List of the best Niall MacGinnis movies: Martin Luther(1953), The Edge of the World(1937), The Veil(1958), Curse of the Demon(1957), Tawny Pipit(1944), Ourselves Alone(1936), Conflict of Wings(1954), We Dive at Dawn(1943), The Man Who Finally Died(1963), Helen of Troy(1955), Lust for Life(1956), The Playboy of the Western World(1962) ... ...
Biography
West Germany|USA
1953
103 Minutes
Niall MacGinnis John Ruddock Pierre Lefevre Guy Verney Alastair Hunter David Horne Fred Johnson Philip Leaver
priest vicar friend duke pope professor intricate passionate germany rome church university catholic church theology heresy revolution spiritual crisis martin luther underdog transformation
Biopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.
Drama
UK
1937
80 Minutes
Finlay Currie Niall MacGinnis Grant Sutherland Campbell Robson George Summers John Laurie
young man friend sister father catechist somber st. kilda, scotland fishing village island generational divide love isolation changing times underdog quest rescue love 1930s
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Horror
1958
98 Minutes
Walter
Karloff introduces four terror tales from "The Veil" TV series, including "Summer Heat" and "Jack the Ripper.".
Horror
UK
1957
82 Minutes
Dr. Julian Karswell
Dana Andrews Peggy Cummins Niall MacGinnis Maurice Denham Athene Seyler Liam Redmond Reginald Beckwith Ewan Roberts Peter Elliott Rosamund Greenwood Richard Leech
professor psychologist niece skeptic cult leader devil worshipper creepy eerie uneasy england london british museum paranormal satanism curse diary mystery transformation 1950s
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell.
Comedy
1944
81 Minutes
Jimmy Bancroft
Bernard Miles Rosamund John Niall MacGinnis Jean Gillie Lucie Mannheim Christopher Steele George Carney Wylie Watson
villager bird fighter pilot friend nurse charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving village countryside field farm england village life animal welfare relationships cooperation war effort
Britons (Bernard Miles, Rosamund John, Niall MacGinnis) rally to save two rare birds nesting in a wheat field during World War II.
Drama
UK
1936
70 Minutes
Terence Elliott
John Lodge Walter Summers Antoinette Collier John Loder Niall MacGinnis Clifford Evans Jerry Verno Maire O'Neill E.J. Kennedy Pat Noonan
1921: as Irish nationalists battle with British Forces, a young girl is torn between loyalty to her brother, unbeknownst to her an IRA leader, her fiance, a police inspector, and his comrade and rival in love, a British Army captain.
Comedy, Drama
1954
84 Minutes
Harry Tilney
John Gregson Muriel Pavlow Kieron Moore Niall MacGinnis Harry Fowler Guy Middleton
squadron leader corporal villager sergeant bureaucrat bird watcher amusing mellow charming engaging melodramatic winsome norfolk conflict resolution birdwatching land dispute power struggle protest post-war life quest
Norfolk villagers (John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow) oppose the British air force using their bird sanctuary for target practice.
War
UK
1943
98 Minutes
Mike Corrigan
Eric Portman John Mills Leslie Weston Reginald Purdell Niall MacGinnis Joan Hopkins Josephine Wilson Louis Bradfield Ronald Millar Jack Watling Caven Watson
commanding officer sailor military officer enemy resistance fighter patriotic underwater military base england denmark world war ii submarine military engagement chase pursuit escape 1940s
All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1963
98 Minutes
Brenner
Stanley Baker Peter Cushing Mai Zetterling Eric Portman Niall MacGinnis Nigel Green Barbara Everest Harold Scott
father son immigrant brooding tense somber dark bavaria hometown iron curtain cover-up escape mystery underdog 1960s
A mysterious call summons Joe Newman to Bavaria in search of the father he believed dead for 20 years.
Adventure
USA
1955
118 Minutes
Menelaus
Rossana Podestà Jack Sernas Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Baker Niall MacGinnis Nora Swinburne Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Harry Andrews Janette Scott Ronald Lewis
helen of troy greek god brash brutal engaging gory intense melodramatic powerful spirited thrilling troy rescue trojan wars rescue love ancient times
The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
Biography
USA
1956
122 Minutes
Roulin
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.
Drama
Ireland
1962
100 Minutes
Old Mahon
Gary Raymond Siobhan McKenna Elspeth March Michael O'Brian Liam Redmond Niall MacGinnis
criminal tough guy son father dark gutsy ireland village violence father/son relationship romance deception bad behavior rivalry 1900s
A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day.
