All Night Long

1962

English

7.1

♡ 6

71%

Basil Dearden Director

Betsy Blair as Emily

Geoffrey Holder as Himself

Harry Towb as Phales

Richard Attenborough as Rod Hamilton

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.

In Which We Serve

1942

English

7.2

♡ 4

90%

75%

Action

based on a true story

Noel Coward Director

Daniel Massey as Bobby Kinross

Noel Coward as Capt. E.V. Kinross R.N. - Captain 'D'

Joyce Carey as Mrs. Kath Hardy

Richard Attenborough as Young Stoker

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

The Third Secret

1964

English

6.5

♡ 6

62%

Charles Crichton Director

Richard Attenborough as Alfred Price-Gorham

Diane Cilento as Anne Tanner

Judi Dench as Miss Humphries

Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Police Officer

A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. However, the truth turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.

The Man Upstairs

1958

English

6.4

♡ 1

Don Chaffey Director

Jimmy Charters as Bystander

Patrick Jordan as Injured Sergeant

Maureen Connell as Miss Blair

Richard Attenborough as The Man Upstairs

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

Ten Little Indians

1974

English

5.7

♡ 9

Peter Collinson Director

Oliver Reed as Hugh Lombard

Richard Attenborough as Judge Cannon

Adolfo Celi as The General

Elke Sommer as Vera Clyde

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

Rosebud

1975

English

5.2

♡ 1

44%

israeli–palestinian conflict

mediterranean

palestinian-israeli conflict

Otto Preminger Director

Richard Attenborough as Edward Sloat

Raf Vallone as George Nikolaos

Kim Cattrall as Joyce Donnovan

Peter O'Toole as Larry Martin

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.

Dancing with Crime

1947

English

6.5

♡ 5

John Paddy Carstairs Director

Diana Dors as Annette

Bill Owen as Dave Robinson

Jon Pertwee as Police Constable

Richard Attenborough as Ted Peters

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964

English

7.6

♡ 12

82%

83%

Action

based on novel or book

Crime

Drama

husband wife relationship

Bryan Forbes Director

Nanette Newman as Mrs. Clayton

Arnold Bell as Mr. Weaver

Ronald Hines as Policeman Outside Clayton's

Richard Attenborough as William Henry 'Bill' Savage

Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.

The Chess Players

1977

Hindi

7.5

♡ 11

91%

Satyajit Ray Director

Richard Attenborough as General Outram

Shabana Azmi as Khurshid, Mirza's wife

Amitabh Bachchan as Narration

Victor Banerjee as Prime Minister

In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.

Loot

1970

English

5.3

♡ 4

35%

Silvio Narizzano Director

Harold Innocent as Bank Manager

Roy Holder as Hal

Richard Attenborough as Inspector Truscott

Milo O'Shea as Mr. McLeavy

Two bank robbers, Dennis and Hal, are on the run from the police after a successful heist. Needing somewhere to hide the loot, they turn to a funeral parlour where they stash the cash in Hal's recently-deceased mother's coffin. Taking the coffin, they turn to Hal's father and hide it in the bathroom of his hotel. Before long the hotel is host to the eccentric Inspector Truscott.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

1999

English

7.3

♡ 4

86%

David Mallet Director

Richard Attenborough as Jacob

Donny Osmond as Joseph

Robert Torti as Pharaoh

Ian McNeice as Potiphar

Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt. Though beset with adversity, Joseph perseveres through wit and faith and becomes the Governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.

Brighton Rock

1948

English

♡ 9

95%

85%

Action

brighton, england

brighton, england, uk

John Boulting Director

Michael Brennan as Crabbe

Nigel Stock as Cubitt

Alan Wheatley as Fred Hale

Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

English

8.0

♡ 33

97%

Michael Powell Director

Lois Maxwell as Actress

Richard Attenborough as An English Pilot

Robert Coote as Bob

Abraham Sofaer as The Judge

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

The Outsider

1948

English

6.8

♡ 4

Drama

public school

Roy Boulting Director

Oscar Quitak as David Tracey

Richard Attenborough as Jack Read - The Boy

James Kenney as Pupil

Timothy Bateson as Ronald Lacey

A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965

English

7.5

♡ 18

86%

Robert Aldrich Director

Stanley Ralph Ross as Arab Singer

Ian Bannen as Crow

Richard Attenborough as Lew Moran

Dan Duryea as Standish

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.