List of the best Robert Newton movies: The Hidden Room(1949), Blackbeard, the Pirate(1952), Snowbound(1947), Long John Silver(1954), Oliver Twist(1948), Hatters Castle(1941), This Happy Breed(1944), Odd Man Out(1947), Henry V(1945), Poison Pen(1940), Wings and the Woman(1942), The Beachcomber(1955) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
98 Minutes
Dr. Clive Riordan
Robert Newton Sally Gray Naunton Wayne Phil Brown Olga Lindo Ronald Adam James Harcourt Allan Jeayes Russell Waters
psychiatrist wife lover scotland yard detective butler american chilling tense london office household hideout scotland yard infidelity attempted murder investigation torture psychiatry schemes revenge
Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.
Adventure
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Edward Teach, Blackbeard
Robert Newton Linda Darnell William Bendix Keith Andes Torin Thatcher Irene Ryan Alan Mowbray Richard Egan Skelton Knaggs Richard Wessel Anthony Caruso
pirate surgeon first mate blackbeard damsel in distress hostage thrilling spirited atlantic ocean pirate ship island heroism pirates seafaring bravery secret identity pursuit rivalry rescue 1710s
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Adventure
UK
1947
85 Minutes
Derek Engles
A group of people search for Nazi treasure hidden in the Alps. From "The Lonely Skier" by Hammond Innes.
Adventure
Australia|USA
1954
109 Minutes
Long John Silver
Robert Newton Kit Taylor Connie Gilchrist Eric Reiman Syd Chambers Grant Taylor John Brunskill Harry Hambleton Henry Gilbert Elwin Daniel Al Thomas
pirate hostage governor sweetheart cabin boy thrilling amusing confident colony central america tavern ship pirates hidden treasure colonialism long john silver rescue adventure 1760s
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
Drama
1948
105 Minutes
Robert Newton Alec Guinness John Howard Davies Kay Walsh Francis L. Sullivan Anthony Newley Henry Stephenson Mary Clare Josephine Stuart Ralph Truman
orphan pickpocket criminal kidnapper wealthy man girlfriend dense gripping melodramatic london orphanage street hideout child abuse crime class distinctions kidnapping growing up escape pursuit
Dickens' London waif (John Howard Davies) is pressed into Fagin's (Alec Guinness) street gang led by bully Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) and the Artful Dodger.
Drama, History
1941
105 Minutes
James Brodie
A 19th-century Scottish hatmaker (Robert Newton) kicks his daughter (Deborah Kerr) out of his mansion because she loves a doctor (James Mason).
Drama
1944
115 Minutes
Robert Newton Celia Johnson John Mills Kay Walsh Stanley Holloway Amy Veness Alison Leggatt
travel agent wife mother-in-law sister-in-law socialist child cheeky melodramatic emotional england suburbia household working class war family growing up love transformation 1930s
An adaptation of Noel Coward's play traces a number of years in the life of a middle-class London family.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
115 Minutes
James Mason Robert Newton Kathleen Ryan Robert Beatty William Hartnell F.J. McCormick Fay Compton Beryl Measor Cyril Cusack Dan O'Herlihy Roy Irving
fugitive daughter mother soldier dark gritty belfast, northern ireland hideout family home robbery crime irish republican army injury pursuit 1940s
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
Drama
UK
1945
137 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Robert Newton Renee Asherson Leslie Banks Esmond Knight Leo Genn Felix Aylmer Ralph Truman Harcourt Williams Ivy St. Helier Ernest Thesiger
soldier king leader military officer queen creative intense england france war marriage military royalty empowerment fall rise rivalry 16th century
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Drama
UK
1940
66 Minutes
Flora Robson Robert Newton Ann Todd Reginald Tate Geoffrey Toone Athole Stewart Mary Hinton Cyril Chamberlain Edward Chapman Belle Chrystall Catherine Lacey
A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters".
Biography
UK
1942
96 Minutes
Anna Neagle Robert Newton Edward Chapman Nora Swinburne Brefni O'Rorke Charles Carson Martita Hunt Anthony Shaw Eliot Makeham David Horne Miles Malleson
aviatrix aviator husband wife solicitor government official emotional gripping rousing thrilling england house airplane amy johnson marriage flying husband/wife relationship fame world war ii rise
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1955
82 Minutes
Glynis Johns Robert Newton Donald Sinden Paul Rogers Donald Pleasence Walter Crisham Michael Hordern Auric Lorand Tony Quinn
outcast sister missionary host womanizer nurse lighthearted cheeky spirited island bar church boat household debauchery missionary work brother/sister relationship sailing cholera outbreak transformation
Ewart Gray (Donald Sinden) is the new Resident-in-Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Dave Connor
John Mills Rene Ray Robert Newton Charles Oliver Bruce Seton Julian Vedey Allan Jeayes Frank Atkinson
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
79 Minutes
Harry Carter
Joan Fontaine Burt Lancaster Robert Newton Lewis Russell Aminta Dyne Grizelda Hervey Jay Novello Colin Keith-Johnston Reginald Sheffield Campbell Copelin Leland Hodgson
Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.
