Movies by Richard Attenborough
As part of the cast:
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Ironclad (2011)
Cast: James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng …
Directed by: Jonathan English
Backed by his "Magnificent Seven," a principled Knight Templar defends Rochester Castle from the ruthless King John and his advancing armies, who seek to rule England's free men by force…
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Vanessa Redgrave, Mia Sara …
Directed by: Brian Henson
Matthew Modine and Vanessa Redgrave lead a stellar cast in this Emmy-winning revisionist fantasy based on the timeless fairy tale. With the unearthing of a giant's bones, Jack Robinson…
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Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
Cast: Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Carl Gustaf Nykvist
Lovingly directed by his son Carl-Gustaf, Light Keeps Me Company offers an intimate and moving look at the life of the legendary Swedish cinematographer. Film clips, rare home movies, family…
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The Railway Children (2000)
Cast: Jemima Rooper, Jack Blumenau, Clare Thomas …
Directed by: Catherine Morshead
Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in Yorkshire after their father is…
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
Cast: Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough …
Directed by: David Mallet
The Biblical story of Joseph is set to music in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's production. When Jacob's (Richard Attenborough) favorite son Joseph (Donny Osmond) is sold into…
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Elizabeth (1998)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston …
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
This Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I sacrificing happiness for her own safety and placing her trust in her stealthy "spymaster,"…
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Diana: Queen of Hearts (1998)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Compiled a year after her untimely death, this documentary presents a tasteful, detailed portrait of Princess Diana. Oscar-winning filmmaker Richard Attenborough narrates rarely seen home…
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The Boy Actor / Captain Coward / Sail Away (1998)
Cast: Noel Coward, Elaine Stritch, Richard Attenborough …
This collection of three documentary-style programs traces the life and work of Noel Coward, an English actor, playwright and composer who was both popular and prolific. "The Boy Actor"…
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Arliss Howard …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) by revealing…
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Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott …
Directed by: Les Mayfield
Dorey Walker and her daughter Susan are much too sensible to believe in anything as far-fetched as Santa Claus. But when a department store Santa named Kris Kringle claims he's the real…
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Jurassic Park (1993)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
A multimillionaire (Richard Attenborough) unveils a new theme park where visitors can observe dinosaurs cloned using advanced DNA technology. But when an employee tampers with the security…
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Mother Teresa (1986)
Cast: Richard Attenborough
Shot over a five-year period and narrated by actor-director Richard Attenborough, this powerful documentary chronicles the life of Mother Teresa as she travels across the globe with her…
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A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Cast: Andréa Ferréol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon …
Directed by: Peter Greenaway
Controversial British director Peter Greenaway's erotically charged, loosely structured satire examines the aftermath of a car crash caused by a large swan. The wives of twins Oswald and…
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The Golden Gong (1985)
Cast: Michael Caine, Stewart Granger, Dirk Bogarde …
Directed by: Tom Gutteridge
After producing a series of film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first movie mogul by establishing the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, The…
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Brannigan (1975)
Cast: James Booth, Lesley-Anne Down, Mel Ferrer …
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Taking a cue from Coogan's Bluff, John Wayne is Lt. Jim Brannigan, a tough Chicago lawman who arrives in London on the trail of a fugitive crime boss (John Vernon). Scotland Yard's…
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Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
Cast: Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Straightlaced Lt. Arthur Drake (Michael York) must defend fellow officer Lt. Millington (James Faulkner) when attractive widow Marjorie Scarlett (Susannah York) accuses him of rape. But all…
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10 Rillington Place (1970)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
British mass murderer John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough) lures Beryl Evans (Judy Geeson) to his flat with the promise of performing an abortion. When he strangles and rapes her,…
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The Last Grenade (1970)
Cast: Stanley Baker, Alex Cord, Richard Attenborough …
Directed by: Gordon Flemyng
After his best friend and fellow mercenary Kip Thompson (Alex Cord) betrays him in the Congo, British Maj. Harry Grigsby (Stanley Baker) is assigned by the government to kill the…
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The Magic Christian (1969)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans …
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
In this adaptation of Terry Southern's offbeat novel, an eccentric millionaire stumbles upon a down-and-out vagrant in the park and decides to adopt him as his son. The pair embark on a…
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Only When I Larf (1969)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart …
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Basil Dearden directs this caper comedy that follows veteran con man Silas (Richard Attenborough), his lover Liz (Alexandra Stewart) and their young protégé Bob (David Hemmings) as they trot…
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The Bliss Of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth …
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
This fanciful comedy stars Shirley MacLaine as Harriet Blossom, the neglected wife of brassiere manufacturer Robert (Richard Attenborough), whose passion in life is music. Harriet's…
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Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Cast: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Fed up with human patients, the dogged Doctor Dolittle switches specialties -- and species. After learning to speak hundreds of animal languages, he takes to the high seas as a world-famous…
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The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Cast: Tommy Lee, Walter Reed, Ben Wright …
Directed by: Robert Wise
Navy engineer Jake Holman (Steve McQueen) finds himself surrounded by conflict when, during the Chinese revolution of the 1920s, he's assigned to an American gunboat in the Yangtze…
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The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
A small plane carrying oil workers and military personnel crashes, stranding a group of survivors in the Sahara Desert. The conscientious pilot struggles with his doubts as he attempts to…
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Cast: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Mark Eden …
Directed by: Bryan Forbes
Myra Savage (Oscar nominee Kim Stanley), an unstable psychic in London, is desperate to achieve recognition and wealth. She and her husband (Richard Attenborough) devise a plan to kidnap the…
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Guns at Batasi (1964)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson …
Directed by: John Guillermin
