Movies by Basil Sydney
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A Story of David (1960)
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Basil Sydney, Peter Arne …
Directed by: Bob McNaught
Heavily influenced by his trusted adviser, Doeg (Peter Arne), Israel's jealous King Saul (Basil Sydney) grows angry over war hero David's (Jeff Chandler) ever-increasing popularity…
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Sea Wife (1957)
Cast: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney …
Directed by: Bob McNaught
When their ship is sunk off the coast of Singapore, four survivors -- Therese (Joan Collins), Cannon (Richard Burton), Number Four (Cy Grant) and Bulldog (Basil Sydney) -- escape on a…
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Around the World in 80 Days: Special Edition (1956)
Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
This Oscar-nominated hit adaptation of Jules Verne's novel recounts the adventures of Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven), who takes on a seemingly impossible wager: traveling around…
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Simba (1955)
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden, Virginia McKenna …
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst
Set in Kenya during the Mau Mau Rebellion that spanned from 1952 to 1960, this drama is centered on two lovers, Alan Howard (Dirk Bogarde) and Mary Crawford (Virginia McKenna), who find their…
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Salome (1953)
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Alan Badel, Charles Laughton …
Directed by: William Dieterle
Made during the height of Hollywood's love for spectacle, this gorgeous 1953 epic stars the luscious Rita Hayworth as Princess Salome, whose tempestuous encounter with John the Baptist…
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Ivanhoe (1952)
Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor) challenges the corrupt Norman monarchy of Prince John (Guy Rolfe) and his minions, De Bois-Guilbert (George Sanders) and De Bracy (Robert Douglas) -- with…
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Treasure Island (1950)
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney …
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Authentic locales and musket-roaring action set the stage as author Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless adventure yarn of buccaneers and buried gold is brought to life in this sumptuous…
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Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948)
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie …
Directed by: Laurence Olivier
In 15th century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) schemes to avenge his father's death when his uncle, Claudius, murders the prince's father, promptly weds the queen…
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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Cast: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger …
Directed by: Gabriel Pascal
In this Oscar-nominated film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play, the aging Caesar (Claude Rains) comes to Alexandria to tutor young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) in the ways of rule,…
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The British War Collection: Went the Day Well? (1942)
Cast: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor …
Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti
The small British village of Bramley Green is the potential next site of a German invasion when sadistic Nazi officer Ortier (Basil Sydney) descends upon the town and contacts local Fifth…
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Rhodes of Africa (1936)
Cast: Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney …
Directed by: Berthold Viertel
This intriguing biopic stars Walter Huston as Cecil Rhodes, a 19th-century British adventurer who travels to Africa to seek his fortune. After developing a successful diamond mining industry,…
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Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)
Cast: Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans …
Directed by: Maurice Elvey
It's an engineering feat of historical proportions -- but at what cost? Maurice Elvey directs this drama about an ocean-floor tunnel being constructed between England and America and the…