Soldier of Fortune

1955

English

6.2

♡ 7

53%

Edward Dmytryk Director

Leo Gordon as Big Matt

Robert Quarry as Frank Stewart - U.S. Consulate

Victor Sen Yung as Goldie - Hotel Waiter

Michael Rennie as Inspector Merryweather

An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.

Pony Soldier

1952

English

5.8

♡ 9

13%

royal canadian mounted police (mountie)

Western

Joseph M. Newman Director

Frank DeKova as Custin

Michael Rennie as Ending Narrator

Cameron Mitchell as Konah

Thomas Gomez as Natayo Smith

Duncan MacDonald, a 19th-century Royal Canadian Mountie, has to escort a group of Cree Indians back to their above-the-border reservation. His guide in this endeavor is the not-too-trustworthy half-breed Natayo.

Tower of Terror

1941

English

5.9

♡ 6

Lawrence Huntington Director

Charles Rolfe as Albers

Michael Rennie as Anthony Hale

Richard George as Captain Borkmann Movita

Movita as Marie Durand

Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...

Mister V

1941

English

7.2

♡ 14

77%

Leslie Howard Director

Michael Brennan as Camp Guard with Lantern

Roland Pertwee as Embassy Official - Sir George Smith

Arthur Hambling as Jordan

Michael Rennie as Prison Camp Officer

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

Assignment Terror

1970

Spanish

4.1

♡ 4

Hugo Fregonese Director

Manuel de Blas as Count Janos de Mialhoff

Paul Cross as Dr. Don Uno

Michael Rennie as Dr. Odo Warnoff

Maria Perschy as Maleva Kerstein

Aliens from a dying world plot to conquer earth by preying on man's superstitions. Bringing two dead scientists back to life, they use their knowledge to re-animate various earth monsters, including the werewolf, Frankenstein's monster, the mummy Tao-Tet, and the vampire Count de Meirhoff.

The Rains of Ranchipur

1955

English

5.8

♡ 4

31%

Jean Negulesco Director

Lou Krugman as Courier

Richard Burton as Dr. Major Rama Safti

Michael Rennie as Lord Albert Esketh

King Calder as Mr. Smiley

India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.

The Black Rose

1950

English

6.2

♡ 5

41%

Henry Hathaway Director

Laurence Harvey as Edmond

Michael Rennie as King Edward

Robert Blake as Mahmoud

James Robertson Justice as Simeon Beautrie

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.

Island in the Sun

1957

English

6.1

♡ 4

55%

Action

based on novel or book

caribbean sea

Drama

interracial relationship

race relations

Romance

Robert Rossen Director

John Williams as Colonel Whittingham

Michael Rennie as Hilary Carson

Joan Fontaine as Mavis Norman

Darryl F. Zanuck as Self - Introduction Trailer

A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

Third Man on the Mountain

1959

English

7.0

♡ 6

73%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Ken Annakin Director

Michael Rennie as Captain John Winter

Roger Delgado as Italian Tourist

John Gabriel as Paul - Guide

Helen Hayes as Tourist

Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.

The Devil's Brigade

1968

English

6.7

♡ 6

57%

Andrew V. McLaglen Director

Alan Caillou as Gen. Marlin

Michael Rennie as Lt. Gen. Mark Clark

Jerry Gatlin as MP

Gretchen Wyler as The Lady of Joy

At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.

Seven Cities of Gold

1955

English

5.8

♡ 1

50%

Robert D. Webb Director

Anthony Quinn as Capt. Gaspar de Portola

Michael Rennie as Father Junipero Serra

Richard Egan as Lieutenant Jose Mendoza

Rita Moreno as Ula

In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.

The Lost World

1960

English

5.5

♡ 18

20%

Action

Adventure

central and south america

Irwin Allen Director

Ian Wolfe as Burton White

Jill St. John as Jennifer Holmes

Michael Rennie as Lord John Roxton

Fernando Lamas as Manuel Gomez

Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.

Demetrius and the Gladiators

1954

English

6.6

♡ 7

75%

Delmer Daves Director

Roy Jenson as Gladiator

Michael Rennie as Peter

Paul Newlan as Potter

Carmen De Lavallade as Slave Girl

The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.

The Divorce of Lady X

1938

English

6.6

♡ 2

53%

Tim Whelan Director

Laurence Olivier as Everard Logan

Michael Rennie as Greeter in Club

Binnie Barnes as Lady Mere

Edward Lexy as Peters - Club Attendant

A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.

The Young, the Evil and the Savage

1968

Italian

5.8

♡ 9

44%

Antonio Margheriti Director

Michael Rennie as Inspector Durand

Silvia Dionisio as Margaret

Valentino Macchi as Policeman

Mark Damon as Richard Barrett

A woman is strangled in the bath by a black-gloved killer who disposes of her body in a large trunk. The trunk is delivered to St. Hilda College, an exclusive finishing school. Betty-Anne, one of the female students, is strangled in the school cellar. The police, led by Inspector Durand, are called in to investigate. Suspects include La Floret, the voyeuristic gardener; Di Brazzi, the new swimming instructor; Mrs. Clay, the summer school French mistress; an old professor who collects birds; and a philandering young teacher called Richard. The murders continue but Jill, a keen amateur detective, helps the police identify the unlikely killer...

Cyborg 2087

1966

English

5.3

♡ 5

Franklin Adreon Director

Michael Rennie as Garth A7

Byron Morrow as Mr. Simmmons

Wendell Corey as Sheriff

John Beck as Skinny

In the future world of the year 2087, freedom of thought is illegal and the thoughts of the world's populations are controlled by the government. A small band of "free thinkers" send a cyborg back in time to the year 1966 to prevent a scientist from making the breakthrough that will eventually lead to the mass thought control of the future. Our time traveler soon discovers he is not alone when government agents from the future try to prevent him from carrying out his mission.

The Robe

1953

English

6.7

♡ 9

38%

Henry Koster Director

Cameron Mitchell as Jesus Christ

Michael Ansara as Judas

Michael Rennie as Peter

Roy Jenson as Soldier

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.

Titanic

1953

English

7.0

♡ 44

91%

Jean Negulesco Director

Merry Anders as College Girl

Michael Rennie as End Narrator

Richard Basehart as George Healey

Robert Wagner as Gifford Rogers

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.