List of the best Leslie Norman movies: Dunkirk(1958), Jungle Fighters(1961), The Shiralee(1957), X the Unknown(1956), Season of Passion(1959) ... ...
War
UK
1958
135 Minutes
Director
John Mills Richard Attenborough Bernard Lee Robert Urquhart Ray Jackson Meredith Edwards Anthony Nicholls Michael Shillo Sean Barrett Victor Maddern Maxine Audley
soldier reporter emotional intense powerful france beach world war ii historical events rescue escape sacrifice quest 1930s
A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.
War
UK
1961
105 Minutes
Director
Richard Todd Laurence Harvey Richard Harris David McCallum Ronald Fraser John Meillon John Rees Kenji Takaki
sergeant prisoner of war corporal private soldier tense emotional gritty burma jungle dangerous assignment military world war ii competition survival prisoners of war quest rivalry 1940s
In 1942, a group of British soldiers is sent on a mission in the Malaysian jungle and gets lost into the Japanese controlled zone.
Adventure
USA
1957
99 Minutes
Director
Peter Finch Elizabeth Sellars Dana Wilson Rosemary Harrys Tessie O'Shea Sidney James George Rose
husband wife daughter young girl cheater emotional engaging united kingdom road family home affair fatherhood family failed marriage escape love 1950s
When a crown prince visits, the princess's mother tries to push the prince into marrying her daughter by presenting a "rival" at the ball - her children's handsome tutor.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1956
80 Minutes
Dean Jagger Leslie Norman Leo McKern Edward Chapman Marianne Brauns William Lucas John Harvey Peter Hammond Michael Ripper Anthony Newley Ian McNaughton
A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.
Comedy, Drama
1959
93 Minutes
Director
Ernest Borgnine Anne Baxter John Mills Angela Lansbury Ethel Gabriel Vincent Ball Janette Craig
girlfriend widow farmer worker husband melodramatic emotional australia farm sydney love triangle vacation unemployment affair long-distance relationship maturing growing up love 1950s
Two laid-off Australian sugar-cane cutters (Ernest Borgnine, John Mills) spend their 17th summer with their girlfriends in Sydney.