List of the best Jack Hawkins movies: The Cruel Sea(1953), The League of Gentlemen(1960), She Played With Fire(1958), Land of the Pharaohs(1955), Gideon of Scotland Yard(1958), Land of Fury(1954), The Two-Headed Spy(1958), Angels One Five(1952), Ben-Hur(1959), Zulu(1964), Guns at Batasi(1964), The Third Secret(1964) ... ...
War
UK
1953
126 Minutes
Ericson
Jack Hawkins Donald Sinden Denholm Elliott John Stratton John Warner Bruce Seton Liam Redmond Virginia McKenna Moira Lister June Thorburn Megs Jenkins
captain lieutenant sailor tense bleak patriotic atlantic ocean boat dangerous assignment world war ii battle of the atlantic sailors quest sacrifice rescue 1940s
The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
115 Minutes
Col. John George Norman Hyde
Jack Hawkins Nigel Patrick Richard Attenborough Roger Livesey Bryan Forbes Kieron Moore Robert Coote Terence Alexander Melissa Stribling Norman Bird Nanette Newman
military officer retiree friend bank robber amusing suspenseful england london bank apartment bank robbery disillusionment schemes teamwork military service revenge quest 1960s
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1958
95 Minutes
Oliver Branwell
Jack Hawkins Arlene Dahl Dennis Price Violet Farebrother Ian Hunter Christopher Lee Bernard Miles Greta Gynt
insurance investigator old flame blackmailer suspenseful passionate uneasy manor fire love mystery love 1950s
An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.
Drama, History
USA
1955
106 Minutes
Jack Hawkins Joan Collins Dewey Martin James Robertson Justice Alexis Minotis Sydney Chaplin
pharaoh princess architect servant son family member melodramatic thrilling spectacular egypt royal court desert pyramid vault pyramids egoism slavery assassination plot mortality royal life
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1958
91 Minutes
Jack Hawkins Dianne Foster Cyril Cusack Anna Lee Anna Massey Andrew Ray James Hayter Ronald Howard Howard Marion-Crawford Laurence Naismith Derek Bond
scotland yard detective daughter police officer brash confident engaging frenetic gutsy witty london office crime bribery pursuit 1950s
A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.
Adventure
UK|New Zealand
1954
90 Minutes
Jack Hawkins Glynis Johns Noel Purcell Inia Wiata Kenneth Williams Laya Raki Eddie Baker Thomas Heathcote
settler assistant wife tribal leader father fiancée spectacular melodramatic england new zealand ship courtroom river colonialism christianity maori culture adultery trial massacre rivalry
In 1821,among the first British sailors to set foot on New Zealand, Phillip Wayne befriends a Maori tribe's chief, marries in England and returns to New Zealand with a small group of followers to settle.
Drama
France
1958
93 Minutes
Gen. Alex Schottland
british intelligence agent german officer adolf hitler general spy lounge singer suspenseful intricate powerful london berlin nightclub military base shop germany espionage political intrigue double-cross assumed identity world war ii
A beautiful and sophisticated teenager is placed in a regimented French girls' boarding school after her father apparently commits suicide over a business scandal. She immediately gains ... See full summary »
War
1952
98 Minutes
Group Captain `Tiger' Small
Jack Hawkins Michael Denison Dulcie Gray John Gregson Andrew Osborn Cyril Raymond Ronald Adam Veronica Hurst
pilot squadron leader cheery spirited air field battle of britain royal air force underdog 1940s
Workers at a British air base find themselves in the thick of the action as their pilots engage incoming German planes.
Adventure, Drama, History
USA
1959
203 Minutes
Charlton Heston Jack Hawkins Stephen Boyd Haya Harareet Hugh Griffith Martha Scott Sam Jaffe Cathy O'Donnell
friend slave sister prince jesus emotional touching desert jerusalem judea revenge betrayal showdown freedom assassination escape revenge rise sacrifice 1st century
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
War, Drama, History
UK
1964
135 Minutes
Stanley Baker Jack Hawkins Ulla Jacobsson Michael Caine Nigel Green James Booth Ivor Emmanuel Paul Daneman Glynn Edwards Neil McCarthy
military officer soldier missionary daughter enemy melodramatic powerful rousing battlefield south africa mission anglo-zulu war horrors of war imperialism quest sacrifice 1870s
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
Drama, War
UK
1964
103 Minutes
Colonel Deal
Richard Attenborough Jack Hawkins Flora Robson John Leyton Mia Farrow Cecil Parker
rebel soldier sergeant british soldier african tense frenetic melodramatic africa barracks military base colony colonialism coup d'état british empire political unrest military life mutiny rescue rivalry
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1964
103 Minutes
The first secret is what we don't tell people, the second secret is what we don't tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth. The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient.
