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The Hellions is a British film of genre Drama directed by Ken Annakin released in USA on 14 march 1962 with Richard Todd
The Hellions (1961)
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Add to a movie listThe Hellions is a 1961 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin starring Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser and Colin Blakely that was set and filmed in South Africa.
Synopsis
A lone law enforcement officer battles criminals in South Africa.Actors
Richard Todd
(Sam Hargis)
Anne Aubrey
(Priss Dobbs)
Jamie Uys
(Ernie Dobbs)
Lionel Jeffries
(Luke Billings)
James Booth
(Jubal Billings)
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The Hellions (1961)
, 1h26Directed by Ken Annakin, Irving Allen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Jamie Uys, Lionel Jeffries, James Booth, Al Mulock
Rating59%
Le sergent de police Sam Hargis se retrouve confronté au gang de Luke Billings, qui cherchent à se venger de lui.
Nor the Moon by Night (1958)
, 1h30Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Belinda Lee, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Craig, Anna Gaylor, Eric Pohlmann, Joan Brickhill
Rating59%
Andrew Miller est gardien dans un parc animalier en Afrique. Cela fait des années qu'il correspond avec Alice Lang, restée au chevet de sa mère en Angleterre, sans l'avoir jamais rencontrée. À la mort de sa mère, Alice se rend en Afrique pour épouser Andrew. Malheureusement, Andrew se voit obligé de partir en expédition dans le bush, et c'est son frère Rusty qui accueille la jeune femme. Lorsqu'Andrew, grièvement blessé par des lions, arrive enfin, est tombé amoureuse de Rusty.
Hotel Sahara (1951)
, 1h36Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov, David Tomlinson, Roland Culver, Albert Lieven, Bill Owen
Rating61%
A luxury hotel in the Sahara Desert faces occupation and destruction from a number of armies during the North African Campaign. The hotel is saved through the quick thinking and chameleon actions of the four headed staff in particular the owner Yasmin, who dresses, sings, and dances in a manner to make all the conquerors appreciate her charms.
Dirkie (1969)
, 1h38Directed by Jamie Uys
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Jamie Uys
Rating69%
The story is about 8-year-old Dirkie DeVries (Wynand Uys, credited as Dirkie Hayes), who is flying with his Uncle Pete (Pieter Hauptfleisch) across the Kalahari Desert in a small plane, piloted by Uncle Pete, who partway into the flight has a heart attack and partially loses control of the plane. Thanks to his struggles to land safely in the desert even while suffering the heart attack, the crash is not as serious as it might have been otherwise, and, while Pete himself dies, Dirkie and his small pet dog survive, and the bulk of the story follows Dirkie's various adventures while he struggles to survive the harsh desert conditions, including an encounter with Kalahari Desert Bushmen, who give him help, but abandon him after an unfortunate misunderstanding concerning Dirkie's dog.
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Richard Todd, Michael Gough, Peter Copley, Anthony Sharp
Rating62%
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement. Mary's longtime suitor the Duke of Buckingham takes a dislike to Charles as he is a commoner and the Duke wants Mary for himself. However, troubled by his feelings for the princess, Brandon resigns and decides to sail to the New World. Against the advice of her lady-in-waiting Lady Margaret, Mary dresses up like a boy and follows Brandon to Bristol. Henry's men find them and throw Brandon in the Tower of London. King Henry agrees to spare his life if Mary will marry King Louis and tells her that when Louis dies she is free to marry whomever she wants. Meanwhile, Mary asks the Duke of Buckingham for help but he only pretends to help Brandon escape from the Tower, really planning to have him killed while escaping. The Duke thinks he is drowned in the Thames, but he survives.
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, 2h18Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Nigel Green
Rating76%
In 1879, a communiqué from Lord Chelmsford to the Secretary of State for War in London (voice-over narration by Richard Burton) details the crushing defeat of a British force at the hands of the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana. In the aftermath of the battle, the victorious Zulus walk amongst the scattered bodies of dead British soldiers and gather their rifles. At a mass Zulu marriage ceremony witnessed by missionary Otto Witt (Jack Hawkins) and his daughter (Ulla Jacobsson), Zulu King Cetewayo (Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi) is also informed of the great victory.
Coast of Skeletons (1965)
, 1h31Directed by Robert Lynn
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Todd, Dale Robertson, Heinz Drache, Elga Andersen, Marianne Koch, Derek Nimmo
Rating49%
Following independence, the unnamed British colony where Commissioner Harry Sanders has been working for many years, sacks its British police force. So Sanders returns to London, where he soon finds work for an insurance company, which wants him to oversee a project to dredge for diamonds in the shallow waters off South West Africa.
, 1h23Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter, James Robertson Justice, Martita Hunt
Rating64%
Richard Cœur de Lion a laissé son royaume à son frère le prince Jean, pour partir en croisade. Le prince mandate un nouveau shérif, celui de Nottingham, d'appliquer les lois qu'il a promues. Le royaume subit la dictature du prince et croule sous les taxes. À la suite d'un tournoi de tir à l'arc, les hommes du shérif assassinent le père du jeune Robin des Bois. Il s'enfuit dans la forêt et, rejoint par d'autres personnes s'apposant au prince Jean, il crée la bande des Joyeux Compagnons. Parmi eux se trouve Petit Jean et le Frère Tuck, tous loyaux envers Richard Cœur de Lion.
Dingaka (1964)
, 1h38Directed by Jamie Uys
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Stanley Baker, Juliet Prowse, Jamie Uys, Siegfried Mynhardt
Rating65%
Dingaka tells the story of a tribesman, Ntuku Makwena, who avenges the murder of his daughter according to traditional tribal laws. His act of revenge leads him to be tried under government laws, where justice for black people does not exist.
Death Drums Along the River (1963)
, 1h23Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven, Walter Rilla, Vivi Bach, Jeremy Lloyd
Rating49%
In an unnamed small British colony on the west coast of Africa, somewhat resembling The Gambia, two policemen patrolling a wharf sight a sack of peanuts dropped by stevedores. As the sack breaks the workers discover a pouch in it that is quickly grabbed by a man who then runs away. The policemen chase him and he eventually kills one of them before disappearing. Police Commissioner Sanders (Todd) questions Pearson (Bill Brewer), a suspected criminal, but finds no information.