Movies by Carol Reed
As a director:
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The Public Eye (1972)
Cast: Mia Farrow, Topol, Michael Jayston …
Directed by: Carol Reed
Convinced that his fun-loving wife is being unfaithful, a buttoned-up British financier hires a private eye to track her through the streets of London. But the ensuing investigation nets…
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Oliver! (1968)
Cast: Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Ron Moody …
Directed by: Carol Reed
Director Carol Reed's lively musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale stars Mark Lester as the titular orphan who escapes the workhouse and is taken under the wing of…
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento …
Directed by: Carol Reed
Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo, who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison) in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's…
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris …
Directed by: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed
Marlon Brando gives a nuanced performance as the aristocratic Lt. Fletcher Christian, an officer aboard the HMS &NFi;Bounty&NFi_; who leads a mutiny against the ship's tyrannical Capt.…
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Our Man in Havana (1959)
Cast: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara …
Directed by: Carol Reed
Inspired by Cold War paranoia, author Graham Greene penned this cynical comedy directed by Carol Reed about vacuum cleaner salesman Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness), whose territory happens to be…
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The Key (1958)
Cast: William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Carol Reed
Believing his days to be numbered, World War II naval captain Chris Ford gives his fellow skipper, David Ross, the key to his apartment with the proviso that should he die at sea, Ross can…
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The Third Man (1949)
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Carol Reed
After arriving in post-World War II Vienna, unemployed pulp novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) learns that his friend Harry (Orson Welles) has died in an accident. Compelled to…
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The Fallen Idol (1948)
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel …
Directed by: Carol Reed
Philippe (Bobby Henrey), a diplomat's son, worships the household butler, Baines (Ralph Richardson), who's regaled the boy with tales of his life's adventures. So, when his…
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Odd Man Out (1947)
Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan …
Directed by: Carol Reed
In this film noir from director Carol Reed, Johnny McQueen (James Mason), leader of a secret Irish rebel organization, plans a hold-up that will provide funds to keep his group going. During…
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Night Train to Munich (1940)
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid …
Directed by: Carol Reed
Germans invading Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II capture top scientist Axel Bomasch and his beautiful daughter, Anna. But there's hope in the form of dashing British agent Gus…
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Girl in the News / Tread Softly Stranger (1940)
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Barry Barnes, Emlyn Williams …
Directed by: Gordon Parry, Carol Reed
Murder and secrets abound in this double bill. When a nurse (Margaret Lockwood) is hired to care for the wheelchair-bound Mr. Bentley (Wyndham Goldie), she unknowingly falls right into a…