Drama
USA
1962
109 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Jack Hawkins Maximilian Schell Richard Beymer Annette Gorman Lana Wood Todd Anderson Terry Huntingdon Bill Quinn
father mother son daughter tutor emotional melodramatic household family dysfunction marital problems brother/sister relationship teaching outsider temptation discovery 1960s
A long-married couple are at war with each other and with their teenage son and daughter. The presence of a handsome young tutor complicates and sensitizes the savage domestic tensions ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1952
88 Minutes
Jim Frazer
Claudette Colbert Jack Hawkins Anthony Steel Ram Gopal Jeremy Spenser Tom Macauley Helen Goss Sonja Hana Andy Ho Peter Asher Shaym Bahadur
plantation owner wife terrorist neighbor son suspenseful thrilling gory intense profound rubber plantation british malaya danger extortion murder rubber business adventure rivalry pursuit escape
During the 1950s, in British-controlled Malaya, rubber-tree planters face many difficulties and dangers, including bandit attacks and nationalist guerrilla ambushes.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1965
102 Minutes
Cliff Robertson Jack Hawkins Marisa Mell Michel Piccoli Bill Fraser Christopher Witty Tutte Lemkow Keith Pyott Jose Burgos Charles Gray John Le Mesurier
colonel american prince woman accomplice amusing madcap spirited canyon spain duplicity oil kidnapping political intrigue negotiation temptation adventure rescue escape 1960s
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Drama
1952
93 Minutes
Searle
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).
Drama
1966
109 Minutes
Major Lawton
An Israeli fighter (Peter Finch) sends a Jewish woman (Sophia Loren) to seduce a British major (Jack Hawkins) who knows where to find her Nazi ex-husband.
Drama
1949
106 Minutes
R.B. Waring
Emeric Pressburger David Farrar Kathleen Byron Jack Hawkins Anthony Bushell Michael Gough Leslie Banks Robert Morley Cyril Cusack Renee Asherson
scientist assistant military officer alcoholic girlfriend patriotic emotional laboratory london office world war ii bomb daunting task alcoholism workplace romance quest transformation 1940s
Brilliant but tormented bomb expert Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works for the British government during World War II, but his increasingly problematic alcoholism and a recent injury threaten his ability to work.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1950
104 Minutes
Col. Galcon
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Glynis Johns Jack Hawkins Walter Rilla Karel Stepanek Herbert Lom Hans Moser
surgeon singer dictator intelligence officer spy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful balkans hotel government building operating room cabaret politics surgery kidnapping death americans abroad pursuit escape
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
Major Warden
William Holden Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa Jack Hawkins James Donald Geoffrey Horne Andre Morrell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin
soldier captain rival prisoner of war captor gritty military base bridge burma world war ii munitions construction military battle bombing rivalry quest revenge 1940s
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
Drama
UK|USA
1951
98 Minutes
Dennis Scott
James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Glynis Johns Jack Hawkins Elizabeth Allan Kenneth More Janette Scott Ronald Squire
mathematician actress stewardess inspector suspenseful amusing laboratory england airport newfoundland courtroom aviation paranoia engineering plane crash sabotage discovery 1950s
An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
Adventure
USA|UK
1950
120 Minutes
Tristram Griffin
Tyrone Power Orson Welles Cecile Aubry Jack Hawkins Michael Rennie Finlay Currie Herbert Lom Mary Clare Robert Blake Alfonso Bedoya Gibb McLaughlin
nobleman best friend mysterious woman warlord enemy striking melodramatic england europe china countryside war father/son relationship illegitimate child crusade adventure escape 13th century
A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
Horror
UK
1973
90 Minutes
Nicholas
Donald Pleasence Kim Novak Joan Collins Jack Hawkins Georgia Brown Donald Houston Suzy Kendall Peter McEnery Frank Forsyth Michael Jayston
psychiatrist doctor young boy literary agent young girl frightening hospital family home psychiatric ward psychiatrist's office horror supernatural terror madness mystery 1960s
A psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.
Western
UK|West Germany|USA
1968
113 Minutes
Sir Charles Daggett
Sean Connery Brigitte Bardot Stephen Boyd Jack Hawkins Peter Van Eyck Honor Blackman Woody Strode Eric Sykes Alexander Knox Valerie French Julian Mateos
tracker lady countess aristocrat cowboy apache thrilling tense new mexico indian reservation camp wilderness hunting hostage situation survival abandonment infidelity class distinctions rescue underdog
In 1880 New Mexico, a group of European hunters runs afoul of the Apache but is aided by an ex-cavalryman turned guide.
Drama, History
UK
1948
118 Minutes
Lord George Murray
David Niven Margaret Leighton Judy Campbell Jack Hawkins Morland Graham Finlay Currie Elwyn Brook-Jones John Laurie Hector Ross Hugh Kelly Margaret Gibson
prince lord king george ii duke noblewoman general dark engaging france ship scotland england countryside battlefield british-scottish relations royalty jacobite uprising charles edward stuart religion exile
In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.
