Movies starring Michael Redgrave

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

96 mins     Comedy, Crime, Mystery      

Hitchcock annoys me. Actually he doesn't but the people who go over board when watching his movies and go looking for hidden depth and meaning, it drives me crazy at the amount of over analysis which goes on when it came to w...

The Stars Look Down (1940)

110 mins     Drama      

At the time "The Stars Look Down" was reportedly the most expensive movie made in Britain and you can understand why when having filmed at a real life colliery they then reconstructed it at a studio. But there is more to it t...

The Big Blockade (1942)

73 mins     Drama, War      

As a fan of British cinema I have watched numerous war movies which were made as part of the propaganda effort some more subtle than others. When it comes to "The Big Blockade" this has to be one of the least subtle propagand...

The Way to the Stars (1945)

87 mins     Drama, Romance, War      

It's sort of ironic that due to when they made "The Way to the Stars" they added an opening scene because it is the opening which really grounds the movie. To explain when the movie went in to production it was felt the war w...

The Captive Heart (1946)

104 mins     Drama, War      

To put it simply there are two things going on in "The Captive Heart" starting with what appears a far fetched story of Hasek pretending to be Mitchell. Now to elaborate on what I mentioned in the synopsis; we learn that prio...

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

95 mins     Comedy, Drama      

If you arrive here as a fan of Oscar Wilde and his play "The Importance of Being Earnest" looking for deep thought and information on the 1952 movie adaptation I warn you will not find it here. I say that because my only enco...

The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)

91 mins     Drama, War      

"The Sea Shall Not Have Them" is a war movie but not one about battles or killing the enemy. Nope this is one of those war movies which takes a look at one of the unsung heroes of World War II the Air-Sea rescue. And to be ho...

The Dam Busters (1955)

124 mins     Drama, War      

Based upon a true story "The Dam Busters" tells the story of how aeronautical engineer Dr. Barnes N. Wallis developed the famous bouncing bomb and also the daring mission which the 617 Squadron undertook to use the bomb to bl...

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

131 mins     Action , Drama, Thriller, War      

Although "The Heroes of Telemark" starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris is based upon the true story of the Norwegian resistance who along with allied attacks thwarted the production and transportation of heavy water for t...

Battle of Britain (1969)

132 mins     War      

"Battle of Britain" is a war movie but not a war movie in the traditional entertainment sense but one which endeavours to accurately portray a crucial period of time. Now on one hand it makes it quite special because so few w...

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

144 mins     Comedy, Musical, War      

That is a short description of "Oh! What a Lovely War" because it is impossible to write a synopsis for it due to its episodic nature where various aspects of the war are dramatised usually with a bit of a musical, music hall...

David Copperfield (1969)

120 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - David Copperfield (1969) Robin Phillips leads an impressive cast in this 1969 made for TV adaptation of Charles Dickens classic...

The Go-Between (1971)

111 mins     Drama, Romance      

The Go-Between (1971) - Julie Christie & Alan Bates star in this period drama about a lady, a farmer and the boy who acts as postman to their love letters...