Trevor Howard’s Typical Vibe
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Trevor Howard has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Third Man.
Recurring themes

The Longest Day
1962
War · Action

The Eagle Has Landed
1976
Adventure · Drama

Hell Is for Heroes
1962
Drama · War

55 Days at Peking
1963
History · War

Zulu
1964
Drama · History

Zulu Dawn
1979
Adventure · Drama

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972
Drama · Action

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972
Drama · Action

The Third Man
1949 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Superman
1978 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Max · Included

Brief Encounter
1945 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Max · Included

Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · Movie · Actor
Top 20%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Father Goose
1964 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Battle of Britain
1969 · Movie · Actor
Top 44%MGM+ · Included

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Dir. Carol Reed · With Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Dir. David Lean · With Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
Dir. Luchino Visconti · With Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard

In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Dir. David Lean · With Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Dir. Mark Robson · With Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Dir. David Greene · With Richard Chamberlain, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
Dir. Guy Hamilton · With Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?
Dir. Sidney Gilliat · With Leo Genn, Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard

South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.
Dir. William C. Faure · With Henry Cele, Dudu Mkhize, Edward Fox
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold, English intelligence brings out of retirement a crew of geriatric ex-soldiers, veterans from World War I, using their age as cover. These old soldiers are asked to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission.
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · With Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits, it will cause an incredible catastrophe that will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor, NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules," but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR, which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Dir. Ronald Neame · With Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden
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