List of the best Marne Maitland movies: Terror of the Tongs(1961), Bhowani Junction(1956), The Mark of the Hawk(1958), The Camp on Blood Island(1958), The Reptile(1966), Khartoum(1966), Duffy(1968), Man of La Mancha(1972), First Men in the Moon(1964), The Phantom of the Opera(1962), March or Die(1977), Outcast of the Islands(1952) ... ...
Horror
1961
80 Minutes
Beggar
Geoffrey Toone Christopher Lee Yvonne Monlaur Marne Maitland Brian Worth Ewen Solon Burt Kwouk Barbara Brown Richard Leech Bandana Das Gupta Michael Hawkins
sea captain british man terrorist chinese criminal confident gripping gutsy tense hong kong asia street bar shop revenge organized crime murder betrayal quest revenge rivalry
Red Dragon tong leader Chung King (Christopher Lee) and his hatchet men capture a British captain (Geoffrey Toone) in Hong Kong.
Adventure
USA
1956
110 Minutes
Govindaswami
Ava Gardner Stewart Granger Bill Travers Abraham Sofaer Francis Matthews Marne Maitland Peter Illing Edward Chapman Freda Jackson Lionel Jeffries Alan Tilvern
colonel communist general railroad worker woman melodramatic emotional india train train station love triangle revolution race relations indian independence movement love sacrifice rivalry 1940s
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
Drama
USA
1958
83 Minutes
Sandar Lai
Eartha Kitt Sidney Poitier Juano Hernandez John McIntire Helen Horton Marne Maitland Gerard Heinz Earl Cameron Patrick Allen Clifton Macklin Ewen Solon
native brother wife missionary laborer gritty spirited africa colony ballroom church colonialism rebellion race relations brotherhood rivalry revenge metamorphosis 1950s
A struggling artist in a small town becomes the prime suspect when his wife mysteriously disappears.
War
UK
1958
81 Minutes
Capt. Sakamura
Carl Mohner Andre Morell Edward Underdown Walter Fitzgerald Ronald Radd Michael Gwynn Marne Maitland
prisoner of war prisoners brutal engaging powerful british malaya prison camp world war ii prisoners of war allied forces quest rescue escape 1940s
Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that ... See full summary »
Horror
UK|USA
1966
90 Minutes
The Malay
Noel Willman Jacqueline Pearce Jennifer Daniel Ray Barrett Michael Ripper John Laurie Marne Maitland David Baron Charles Lloyd Pack Harold Goldblatt George Woodbridge
coroner newcomer doctor neighbor creature innocent woman frightening frightful creepy chilling dark campy cornwall monsters reptiles deadly animals horror inheritance village life discovery
In a Cornish village, various locals die from mysterious snake bites, but the coroner rules the deaths as heart attacks, until a family of newcomers starts an investigation.
Drama, History
UK
1966
134 Minutes
Sheikh Osman
Charlton Heston Laurence Olivier Richard Johnson Ralph Richardson Alexander Knox Johnny Sekka Michael Hordern Zia Mohyeddin Marne Maitland Nigel Green Hugh Williams
general prophet colonel prime minister soldier brutal gritty tense sudan great britain courage battle uprising following orders death underdog rise rivalry 1880s
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).
Comedy, Drama
1968
101 Minutes
Abdul
James Coburn James Mason James Fox Susannah York John Alderton Guy Deghy Carl Duering Tutte Lemkow Marne Maitland André Maranne Barry Shawzin
thief brother father girlfriend millionaire witty cool tangiers, morocco boat corsica paris hijacking father/son relationship siblings robbery rivalry quest 1960s
An old hippie (James Coburn) helps a British playboy (James Fox) and his half brother hijack their banker father's (James Mason) ship.
Musical
USA|Italy
1972
130 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Sophia Loren James Coco Harry Andrews John Castle Brian Blessed Ian Richardson Julie Gregg Rosalie Crutchley Gino Conforti Marne Maitland
don quixote sancho panza prostitute niece writer inmate amusing charming emotional spain dungeon field inn household spanish inquisition imprisonment performance miguel de cervantes delusion chivalry
The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.
Sci-Fi
UK
1964
102 Minutes
Edward Judd Martha Hyer Lionel Jeffries Betty McDowall Miles Malleson Gladys Henson Hugh McDermott Erik Chitty Gordon Robinson Laurence Herder Marne Maitland
scientist inventor explorer alien campy engaging england spacecraft moon underground aliens moon exploration space travel inventions discovery adventure escape 1960s
When a spaceship lands on the moon, it is hailed as a new accomplishment, before it becomes clear that a Victorian party completed the journey in 1899, leading investigators to that mission's last survivor.
Horror
UK
1962
84 Minutes
Herbert Lom Heather Sears Thorley Walters Michael Gough Edward De Souza Martin Miller Miles Malleson Miriam Karlin John Harvey Harold Godwin Ian Wilson
composer wealthy man producer chorus girl dwarf kidnapper spirited profound melodramatic thrilling opera house backstage office london opera serial murders disfigurement plagiarism kidnapping performance
An acid-scarred composer has his dwarf helper bring an opera singer to his London sewer hide-out.
Adventure, Drama
UK
1977
107 Minutes
Gene Hackman Terence Hill Max von Sydow Catherine Deneuve Ian Holm Rufus Jack O'Halloran Marcel Bozzuffi André Penvern Paul Sherman Vernon Dobtcheff
During the 1920s, French Foreign Legion Major William Foster's (Gene Hackman's) unit is protecting an archaeological dig, but the discovery of an Arab sacred burial site prompts the angry Arab tribes to attack Foster's small garrison.
Adventure
UK
1952
102 Minutes
Trevor Howard Ralph Richardson Kerima Robert Morley George Coulouris Wilfrid Hyde-White Frederick Valk Betty Ann Davies Peter Illing James Kenney A.V. Bramble
anti-hero native captain trader dreamy emotional melodramatic jungle borneo trading post man vs. nature interracial romance madness fall wretched excess 19th century
A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked when he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
Drama, History
UK
1969
145 Minutes
Richard Burton Geneviève Bujold Irene Papas Anthony Quayle John Colicos Michael Hordern Katharine Blake Peter Jeffrey Joseph O'Conor William Squire Valerie Gearon
king queen cardinal maid pope heir dark hedonistic england royal court london king henry viii anne boleyn catherine of aragon divorce religion royalty forbidden love fall 16th century
King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.