List of the best Duncan Macrae movies: The Little Kidnappers(1954), Five Angles on Murder(1950), The Best of Enemies(1962), Tunes of Glory(1960), Our Man in Havana(1960), Greyfriars Bobby(1961), Whisky Galore!(1949) ... ...
Drama
UK
1954
93 Minutes
Duncan Macrae Jon Whiteley Vincent Winter Adrienne Corri Jean Anderson Theodore Bikel
orphan grandfather doctor grandmother aunt baby endearing engaging heartwarming nova scotia meadow house canada beach kidnapping grandparent/child relationship search family rural life hope
A Scotsman, Jim MacKenzie, living on a primitive homestead in Nova Scotia, is raising his two grandsons, Harry and Davy, following the death of their father in the Boer War. His son's death... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1950
88 Minutes
Supt. Lodge
Jean Kent Dirk Bogarde John McCallum Susan Shaw Hermione Baddeley Charles Victor Duncan Macrae
fortuneteller housekeeper sister brother-in-law lover sailor cheeky fascinating amusing england village house police station neighborhood shop investigation murder family neighbors deception
Acquaintances of a murdered fortune-teller give a police investigator diverse opinions of the victim's character.
Comedy, Drama
UK|Italy
1962
104 Minutes
Sgt. Trevethan
David Niven Alberto Sordi Michael Wilding Harry Andrews Noel Harrison Ronald Fraser Bernard Cribbins Duncan Macrae Robert Desmond Kenneth Fortescue Michael Trubshawe
In 1941 during the desert war in Abyssinia the Italian captain Blasi and the British major Richardson alternate between being bitter enemies or best friends depending on the circumstances.
Drama
UK
1960
106 Minutes
Pipe Maj. Duncan MacLean
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, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
107 Minutes
Alec Guinness Burl Ives Maureen O'Hara Ernie Kovacs Noel Coward Ralph Richardson Jo Morrow Paul Rogers Gregoire Aslan Jose Prieto Duncan Macrae
expatriate secret agent double agent director secretary salesman cool amusing suspenseful havana, cuba london city apartment government offices store city espionage communism father/daughter relationship patriotism deception
Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1961
91 Minutes
Donald Crisp Laurence Naismith Alex Mackenzie Kay Walsh Andrew Cruickshank Vincent Winter Moultrie Kelsall Gordon Jackson Rosalie Crutchley Freda Jackson Jameson Clark
The remarkable veritable story of a terrier named Bobby and the enduring friendship he forges with a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as Old Jock---unbroken even by the kindly old man's death.
Comedy, War
UK
1949
82 Minutes
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.