List of the best James Donald movies: Brandy for the Parson(1950), White Corridors(1951), The Small Voice(1948), Pickwick Papers(1952), Lust for Life(1956), Third Man on the Mountain(1959), The Gift Horse(1952), The Great Escape(1963), The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957), The Vikings(1958), Edward, My Son(1949), The Royal Hunt of the Sun(1969) ... ...
Comedy
1950
78 Minutes
couple vacationer smuggler customs agent fugitive customs official witty amusing madcap lighthearted spirited engaging english channel smuggling yachting fugitives on the run misunderstanding good deeds adventure
Drama
UK
1951
102 Minutes
Hospital drama set at the Yeoman's Hospital, in the English Midlands, during the early 1950s.
Mystery & Thriller
1948
85 Minutes
Valerie Hobson James Donald Howard Keel David Greene Michael Balfour Joan Young Angela Fouldes Glyn Dearman
convict partner writer wife housekeeper superintendent tense emotional great britain countryside cottage hostage situation fugitives desperation car crash escape rescue 1940s
An escaped convict (Harold Keel) and his henchmen hold a British playwright (James Donald) and his wife (Valerie Hobson) hostage.
Adventure
1952
109 Minutes
Nathaniel Winkle
James Hayter Nigel Patrick James Donald Hermione Baddeley Kathleen Harrison Hermione Gingold Joyce Grenfell Alexander Gauge Lionel Murton Harry Fowler
gentleman scientist con artist judge widow police officer lighthearted witty london countryside prison courtroom scientific observation con game deception misunderstanding adventure quest 19th century
Dickens' elderly Samuel Pickwick (James Hayter) travels about with Mr. Winkle (James Donald) and other members of their club.
Biography
USA
1956
122 Minutes
Theo Van Gogh
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Everett Sloane James Donald Pamela Brown Niall MacGinnis Noel Purcell Henry Daniell Lionel Jeffries Eric Pohlmann
paul gauguin painter brother intense creative emotional france countryside holland vincent van gogh ambition mental illness art quest discovery fall 19th century
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
1959
107 Minutes
Franz Lerner
James MacArthur Michael Rennie Janet Munro James Donald Walter Fitzgerald Helen Hayes Herbert Lom Ferdinand Mayne Laurence Naismith Lee Patterson Nora Swinburne
mountain climber mother father son captain teammate inspiring winsome heartwarming swiss alps switzerland village the matterhorn family honor father/son relationship mountain climbing determination dangerous mission quest growing up
A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel.
War
1952
99 Minutes
Lt. Richard Jennings
Trevor Howard Richard Attenborough Sonny Tufts James Donald Joan Rice Bernard Lee Dora Bryan Hugh Williams Robin Bailey Meredith Edwards John Forrest
naval officer commander cook admiral seaman fiancée inspiring powerful gutsy england atlantic ocean ship france coast bar world war ii british empire naval warfare redemption personality clash
An English captain (Trevor Howard) and crew make the most of an old U.S. destroyer on loan during World War II.
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Group Capt. Ramsey 'The SBO'
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.
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
Major Clipton
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.
Adventure, Action
USA
1958
114 Minutes
Egbert
Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Ernest Borgnine James Donald Alexander Knox Frank Thring Maxine Audley Eileen Way Edric Connor Dandy Nichols
king prince princess slave half brother viking thrilling intense brutal castle boat rivalry power struggle feud love triangle kidnapping mistaken identity discovery love rivalry
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Drama
1949
112 Minutes
Bronton
Spencer Tracy Deborah Kerr Ian Hunter Leueen MacGrath James Donald Mervyn Johns Felix Aylmer Walter Fitzgerald Tilsa Page Ernest Jay Colin Gordon
father mother son lover doctor dark melodramatic disturbing london family father/son relationship alcoholism self-destruction fall wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy in this adaptation of the British play.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1969
118 Minutes
King Carlos
Robert Shaw Christopher Plummer Nigel Davenport Michael Craig Leonard Whiting James Donald
conquistador emperor incan leader priest warrior soldier thrilling melodramatic powerful spain ship peru palace south america francisco pizarro conquest incan empire ransom unlikely friendship religious conversion
In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
War
USA
1966
142 Minutes
Maj. Safir
Kirk Douglas Senta Berger Angie Dickinson John Wayne Frank Sinatra Yul Brynner James Donald Luther Adler Topol
colonel soldier wife major ambassador love interest rousing tense jerusalem military base united states arab-israeli conflict faith training new romance independence underdog rivalry transformation 1940s
In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Palestinian states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.
War, Drama
UK
1942
114 Minutes
Doc
Noel Coward Noel Coward John Mills Bernard Miles Celia Johnson Kay Walsh Joyce Carey Michael Wilding James Donald Richard Attenborough
captain military officer sailor wife mother heartwarming patriotic ship military base london egypt world war ii quest escape 1930s
This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
Drama
UK
1975
104 Minutes
The Doctor
Michael York Richard Attenborough Susannah York Trevor Howard Stacy Keach Christopher Plummer James Faulkner Michael Culver James Donald
military officer lieutenant widow soldier military wife cool tense melodramatic india military base courtroom sexual harassment false accusations disillusionment homesickness imperialism court-martial discovery mystery temptation
At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.
Drama
1969
118 Minutes
Mr. Murdstone
Robin Phillips Susan Hampshire Edith Evans Michael Redgrave Ralph Richardson Wendy Hiller Corin Redgrave Pamela Franklin Ron Moody James Donald
orphan boy stepfather melodramatic england jail escape new life adaptation growing up
Dickens' Victorian orphan (Robin Phillips) drifts until he finds a friendly (Edith Evans) aunt and the girl (Susan Hampshire) he will marry.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1978
99 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Sarah Miles Richard Boone Candy Clark Joan Collins Edward Fox John Mills James Stewart Oliver Reed Harry Andrews Colin Blakely
Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.