Richard Attenborough won a British Academy Award, and Mia Farrow took home a Golden Globe for her performance in this drama depicting the decolonization of Africa. When the British colony…
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The Third Secret (1964)
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough …
Directed by: Charles Crichton
A noted psychologist allegedly commits suicide, devastating his patients and colleagues. At the behest of the doctor's young daughter, Alex Stedman (Stephen Boyd), a journalist and…
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The Great Escape (1963)
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough …
Directed by: John Sturges
Based on a true story, this tension-filled epic adventure centers on an audacious plan by Allied officers who've escaped their Nazi captors time and again to stage a massive breakout,…
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Trial and Error (1962)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid …
Directed by: James Hill
Herbert Fowle (Richard Attenborough) freely admits to killing his wife, while his lawyer (Peter Sellers) attempts to mount a compelling case for his client's innocence. During the trial,…
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All Night Long (1962)
Cast: Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair …
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Patrick McGoohan plays nefarious drummer Johnny Cousin in a jazz version of Shakespeare's Othello. The story follows Cousin's scheme to alienate star musician Aurelius Rex (Paul…
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The Angry Silence (1960)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig …
Directed by: Guy Green
Working man Tom Curtis (Richard Attenborough) is just an average Joe who puts in time at a factory. When his co-worker Travers (Alfred Burke) begins rabble-rousing about conditions at the…
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The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey …
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Jack Hawkins plays Hyde, a former army officer unhappy at being left high and dry following his wartime military service. Looking for a way to even his life's score, Hyde enlists seven…
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I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas …
Directed by: John Boulting
Recent Oxford graduate and old money aristocrat Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) takes a menial job in his uncle's factory -- and keep his background a secret. His incompetence earns…
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The British War Collection: The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen …
Directed by: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
George Hoskins (Richard Attenborough) is the former lead crew member of a British gunboat that boasted an impressive war-era record. After the war is over, Hoskins and two fellow crew members…
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Father's Doing Fine (1952)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Heather Thatcher, Noel Purcell …
Directed by: Henry Cass
Noel Langley's drawing-room comedy is brought to the big screen with Heather Thatcher as Lady Buckering, a financially embarrassed, upper-class widow who is exasperated by her four adult…
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Morning Departure (1950)
Cast: John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Peter Hammond …
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
A collision with a mine scuttles a British submarine, leaving a dozen survivors facing a watery grave in this taut high-seas drama. John Mills plays Lt. Cmdr. Peter Armstrong, who must keep…
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London Belongs to Me (1948)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Alastair Sim, Fay Compton …
Directed by: Sidney Gilliat
As a young lad sharing a central London apartment with his mother, bored young Percy Boon (Richard Attenborough) has to find kicks wherever he can. When his quest for fun inadvertently makes…
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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Abraham Sofaer …
Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Royal Air Force pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is forced to jump out of his plane without a parachute only to wake up alive and unharmed due to a heavenly mishap. He must then stand before…
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David Copperfield / Oliver Twist / A Tale of Two Cities (1933)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Laurence Olivier, Pamela Franklin …
Directed by: Delbert Mann, William J. Cowen
This collection of films based on literary classics features wonderfully produced adaptations of three seminal Charles Dickens novels: David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two…
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Closing the Ring (2007)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer star in Richard Attenborough's bittersweet tale of love, loss, promises and secrets. Fifty years after the death of her true love, Ethel Ann…
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Grey Owl (1999)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
This biopic stars Pierce Brosnan as Archie Grey Owl, a British-born trapper whose marriage to a young Iroquois woman ultimately transforms him into a conservationist who renounces the hunting…
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In Love and War (1996)
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Sandra Bullock, Mackenzie Astin …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell) takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky (Sandra Bullock), a beautiful…
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Shadowlands (1993)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, John Wood …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Renowned children's author C.S. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins), a solemn, middle-aged university professor, becomes romantically entwined with a lively, divorced American poet (Debra Winger) 17…
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Chaplin: The Movie (1992)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Through flashbacks and other nonlinear devices, director Richard Attenborough recounts comic icon Charlie Chaplin's (Robert Downey Jr.) poignant journey through triumph, failure, infamy…
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Cry Freedom (1987)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
In segregated 1970s South Africa, black nationalist Steven Biko (Denzel Washington) and white newspaper editor Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) are unlikely friends with a common goal -- ending…
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A Chorus Line (1985)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed, Vicki Frederick …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Based on the smash hit Broadway musical with a score by Marvin Hamlisch and starring Michael Douglas, A Chorus Line tells the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in a new…
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Gandhi (1982)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
This awe-inspiring biopic about Mahatma Gandhi -- the diminutive lawyer who stood up against British rule in India and became an international symbol of nonviolence and understanding --…
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Magic (1978)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Acclaimed director Richard Attenborough helms this unconventional horror-thriller that reveals Anthony Hopkins's penchant for creepiness years before his Oscar-winning turn as Dr.…
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A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Featuring intense battle sequences and a cast of thousands, this wartime drama details a pivotal day in 1944 when an Allied task force tried -- and failed -- to win World War II by seizing…
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Cast: Wendy Alnutt, Colin Farrell, Malcolm McFee …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Based on the stage musical of the same name, director Richard Attenborough's wry satire is structured around a series of evocative vignettes that focus on the members of the Smith…