An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

Tunes of Glory

1960

English

7.5

♡ 5

70%

78%

Action

bagpipes

based on novel or book

Ronald Neame Director

Gordon Jackson as Capt. Jimmy Cairns, M.C.

Dennis Price as Major Charles Scott, M.C.

Susannah York as Morag Sinclair

John Harvey as Sergeant

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.

Trouble in the Sky

6.5

based on novel or book

Charles Frend Director

Gordon Jackson as Capt. Bateson

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Capt. Braddock

Peter Cushing as Capt. Judd

Aileen Lewis as Court of Inquiry Member

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.

Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog

1961

English

7.2

♡ 2

Drama

Family

Don Chaffey Director

Gordon Jackson as Farmer

Rosalie Crutchley as Farmer's wife

Joyce Carey as First Lady

Donald Crisp as James Brown

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.

Against the Wind

1948

English

6.3

♡ 2

55%

Charles Crichton Director

James Robertson Justice as Ackerman

Peter Illing as Andrew

Gordon Jackson as Duncan

Simone Signoret as Michèle

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information.

Scrooge

1970

English

7.5

♡ 9

74%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Ronald Neame Director

Roy Kinnear as 2nd Gentleman of Charity

Dorian Healy as Child

Suzanne Neve as Isabel Fezziwig

Gordon Jackson as Tom - Friend of Harry's

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

The Medusa Touch

1978

English

6.9

♡ 10

73%

Jack Gold Director

Philip Stone as Dean

Gordon Jackson as Dr. Johnson

Jennifer Jayne as Mother

Jeremy Brett as Parrish

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

The Great Escape

1963

English

8.2

♡ 154

94%

95%

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

John Sturges Director

Nigel Stock as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

Charles Bronson as Danny 'Tunnel King'

Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King'

Gordon Jackson as MacDonald 'Intelligence'

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Triple Cross

1966

English

6.3

♡ 9

Terence Young Director

Gordon Jackson as British Sergeant Questioning Chapman

Trevor Howard as Freddie Young aka Distinguished Civilian

Bernard Fresson as French Resistant Raymond

Jean-Claude Bercq as Major Von Leeb

Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British. And when the would-be traitor arrives home, he convinces the English to use him as a double agent -- in exchange for a full pardon.

Yesterday's Enemy

1959

English

7.1

♡ 5

82%

Val Guest Director

Leo McKern as Max

Gordon Jackson as Sgt. McKenzie

Timothy Bateson as Simpson

Philip Ahn as Yamazaki

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted.

Pursuit to Algiers

1945

English

6.7

♡ 8

60%

Roy William Neill Director

Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson

John Abbott as Jodri

Martin Kosleck as Mirko

Gordon Jackson as Steward

After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.

Hamlet

1969

English

7.0

♡ 3

Drama

hamlet

tragedy

Tony Richardson Director

Anthony Hopkins as Claudius

Judy Parfitt as Gertrude

Gordon Jackson as Horatio

Roger Lloyd Pack as Reynaldo

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.

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Against the Wind

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The Medusa Touch

The Great Escape

Triple Cross

Yesterday's Enemy

Pursuit to Algiers

Hamlet