Michael Hordern

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.

Dir. Brian G. Hutton · With Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

Dir. Brian Desmond Hurst · With Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Glyn Dearman

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

Dir. Jack Gold · With Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

Dir. Anthony Mann · With Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

Dir. Franco Zeffirelli · With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

Dir. Martin Ritt · With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner

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

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

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

Dir. Charles Jarrott · With Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.

Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.

Dir. Trevor Nunn · With Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...

Dir. John Huston · With Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason

An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.

Dir. Robert Rossen · With Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

Dir. Eliot Elisofon, Basil Dearden · With Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Dir. Richard Lester · With Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.

Dir. Mel Damski · With Graham Chapman, Martin Hewitt, Eric Idle