List of the best Gordon Jackson movies: Floodtide(1949), The Price of Silence(1959), Nine Men(1943), Whisky Galore!(1949), Pink String and Sealing Wax(1945), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie(1969), Against the Wind(1948), Run Wild, Run Free(1969), The Fighting Prince of Donegal(1966), The Ipcress File(1965), Russian Roulette(1975), Eureka Stockade(1949) ... ...
Drama, Romance
UK
1949
90 Minutes
David Shields
Gordon Jackson Rona Anderson John Laurie Jack Lambert Jimmy Logan Janet Brown Elizabeth Sellars Gordon McLeod Ian MacLean Archie Duncan James Woodburn
shipyard worker daughter boss shipbuilder farmer scottish person emotional passionate melodramatic gritty engaging gutsy glasgow, scotland shipyard scotland forbidden love shipbuilding family traditions career change shipping industry
David Shields decides to become a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming.
Drama
UK
1959
73 Minutes
Roger Fenton
Gordon Jackson June Thorburn Maya Koumani
ex-convict murderer police captain murder suspect murder victim suspenseful thrilling intense brooding profound police station crime scene murder investigation identity prison life after prison adventure discovery pursuit
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
Adventure
UK
1943
68 Minutes
Jack Lambert Gordon Jackson Fredrick Piper Grant Sutherland Bill Blewett Eric Micklewood
lieutenant sergeant british soldiers german troops italian soldier nazi intense tense suspenseful engaging gripping inspiring libya world war ii survival flashbacks desert trek africa combat escape
The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they ... See full summary »
Comedy, War
UK
1949
82 Minutes
George Campbell
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.
Crime, Drama
1945
75 Minutes
David Sutton
wife bar owner son pharmacist couple family suspenseful tense intricate engaging tavern united kingdom pharmacy brighton, england marriage relationships adultery poison revenge victorian era
An innkeeper's wife (Googie Withers) poisons him, then tries to frame someone for it in Victorian England.
Drama
UK
1969
116 Minutes
Gordon Lowther
Maggie Smith Pamela Franklin Robert Stephens Gordon Jackson Celia Johnson Diane Grayson Jane Carr Shirley Steedman Lavinia Lang Antoinette Biggerstaff Margo Cunningham
teacher headmistress student emotional charming passionate scotland school romance manipulation education love growing up discovery 1930s
An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.
War, Drama, History
UK
1948
96 Minutes
Johnny Duncan
Robert Beatty Jack Warner Simone Signoret Gordon Jackson Paul Dupuis James Robertson Justice Gisèle Préville John Slater Peter Illing
priest pretty woman secret agent spy engaging suspenseful belgium england dangerous assignment espionage deception nazism betrayal world war ii discovery adventure quest 1940s
British agents engage in hazardous duty behind German lines.
Drama
UK
1969
100 Minutes
Mr. Ransome
John Mills Mark Lester Sylvia Syms Gordon Jackson Bernard Mills Fiona Fullerton
young boy father mother ex-soldier horse uplifting touching dreamy spirited devonshire, england family home moor psychosomatic illness horses unusual friendship mentorship loneliness accident rescue transformation
Philip Ransome, a northern English boy about ten-years-old, has been mute since age three and spends his days roaming the moors alone. His parents despair of a cure. One day, he sees a ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK|USA
1966
112 Minutes
Captain Leeds
Peter McEnery Susan Hampshire Tom Adams Gordon Jackson Andrew Keir Maurice Roeves Donal McCann Richard Leech Peter Jeffrey Marie Kean Bill Owen
After inheriting his father's title, the young noble Hugh O'Connell is taken hostage by the English viceroy but escapes to lead an uprising.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
1965
109 Minutes
Carswell
Michael Caine Nigel Green Guy Doleman Sue Lloyd Gordon Jackson Aubrey Richards Frank Gatliff Thomas Baptiste Oliver MacGreevy Barry Raymond Pauline Winter
spy scientist intelligence officer guard love interest thrilling intense gripping london office apartment train warehouse investigation espionage kidnapping brainwashing corruption deception mystery
In London, a counter espionage Agent deals with his own bureaucracy while investigating the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1975
93 Minutes
Hardison
George Segal Tina Herazo Bo Brundin Denholm Elliott Gordon Jackson Peter Donat Richard Romanus Val Avery Nigel Stock Louise Fletcher Jacques Sandulescu
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When his prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assasination scheme.
Drama, History
1949
103 Minutes
Tom Kennedy
Chips Rafferty Jane Barrett Jack Lambert Peter Illing Gordon Jackson Ralph Truman Sydney Loder Grant Taylor Peter Finch
irishman mine owner miner police officer politician emigrant spirited confident rousing victoria, australia mine jail street government building peter lalor reform mining politics worker's rights rebellion
Digger Peter Lalor (Chips Rafferty) leads others against government troops in their corrupt 1850s Australian mining town.
Mystery & Thriller
1959
95 Minutes
Sergeant
Hardy Kruger Stanley Baker Micheline Presle Robert Flemyng Gordon Jackson John Van Eyssen Jack MacGowran George Roubicek Redmond Phillips
painter art teacher lover frenchwoman inspector wrongly accused tense suspenseful engaging gripping intense melodramatic england wrongfully accused deception suspicion new love frame-up infidelity discovery
An artist (Hardy Kruger) accused of murdering his lover finds she was the mistress of a high-ranking diplomat.
Drama
UK
1957
91 Minutes
Scottie
Stanley Baker Herbert Lom Peggy Cummins Patrick McGoohan Jill Ireland Gordon Jackson David McCallum Sean Connery
ex-convict truck driver foreman secretary friend gritty raw intense england construction site country road truck office corruption dangerous job moral dilemma truck driving crime discovery rivalry
A rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.
Drama
UK
1984
108 Minutes
Tom Harker
James Mason Edward Fox John Gielgud Dorothy Tutin Cheryl Campbell Gordon Jackson Aharon Ipalé Rupert Frazer Robert Hardy Judi Bowker
aristocrat wife hunter wealthy man hungarian poacher somber engaging england countryside manor costume party hunting infidelity class distinctions animal rights accidental killing forbidden love fall 1910s
While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
Drama
UK
1961
88 Minutes
Capt. Jock Bateson
Michael Craig Elizabeth Seal Peter Cushing George Sanders Bernard Lee Gordon Jackson
In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.
Comedy
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Ralph
David Niven Peggy Cummins Anne Vernon Herbert Lom Charles Victor Gordon Jackson Felix Aylmer Hugh McDermott Stanley Maxted June Clyde John Chandos
movie star actor love interest lover beautiful woman amusing hilarious cheeky lighthearted playful great britain hollywood italy attraction relationships comedy romance fun adventure discovery
An American WWII veteran goes back to England after the war only to discover that his wartime sweetheart has got mixed up with a dangerous spy ring.
Mystery & Thriller
South Africa
1977
103 Minutes
Dr. Marston
Richard Harris Ann Turkel David Janssen Burgess Meredith John Vernon Gordon Jackson Keith Baxter Dorothy Malone John Carradine
On a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
75 Minutes
Commander Cavendish
Bette Davis Robert Wagner Denholm Elliott Roy Kinnear Paul Maxwell Gordon Jackson Dudley Sutton Catherine Schell Al Mancini Charles Lloyd Pack Frank Middlemass
A criminal genius (Bette Davis) forces an ex-CIA agent (Robert Wagner) to help her steal a Polaris submarine.
Sci-Fi
UK|Japan
1955
78 Minutes
BBC TV producer
Brian Donlevy Jack Warner Margia Dean Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood Thora Hird Gordon Jackson Harold Lang Lionel Jeffries Maurice Kaufman Frank Phillips
astronaut mutant monster construction worker scientist shocking thrilling gory raw suspenseful brooding space center space shuttle space laboratory space exploration crash mutation monsters alien life-forms
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1951
97 Minutes
Paul Tracy
Vera-Ellen David Niven Cesar Romero Bobby Howes Diane Hart Sandra Dorne Gordon Jackson Henry Hewitt Gladys Henson Hugh Dempster Joyce Carey
chorus girl wealthy man chauffeur theatrical producer reporter roommate lighthearted edinburgh, scotland theater apartment restaurant mistaken identity show business deception rumors wealth love transformation 1950s
B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1959
82 Minutes
Leading Seaman Johnson
Cecil Parker Ronald Shiner Leslie Phillips Elvi Hale Nicholas Phipps Cardew Robinson Gordon Jackson Harold Kasket Hattie Jacques Reginald Beckwith Kenneth J. Warren
Film version of a popular BBC radio show about the incompetent crew of a Royal Navy ship.
