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Felix Aylmer has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s.
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Sayonara
1957
Drama · Romance

War and Peace
1956
War · Romance

Land of the Pharaohs
1955
Drama · History

The Egyptian
1954
History · Drama

Moulin Rouge
1952
Drama

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
Adventure · Romance

The Ten Commandments
1956
Drama · History

The Big Country
1958
Drama · Western

One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.
Dir. Terence Fisher · With Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux

Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
Dir. Laurence Olivier · With Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Dir. Richard Thorpe · With Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · With Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.
Dir. Delbert Mann · With Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
Dir. Anatole Litvak · With Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
Dir. Laurence Olivier · With Laurence Olivier, Renée Asherson, Ralph Truman

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson
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