea Wife(1957), Rhodes(1936), Simba(1955), Ships With Wings(1941), The 3 Worlds of Gulliver(1960), Caesar and Cleopatra(1946), Went the Day Well?(1942), The Hands of Orlac(1960), The Dam Busters(1955), Island in the Sun(1957) ... ...
Drama
UK
1950
98 Minutes
Francis Alt
Eileen Herlie Basil Sydney Norman Wooland Maria Schell Olga Edwardes Andrew Cruickshank John Justin Oskar Werner
manager academic daughter prince aristocrat nazi passionate intense dark emotional moving brooding vienna arranged marriage suicide infatuation aristocracy world war i adaptation fall
In the nineteenth century, a young Austrian woman marries into a wealthy family and witnesses the country change through the course of four decades.
Action
UK|USA
1954
91 Minutes
Bland
ship captain businessman woman whaler suspenseful rousing antarctica ship airplane murder conspiracy love triangle expedition investigation mystery revenge love 1950s
The captain of an Antarctic whaling ship falls overboard in mysterious circumstances and his daughter, aided by a sympathetic American, decides to investigate the accident.
Romance
UK
1957
82 Minutes
Bulldog
Joan Collins Richard Burton Basil Sydney Cy Grant Ronald Squire Harold Goodwin Gibb McLaughlin Roddy Hughes Lloyd Lamble Ronald Adam Nicholas Hannen
nun officer seaman racist melodramatic emotional ship ocean island london hospital survival love bigotry cooperation love adventure escape rescue 1940s
In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a ... See full summary »
Biography
1936
94 Minutes
Dr. Jim Jameson
Walter Huston Oscar Homolka Basil Sydney Frank Cellier Peggy Ashcroft Renee De Vaux Bernard Lee Lewis Casson Ndanisa Kumalo Glennis Lorimer
adventurer president mother partner king sweetheart confident patriotic spirited england south africa mine city office ambition diamonds prospecting mining political unrest wealth
Englishman Cecil John Rhodes (Walter Huston) finds diamonds in 1870s South Africa and builds an empire.
Drama
1955
98 Minutes
Mr. Crawford
Dirk Bogarde Donald Sinden Virginia McKenna Basil Sydney Marie Ney Joseph Tomelty
englishman african native colonist woman doctor rebel thrilling emotional wild kenya farm village hut racism culture clash rebellion colonialism nationalism farming rivalry
Natives help an English farmer (Dirk Bogarde) and his white friends fight Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya.
War
UK
1941
89 Minutes
Capt. Bill Fairfax
John Clements Leslie Banks Jane Baxter Ann Todd Basil Sydney Edward Chapman Hugh Williams Frank Pettingell Michael Wilding Michael Rennie Frank Cellier
pilot naval officer nazi british soldier brash tense gripping aircraft carrier airplane mediterranean sea ocean liner island world war ii navy battle redemption airplane crash adventure transformation rise
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK|USA
1960
100 Minutes
Emperor of Lilliput
Kerwin Mathews Jo Morrow June Thorburn Lee Patterson Gregoire Aslan Basil Sydney Charles Lloyd Pack Martin Benson Mary Ellis Peter Bull Alec Mango
surgeon fiancée tiny person king queen giant engaging madcap playful lilliput london ship beach blefuscu brobdingnag travel engagement foreign land separation survival
After being shipwrecked, a man finds himself on an island inhabited by tiny people, who soon make plans for him.
Drama, History
UK
1946
135 Minutes
Rufio
Vivien Leigh Claude Rains Stewart Granger Flora Robson Francis L. Sullivan Basil Sydney Cecil Parker Raymond Lovell Anthony Eustrel Ernest Thesiger Anthony Harvey
julius caesar cleopatra ptolemy military officer engaging calm alexandria, egypt royal palace political intrigue family imperialism growing up transformation ancient egypt
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.
Drama
1942
96 Minutes
Major Ortler
Leslie Banks Mervyn Johns Marie Lohr C.V. France Valerie Taylor Basil Sydney
villager soldiers german german officer german soldier thrilling tense suspenseful village small town england trust captivity disguise soldiers british life world war ii rivalry sacrifice 1940s
Residents of an English village unwittingly welcome Nazi soldiers who intend to take over their town.
Horror
1960
95 Minutes
Maurice Seidelman
Mel Ferrer Lucile Saint-Simon Christopher Lee Dany Carrel Felix Aylmer Basil Sydney Donald Wolfit Donald Pleasence
A pianist (Mel Ferrer) thinks surgery his fiancee (Lucile Saint-Simon) arranged has left him with the hands of an executed strangler.
War
UK
1955
119 Minutes
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
Richard Todd Michael Redgrave Ursula Jeans Stanley Van Beers Raymond Huntley Hugh Manning Patrick Barr Basil Sydney Ernest Clark Derek Farr Laurence Naismith
pilot military officer government official engineer bomber confident gripping patriotic powerful airplane workplace bar united kingdom world war ii war fighting bombing adventure pursuit quest
The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
Drama
UK|USA
1957
123 Minutes
Harry Belafonte James Mason Joan Fontaine Dorothy Dandridge Joan Collins Michael Rennie Diana Wynyard John Williams Stephen Boyd Patricia Owens Basil Sydney
politician plantation owner aristocrat husband wife lover intricate dark brash caribbean island mansion race relations love triangle secret political intrigue murder interracial relationship wretched excess rivalry
Set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island, this drama deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Adventure
UK|USA
1952
106 Minutes
Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Joan Fontaine George Sanders Emlyn Williams Robert Douglas Finlay Currie Felix Aylmer Francis De Wolff Guy Rolfe Norman Wooland
knight king prince pretty woman robin hood engaging spirited england castle wilderness forest rescue romance competition kidnapping adventure rivalry rescue love 12th century
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard (Norman Wooland) and put him back on the throne.