Alec Guinness
23 titles
Filmography
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The Ladykillers
(1955)Director Alexander Mackendrick's film centres on a criminal gang planning their next job, who find themselves boarding with an innocent old lady who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill Mrs Wilberforce, they run into one problem after another, and they get what they deserve.

H.M.S. Defiant
(1962)Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of The Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(1973)Berlin, 1945. In the Fuhrerbunker, the last hiding place of the man who unleashed a reign of terror across Europe, it is Adolf Hitler's 56th birthday.

Malta Story
(1953)Alec Guinness stars as Peter Ross, a World War II pilot photographer, who is forced to land in Malta. There he finds himself attached to the local regiment and on studying aerial photographs he discovers that Italy is preparing to invade Malta. It is of vital importance that the island remains under the control of the Allies, and Peter is the man selected to trace and destroy the enemy convoy.

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
(1965)In 1944, two American fliers are captured by a friendly German who keeps them in his cellar and doesn't tell them the war is over.

The Horse's Mouth
(1958)In Ronald Neame’s film of Joyce Cary’s classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema’s most indelible comic figures: the lovably scruffy painter Gulley Jimson. As the ill-behaved Jimson searches for a perfect canvas, he determines to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision. A perceptive examination of the struggle of artistic creation, The Horse’s Mouth is also Neame’s comic masterpiece.

Tunes of Glory
(1960)Returning from battle after WWII, tensions flare in a Scottish regiment when the acting commanding officer is replaced by an Oxford-educated outsider.

Last Holiday
(1950)George Bird has been told by his Doctor that he only has a short time left to live and is determined not to waste his final days.
The Card
(1952)
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)Sweeping epic about the real life adventures of T.E. Lawrence, a British major who unified Arab tribes and led them in the fight for independence from the Ottoman Turks in the 1920s.

The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)The Japanese force British prisoners to build a bridge.

Cromwell
(1970)Alec Guinness and Richard Harris star in this historical epic. Great battle scenes and cinematography plus an Oscar winning music score.

Scrooge
(1970)The spirit of Christmas becomes a musical celebration of life in this rousing Oscar nominated adaptation of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Mean-spirited and stingy, Ebenezer Scrooge has a sour face and a "humbug" for anyone who crosses his path. But on this Christmas Eve, he will learn the terrible fate that awaits him if he continues his miserly ways. Filled with joyous songs, this delightful tale has enriched the lives of young and old alike for generations.

Twelfth Night
(1970)After a shipwreck, twins Viola and Sebastian live to tell a tale of mistaken identities, disguises and young love in this classic Shakespearian romp.

Oliver Twist
(1948)In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from a cruel apprenticeship to a den of thieves searching for a proper home.

The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)One of the great screen epics, The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim the Roman Empire.

Star Wars
(1977)Young farm boy Luke Skywalker is thrust into a galaxy of adventure when he intercepts a distress call from the captive Princess Leia. The event launches him on a daring mission to rescue her from the clutches of Darth Vader and the evil Empire.

Doctor Zhivago
(1965)Illicit lovers fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution.

A Passage to India
(1984)Winner of two Academy Awards® for Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft) and Best Score, "A Passage to India" is director David Lean's masterful adaptation of E.M. Forester's novel of political tensions in colonial India. Judy Davis stars.

Raise the Titanic
(1980)To acquire a rare mineral that could end the Cold War, special agent Dirk Pitt must raise the sunken Titanic before the Soviets do.