Adventure
USA
1965
123 Minutes
Odins
Charlton Heston Richard Boone Rosemary Forsyth Maurice Evans Guy Stockwell Niall MacGinnis Henry Wilcoxon James Farentino Woodrow Parfrey John Alderson Allen Jaffe
knight brother bride-to-be duke village elder brooding gripping rousing coast medieval kingdom europe fortress house village desire love triangle brotherhood marriage war love
In 11th century Normandy, a Norman duke sends one of his knights to build a defensive fortress in order to guard the borders against Frisian raiders.
Romance
UK|USA
1965
102 Minutes
Cleary
Hayley Mills John Mills James MacArthur Lionel Jeffries Harry Andrews Niall MacGinnis Lionel Murton David Tomlinson
widower sailor lawyer millionaire uncle thrilling endearing spirited caribbean boat ocean island beach treasure hunting betrayal con game new romance greed father/daughter relationship adventure
During the 1960s, a Caribbean sailor and his tomboy daughter search for buried treasure but run into unsavory characters and a cute lawyer who's after romance.
Adventure
UK
1967
91 Minutes
Tiberian
Don Murray Carita Donald Houston Andrew Keir Adrienne Corri Niall MacGinnis Wilfrid Lawson Nicola Pagett Percy Herbert Patrick Troughton Sean Caffrey
To honour her father's dying wish, Queen Salina shares the rule of Icena with Justinian, a fair and just Roman. This displeases the bloodthirsty Druids on one side and the more hard-line ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1941
107 Minutes
Vogel
Eric Portman Laurence Olivier Anton Walbrook Leslie Howard Raymond Massey Glynis Johns Niall MacGinnis Finlay Currie
nazi soldier trapper inuit native american priest patriotic melodramatic offbeat train canada hudson bay trading post countryside world war ii nazism war politics pursuit 1940s
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK|USA
1963
104 Minutes
Zeus
Todd Anderson Nancy Kovack Gary Raymond Honor Blackman Nigel Green Laurence Naismith Niall MacGinnis Michael Gwynn Douglas Wilmer Jack Gwillim John Cairney
hero hercules king monster god goddess intense thrilling spectacular thessaly mount olympus ship island colchis golden fleece mythology hera battle royalty prophecy
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.
Drama, War
1942
99 Minutes
Olaf
Ralph Richardson Deborah Kerr Hugh Williams Griffith Jones Francis L. Sullivan Roland Culver Finlay Currie Niall MacGinnis
journalist british man german woman daughter thrilling suspenseful emotional intense germany norway ship world war ii german occupation secrets romance danger rivalry love pursuit
An English journalist (Hugh Williams) and a Norwegian fisherman's daughter (Deborah Kerr) guide RAF bombers to a U-boat base.
Drama
UK
1962
123 Minutes
Captain Nathaniel Graveling
Robert Ryan Terence Stamp Melvyn Douglas Peter Ustinov John Neville Ronald Lewis Lee Montague Paul Rogers Niall MacGinnis John Meillon Ray McAnally
captain seaman military officer assistant lieutenant young man tense fascinating profound rousing ship deck mediterranean sea accidental death moral dilemma false accusations schemes law enforcement naval warfare rivalry
Billy Budd is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Horror
UK
1967
93 Minutes
Jack Palance Burgess Meredith Beverly Adams Peter Cushing Barbara Ewing Michael Bryant Maurice Denham John Standing Robert Hutton John Phillips Michael Ripper
psychic playboy actress reporter pianist collector chilling eerie carnival family home hollywood, calif. office murder ghosts acting zombies mind control psychic phenomena transformation mystery
An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.
Biography
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Fredric March Florence Eldridge Francis L. Sullivan Kathleen Ryan Derek Bond Nora Swinburne Abraham Sofaer Linden Travers James Robertson Justice Dennis Vance Richard Nugent
explorer queen courtier priest sailor inspiring striking spain boat monastery west indies royal court beach discovery journey spanish inquisition christopher columbus gold mutiny quest
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Adventure
USA
1969
101 Minutes
Maximilian Schell Diane Baker Brian Keith Barbara Werle John Leyton Rossano Brazzi Sal Mineo Katherine Cannon Jacqui Chan Marc Lawrence Geoffrey Holder
captain boat captain ship captain adventurer man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping sea ship volcano eruptions danger fear difficult decision treasure adventure discovery escape
In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
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