Jack Hawkins

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

Dir. David Lean · With Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif

In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.

Dir. William Wyler · With Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

Dir. David Lean · With William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

Dir. Cy Endfield · With Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.

Dir. Basil Dearden · With Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

Dir. Sergey Bondarchuk · With Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.

Dir. Carol Reed · With Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

Dir. Douglas Hickox · With Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry

A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.

Dir. Howard Hawks · With Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin