Movies directed by Terence Young

They Were Not Divided (1950)

102 mins     War      

To call a war movie a little gem almost seems wrong but "They Were Not Divided" by future Bond director Terence Young is exactly that. This 1950 war movie which sees 3 strangers becoming friends in training and then go throug...

Valley of the Eagles (1951)

82 mins     Adventure , Drama      

"Valley of the Eagles" begins with a non-descript musical score combined with non-descript footage of rooftops and non descript credits in a bog standard font. Can you see where I am going with this?...

The Red Beret (1953)

88 mins     Drama, War      

Are you a movie lover or a war expert? Sounds a weird question but it is an important one when it comes to war movies especially older ones made about WWII and it is important when it comes to "The Red Beret" which was retitl...

Storm Over the Nile (1955)

107 mins     Adventure , Drama, Romance      

Don't be fooled by this movie being called "Storm Over the Nile" because in reality it is "The Four Feathers" a remake of the 1939 movie of the same name. In fact it is not just a remake as director Terence Young teamed up wi...

Safari (1956)

90 mins     Adventure      

Safari (1956) Victor Mature stars as a wildlife tour guide in Kenya who whilst taking a group on a safari is after the rebel who killed his family...

No Time to Die (1958)

86 mins     Drama, War      

There are war movies which are about realism and then there are war movies about boys own entertainment and "No Time to Die", which is also known as "Tank Force", is all about the boys own entertainment. And in truth if I had...

Serious Charge (1959)

87 mins     Drama      

It's amusing that "Serious Charge" is promoted as a Cliff Richard movie whilst in fact he only has a very small part in it. In fairness he acts well and sings a few times but "Serious Charge" is really an Anthony Quayle movie...

Dr. No (1962)

110 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

One of the most surprising things about the James Bond franchise is most of the movies run to a similar formula, 007 called in for a special mission which puts him in danger, meets an attractive female or two and takes on an ...

From Russia with Love (1963)

115 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

Whilst only the second movie in the long running franchise "From Russia with Love" is one of the best, although saying that if you enjoyed the comedy of the Roger Moore era then you will probably find it dull. What we have he...

Thunderball (1965)

130 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

"Thunderball", the fourth James Bond movie, is most certainly not a bad movie but they say familiarity can breed contempt and whilst I don't dislike it, it does bore me a little. The trouble is that it runs to the formula whi...

Triple Cross (1966)

140 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

Eddie Chapman was an actual person who was a criminal, who ended up in prison and ended up convincing the Germans to allow him to be a spy before then becoming a double spy for the British. And his time as a double spy was an...