Adventure
UK|Switzerland
1970
91 Minutes
Millefleurs
Peter McEnery Claudia Cardinale Eli Wallach Jack Hawkins John Neville Mark Burns Norman Rossington Paolo Stoppa Ivan Desny
Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he's the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.
Drama
1971
100 Minutes
Mr. Brocklehurst
George C. Scott Susannah York Ian Bannen Jack Hawkins Nyree Dawn Porter Rachel Kempson Kenneth Griffith Peter Copley Michele Dotrice
orphan governess lord wife ward brooding emotional eerie england manor boarding school doomed romance tragic love secret marriage insanity hidden past jane eyre love mystery discovery
Charlotte Bronte's gothic heroine (Susannah York) loves her moody employer (George C. Scott), who keeps a dark secret hidden from her.
Adventure
1950
109 Minutes
Prince of Wales, Footpad attacking Lord Anthony
David Niven Emeric Pressburger Margaret Leighton Cyril Cusack Jack Hawkins Robert Coote Edmond Audran Danielle Godet Arlette Marchal Charles Victor David Hutcheson
aristocrat hero revolutionary englishman prisoner brother-in-law spectacular brash gutsy paris london court english channel inn prison rescue french revolution secret identity heroism scarlet pimpernel
London dandy Sir Percy (David Niven) dons disguises to rescue French nobles from the Reign of Terror guillotine.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
UK
1962
216 Minutes
Gen. Lord Edmund Allenby
Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Jack Hawkins Jose Ferrer Claude Rains Anthony Quayle Arthur Kennedy Donald Wolfit I.S. Johar
journalist prince soldier military officer spectacular profound army base desert arabia world war i armed conflict culture clash redemption man vs. nature t.e. lawrence quest rise 1910s
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
94 Minutes
Detective Ames
Ralph Richardson Michèle Morgan Bobby Henrey Sonia Dresdel Jack Hawkins Bernard Lee
diplomat son butler wife inspector detective suspenseful dark household embassy london idolization investigation witnessing murder misunderstanding affair secret mystery quest rescue
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
Adventure
UK|USA
1965
154 Minutes
Marlow
Peter O'Toole James Mason Curt Jurgens Eli Wallach Jack Hawkins Paul Lukas Daliah Lavi Akim Tamiroff
seaman trader captain war lord chief woman brooding powerful gutsy suspenseful melancholy boat river village south sea cargo ship indian ocean redemption guerrilla warfare seafaring
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
Adventure
Israel|France|West Germany
1972
105 Minutes
Baburin
Laurence Harvey Josephine Chaplin John Ireland Lila Kedrova Jack Hawkins Clive Revill
Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monitored by the KGB, who try to intimidate them. One of them is taken into custody and ... See full summary »
Horror, Comedy
UK
1973
104 Minutes
Solomon Psaltery
Vincent Price Diana Rigg Robert Morley Ian Hendry Harry Andrews Coral Browne Robert Coote Jack Hawkins Michael Hordern Arthur Lowe Dennis Price
actor critic daughter bum eerie gory witty offbeat theater london vengeance murder william shakespeare criticism revenge quest 1970s
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Crime, Drama
UK
1966
100 Minutes
General Bahar
Senta Berger Stephen Boyd Yul Brynner Bob Cunningham Gilda Dahlberg Angie Dickinson Georges Geret Hugh Griffith Jack Hawkins Rita Hayworth Trevor Howard
Three thugs--Tom, Dick and Harry (a woman)--break into the penthouse apartment of an adulterous couple and proceed to terrorize them, but as it turns out, things aren't exactly what they seem to be.
Drama, History
UK
1971
183 Minutes
Michael Jayston Janet Suzman Tom Baker Roderic Noble Harry Andrews Irene Worth Ania Marson Lynne Frederick Candace Glendenning Fiona Fullerton Jack Hawkins
czar nicholas ii princess daughter secret agent aristocrat rasputin emotional gripping moving russia siberia castle execution revolution mutiny family historical events exile fall escape
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Comedy
UK|France|Italy
1969
125 Minutes
Sam Itzkovitch Tony Curtis Susan Hampshire Terry-Thomas Eric Sykes Gert Froebe Peer Schmidt Peter Cook Dudley Moore Walter Chiari Lando Buzzanca
industrialist race car driver gambler army officer escaped convict lord charming playful rousing monte carlo, monaco country road countryside house europe car racing gambling treasure love interest deception chase
An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.
Biography
UK
1972
145 Minutes
Simon Ward Anne Bancroft Robert Shaw Peter Cellier Ronald Hines John Mills Pat Heywood Russell Lewis Laurence Naismith William Dexter Basil Dignam
winston churchill wife father prime minister engaging positive england india africa school military war election winston churchill parliament rise growing up transformation 20th century
Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.