War
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Tom Bartlett
Richard Burton James Mason Robert Newton Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Chips Rafferty Charles Davis Ben Wright
general captain australian soldier british soldier nazi rousing gritty north africa battlefield fort port city tobruk, libya siege of tobruk world war ii field marshal erwin rommel armed conflict camaraderie underdog quest 1940s
Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
Comedy
UK
1941
135 Minutes
Bill Walker
Wendy Hiller Rex Harrison Robert Morley Robert Newton Emlyn Williams Sybil Thorndike Deborah Kerr David Tree Stanley Holloway
industrialist daughter boyfriend preacher witty engaging england factory social change wealth disillusionment family poverty social standing discovery quest growing up 1940s
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
170 Minutes
Mr. Fix
David Niven Cantinflas Shirley MacLaine Robert Newton Charles Boyer Joe E. Brown Martine Carol John Carradine Charles Coburn Ronald Colman Melville Cooper
explorer servant police officer princess airy charming playful london spain paris india japan san francisco expedition class distinctions culture clash theft adventure pursuit quest
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Ferrovius
Jean Simmons Alan Young Victor Mature Robert Newton Maurice Evans Elsa Lanchester Reginald Gardiner Gene Lockhart Alan Mowbray Noel Willman John Hoyt
slave christian lion gladiator captain thrilling solemn touching rome wilderness colosseum arena unlikely allies kindness christianity friendship paganism slavery escape rescue
Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
Adventure
UK
1939
99 Minutes
James "Jem" Trehearne
Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara Leslie Banks Emlyn Williams Robert Newton Wylie Watson Marie Ney Morland Graham Stephen Haggard Mervyn Johns
young woman gentleman aunt uncle peddler lawyer dark bleak tense cornwall, england road inn ship coast pirates family impersonation kidnapping dark secrets police work
In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1937
77 Minutes
Larry Graeme
Edmund Lowe Sebastian Shaw Ann Todd Tamara Desni Robert Newton Alastair Sim
detective alcoholic undercover cop fence thief beautiful woman thrilling tense london police station club comeback police work romance jewelry theft mystery 1930s
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known ... See full summary »
Drama
1937
83 Minutes
Jim Carter
Flora Robson Leslie Banks Sebastian Shaw Patricia Hilliard Robert Newton
colonel captain orderly wife nurse girlfriend emotional patriotic england docks ship military life marriage shore leave death suspicion duty love sacrifice 1930s
A British colonel (Leslie Banks), his ailing wife (Flora Robson) and his men have a few hours before the troopship leaves again.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
88 Minutes
Vincent Ullswater
Anton Walbrook Diana Wynyard Frank Pettingell Cathleen Cordell Robert Newton Jimmy Hanley
wife detective husband maid cook brooding crafty suspenseful mansion london street deception murder exploitation jewelry theft double life investigation discovery mystery 1930s
A schizoid Victorian (Anton Walbrook) tries to drive his wife (Diana Wynyard) mad; a Scotland Yard detective (Frank Pettingell) figures out why.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
147 Minutes
Gustave Pardee
John Wayne Claire Trevor Laraine Day Jan Sterling Robert Stack Phil Harris Robert Newton David Brian
pilot passenger crew member tense suspenseful airplane airport survival redemption disaster plane crash quest 1950s
When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
Drama, History
UK
1937
89 Minutes
Don Pedro
Laurence Olivier Flora Robson Vivien Leigh Leslie Banks Raymond Massey Tamara Desni Morton Selten Robert Newton Donald Calthrop
queen elizabeth i naval officer king philip ii engaging gripping amusing patriotic melodramatic england spain ship war romance dangerous assignment jealousy royalty adventure escape rescue quest
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Adventure
UK
1937
82 Minutes
Conrad Veidt Vivien Leigh Anthony Bushell Joan Gardner Ursula Jeans Eliot Makeham Margery Pickard Austin Trevor Sam Livesey Cecil Parker Edmund Willard
double agent soldier doctor thrilling passionate sweden france submarine love war espionage secret rescue adventure forbidden love 1910s
During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.