List of the best Roger Livesey movies: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943), The Master of Ballantrae(1953), I Know Where I'm Going!(1945), The Drum(1938), The League of Gentlemen(1960), The Entertainer(1960), Rembrandt(1936), Of Human Bondage(1964), Oedipus the King(1968), Lorna Doone(1935), Stairway to Heaven(1946) ... ...
Romance, War, Drama
1943
163 Minutes
Clive Candy
Emeric Pressburger Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr Anton Walbrook John Laurie James McKechnie Neville Mapp
soldier major general teacher nurse nazi gripping melodramatic witty england pow camp south africa germany love friendship war aging military love transformation sacrifice
A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.
Adventure
East Germany
1953
89 Minutes
Errol Flynn Roger Livesey Anthony Steel Beatrice Campbell Yvonne Furneaux Felix Aylmer Mervyn Johns Charles Goldner Ralph Truman
For the corpulent nobleman, Sir John Falstaff, the inn in the small English town of Windsor is the best of all places. Here he can indulge in excessive dining and intemperate drinking, as ... See full summary »
Romance
1945
91 Minutes
Torquil MacNeil
Emeric Pressburger Wendy Hiller Roger Livesey Pamela Brown Finlay Currie Valentine Dyall Petula Clark
fiancée military officer friend sailor boyfriend girlfriend airy charming lighthearted castle small town isle of mull, scotland love ambition marriage social standing love transformation 1940s
A young Englishwoman (Wendy Hiller) aims to marry a tycoon but finds love with a naval officer (Roger Livesey) instead.
Adventure
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Capt. Carruthers
Sabu Raymond Massey Roger Livesey Valerie Hobson Desmond Tester Martin Walker David Tree Francis L. Sullivan Roy Emerton Edward Lexy Julien Mitchell
british soldier ruler prince brother benefactor native engaging intense india battlefield household palace revolution imperialism friendship loyalty duplicity assassination adventure rescue
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
115 Minutes
Capt. Mycroft
Jack Hawkins Nigel Patrick Richard Attenborough Roger Livesey Bryan Forbes Kieron Moore Robert Coote Terence Alexander Melissa Stribling Norman Bird Nanette Newman
military officer retiree friend bank robber amusing suspenseful england london bank apartment bank robbery disillusionment schemes teamwork military service revenge quest 1960s
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
Drama
UK
1960
97 Minutes
Billy Rice
Laurence Olivier Brenda De Banzie Albert Finney Joan Plowright Roger Livesey Alan Bates Daniel Massey Miriam Karlin Shirley Anne Field Thora Hird Tony Longridge
teacher comedian wife father fiancée soldier disheartening dark beach theater family home family fame ambition infidelity vaudeville fall quest 1950s
Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Biography
UK
1936
86 Minutes
Beggar Saul
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Gertrude Lawrence Edward Chapman Roger Livesey Raymond Huntley John Clements Marius Goring Abraham Sofaer
housekeeper maid beggar rembrant van rijn charming engaging tender holland amsterdam art historical events scandal painting commercialism discovery pursuit love 17th century
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
Drama
1964
98 Minutes
Thorpe Athelny
Kim Novak Bryan Forbes Laurence Harvey Robert Morley Siobhan McKenna Roger Livesey Jack Hedley Nanette Newman Ronald Lacey David Morris Anthony Booth
college student waitress romantic interest friend doctor patient bleak passionate disheartening london café apartment hospital unrequited love obsession disability medical profession infidelity class distinctions forbidden love
Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. A medical student with a deformity falls for a promiscuous waitress.
Drama
UK
1968
97 Minutes
Shepherd
Christopher Plummer Orson Welles Lilli Palmer Richard Johnson Cyril Cusack Roger Livesey Donald Sutherland Alexis Mantheakis Dimos Starenios Friedrich Ledebur Oenone Luke
This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1935
90 Minutes
Tom Faggus
Victoria Hopper John Loder Margaret Lockwood Roy Emerson Edward Rigby Mary Clare Roger Livesey George Curzon D.A. Clarke-Smith Laurence Hanray Amy Veness
farmer mother sister love interest romantic rival lawyer gripping tense devonshire, england farm household countryside road family outlaws feud jealousy murder romance adventure
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
Fantasy
1946
104 Minutes
Doctor Reeves
David Niven Michael Powell Kim Hunter Raymond Massey Robert Coote Kathleen Byron Richard Attenborough Bonar Colleano Joan Maude Marius Goring Roger Livesey
pilot conductor radio operator doctor judge angel airy charming dreamy quirky patriotic england heaven airplane world war ii afterlife death love love rescue
A British airman escapes death by mistake and resists the messenger who keeps summoning him to the beyond.