Comedy
UK
1956
96 Minutes
Harry
John Mills Richard Attenborough Bryan Forbes Harold Siddons Clifford Mollison Lionel Jeffries Gordon Jackson Michael Howard Michael Hordern Ernest Clark John Forbes-Robertson
sailor friend baby witty amusing naples, italy boat ship coast baby-sitting sailing sailors comedy smuggling adventure escape pursuit 20th century
After a pierside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White (Sir Richard Attenborough) finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1960
106 Minutes
Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C.
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.
Musical, Other
UK
1970
118 Minutes
Tom
Albert Finney Alec Guinness Edith Evans Kenneth More Laurence Naismith Michael Medwin David Collings Gordon Jackson Roy Kinnear Kay Walsh Richard Beaumont
clerk son ebenezer scrooge ghost cheery heartwarming lighthearted england christmas charity loss ghosts regret redemption fall transformation 1860s
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1961
91 Minutes
Farmer
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.
Drama
UK
1946
108 Minutes
Lieut. Lennox
Michael Redgrave Rachel Kempson Jack Warner Frederick Leister Mervyn Johns Rachel Thomas Gladys Henson Gordon Jackson Elliott Mason Robert Wyndham Basil Radford
soldier prisoner of war czech wife impostor nazi gripping touching dark prison camp germany great britain assumed identity world war ii prisoners of war deception on the run marriage escape love
In 1940, a concentration-camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald 'Intelligence'
Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson James Donald Donald Pleasence James Coburn David McCallum Gordon Jackson John Leyton Angus Lennie
military officer soldier prisoner nazi cheeky engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful germany pow camp escape deception confinement dangerous assignment prison rebellion escape quest pursuit
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Adventure
USA
1962
179 Minutes
Seaman Edward Birkett
Marlon Brando Carol Reed Trevor Howard Richard Harris Hugh Griffith Richard Haydn Tim Seely Percy Herbert Tarita Gordon Jackson
ship captain sailor islander thrilling tense ship tahiti england pitcairn island william bligh fletcher christian class distinctions mutiny underdog adventure escape 1780s
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
1978
110 Minutes
Doctor Johnson
Richard Burton Lino Ventura Lee Remick Harry Andrews Alan Badel Marie-Christine Barrault Jeremy Brett Michael Hordern Gordon Jackson Derek Jacobi
detective murderer novelist frenchman psychopath bleak disturbing brutal engaging thrilling suspenseful london horror psychosis fighting murder adventure discovery escape mystery
Psychological thriller about a telekinetic novelist who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Adventure
UK|Yugoslavia
1964
125 Minutes
Richard Widmark Sidney Poitier Rosanna Schiaffino Russ Tamblyn Oscar Homolka Colin Blakely Edward Judd Lionel Jeffries Beba Loncar Clifford Evans Gordon Jackson
viking moor wife king crew member explorer engaging spirited tense africa sea city chapel ship expedition treasure hunting race relations sailing competition unlikely allies
A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
Crime, Drama
UK|France
1967
148 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Omar Sharif Tom Courtenay Donald Pleasence Joanna Pettet Philippe Noiret Charles Gray Coral Browne John Gregson Nigel Stock Christopher Plummer
major general prostitute nazi adolf hitler thrilling intricate suspenseful warsaw, poland paris nazi occupation historical events world war ii assassination plot discovery pursuit quest 1960s
In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau (Omar Sharif) of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.
Comedy
UK
1965
132 Minutes
Stuart Whitman Sarah Miles James Fox Alberto Sordi Robert Morley Gert Froebe Jean-Pierre Cassel Eric Sykes Terry-Thomas Tony Hancock Benny Hill
pilot newspaper owner beautiful woman american englishman villain madcap lighthearted airplane england aviation racing love triangle sportsmanship competition money quest rivalry love sacrifice
Hoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and cheating.