Laurence Harvey
16 titles
Filmography
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Room at the Top
(1958)Jack Clayton's 1959 feature length debut Room at the Top paved the way for the British New Wave. It is considered one of the first Kitchen Sink Dramas. Starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, Room at the Top was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actress (Signoret) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Paterson). In post-war industrial Yorkshire, Joe Lampton (Lawrence Harvey) aims to seduce the boss's daughter as he attempts to climb the ladder at work. But when his background holds him back, Joe seeks comfort with the unhappily married Alice (Simone Signoret) beginning an affair that will have unspeakable consequences.

Summer and Smoke
(1961)Academy Award. winner Geraldine Page stars as the spinster Alma. Laurence Harvey is Doctor John Buchanan, the handsome young man Alma has loved since childhood. But when a sultry vamp appears (Rita Moreno), the doctor falls hard, descending into a seamy nightlife and leaving Alma's dreams behind like forgotten embers.

Walk on the Wild Side
(1962)A young Texan's search for his lost love takes him to Depression-era New Orleans, where he finds her working as the prize attraction at a bordello.

The Silent Enemy
(1958)Mine disposal expert Lionel 'Buster' Crabb and his team have to go underwater to diffuse bombs and counter the attacks from Italian frogmen.

Expresso Bongo
(1959)New restoration of this Fifties British rock and roll classic, a fast-paced story about a cheap, opportunistic Soho talent agent (Laurence Harvey) who always looks for the quick buck. When he picks up amateur singer and bongo player (Cliff Richard) in a Soho espresso bar, he uses a little bit of luck and tons of chutzpah to transform the kid into a highly-regarded international singing sensation.

Romeo and Juliet
(1954)
A Girl Named Tamiko
(1962)A Eurasian photographer in Tokyo finds his plans to obtain U.S. citizenship jeopardised by his love for a Japanese woman.

The Manchurian Candidate
(1962)When a platoon of U.S. soldiers are captured during the Korean War, Major Bennett Marco discovers a diabolical plot involving enemy leaders.
Of Human Bondage
(1964)Adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's novel, this saga of unrequited love follows club-footed English art student Philip Carey (Laurence Harvey) in his quest to win the love of slatternly waitress Mildred Rogers (Kim Novak), a vulgar beauty who holds Philip's deformity in contempt. Giving up art for medicine and vowing to shake his unhealthy obsession with Mildred, Philip romances a supportive writer -- but when pregnant and abandoned Mildred appears, Philip's self-destructive feelings return.

Night Watch
(1973)Elizabeth Taylor plays a woman who is a witness to murder...but whose?

The Outrage
(1964)Academy Award winner Paul Newman stars as a bandit who stands trial for rape and murder in this classic English-language reimagining of Akiro Kurowsawa's classic Rashomon--The Outrage.

Darling
(1965)A beautiful model chases fame and success throughout Europe in the β60s, and though she achieves both, happiness continues to elude her.

The Alamo
(1960)Hollywood heavyweights John Wayne and Richard Widmark star in this historically inaccurate tale of how a handful of Texans defended their mission against a 7,000-strong Mexican army. The climactic battle scenes are stunning.

King Richard and the Crusaders
(1954)King Richard the Lionheart's quest to wrest the Holy Grail from the Emperor Saladin comes to the screen in King Richard and the Crusaders.

WUSA
(1970)W.U.S.A. stars Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in this story of conspiracy. Newman plays Rheinhardt, a drifter from the Deep South who becomes a D.J. for an ultra-right-wing New Orleans radio station. Soon, he discovers the station's true and sinister intentions.

F for Fake
(1973)Director Orson Welles examines the career of a notorious art forger.