Birth name Cyril Alexander Garland Luckham NationalityUnited-kingdom Birth 25 july 1907 at Salisbury (United-kingdom) Death 8 february 1989 (at 81 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Cyril Alexander Garland Luckham (25 July 1907 – 8 February 1989) was a British film, television and theatre actor.
, 1h50 Directed byAlain Resnais, Guy Pinon OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy ActorsDirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, David Warner, Elaine Stritch, Denis Lawson Roles Dr. Mark Eddington Rating74% On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour. His son Claude appears as a cold and unforgiving prosecuting lawyer, who revels in spiteful repartee. His second (illegitimate) son Kevin features as an idealistic soldier accused of the mercy-killing of an old man who was being hunted down. Sonia, the wife of Claude, shows sympathy with Kevin and seems eager to seduce him in protest at her husband's callousness. Clive also invents the character of Helen, as Claude's mistress, but she bears the features of Clive's dead wife Molly who committed suicide. Clive's imagination is also haunted by scenes of an autopsy on the corpse of an old man, a military round-up of elderly people who are detained in a sports stadium, and a dark tangled forest in which a hunted man metamorphoses into a werewolf. Before Clive loses consciousness, it is Kevin whom he sees as the werewolf in the forest; Claude shoots Kevin but seems to identify him with their father.
, 1h32 Directed byJerry Lewis OriginUSA GenresThriller, Comedy, Action ActorsSammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, John Wood, Dudley Sutton, Esther Anderson, Percy Herbert Roles Magistrate Rating50% Chris Pepper (Peter Lawford) and Charlie Salt (Sammy Davis Jr.) lose their nightclub and turn to Pepper's aristocratic twin brother for help. He refuses to help them, and is then found murdered. Pepper assumes his identity, and soon discovers that he was a diamond smuggler, and was murdered by his accomplices. Salt and Pepper band together to put the criminals behind bars.
, 2h25 Directed byCharles Jarrott OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Biography, Historical, Romance ThemesPolitique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Films about royalty ActorsRichard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Irène Papas, Michael Hordern Roles Prior Houghton Rating73% The film begins in 1536 when Henry VIII (Richard Burton) considers whether or not he should sign the warrant for the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn: then, in a long flashback which takes up virtually the entire film, the whole truth is revealed. Starting in 1527, Henry has a problem: he reveals his dissatisfaction with his wife, Catherine of Aragon (Irene Papas). He is currently enjoying a discreet affair with Mary Boleyn, a daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn who is one of his courtiers; but the King is bored with her too. At a court ball, he notices Mary's 18-year-old sister Anne (Geneviève Bujold), who has just returned from her education in France. She is engaged to the son of the Earl of Northumberland and they have received their parents' permission to marry. The King, however, is enraptured with Anne's beauty and orders his Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, to break up the engagement.
, 1h58 Directed byJack Clayton OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesFilms about sexuality ActorsAnne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Webb, Richard Johnson Roles Doctor Rating70% The story revolves around Jo Armitage (Bancroft), a woman with an ambiguous number of children from three marriages, who becomes negative and withdrawn after discovering that her third (and current) husband, Jake (Finch), has been unfaithful to her. After a series of loosely related events in which Jake's infidelity is balanced by his reliability as a breadwinner and a father, Jo and Jake take a first tentative step toward reconciliation.
, 1h53 Directed byMichael Anderson OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar ThemesPolitical films ActorsRichard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Bernard Miles, Donald Houston, Keye Luke Roles Commander in Chief Rating67% On 19 April 1949, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst sails up the Yangtze River on her way to Nanking, the Chinese capital, to deliver supplies to the British Embassy. Suddenly, without warning, People's Liberation Army (PLA) shore batteries open fire and after a heavy engagement, Amethyst lies grounded in the mud and badly damaged. Fifty-four of her crew are dead, dying or seriously wounded while others deteriorate from the tropical heat and the lack of essential medicines, including the ships's Captain, who dies of his wounds. An attempt to evacuate the wounded is only partially successful - the officers of the Amethyst become aware that two Petty Officers were captured by the PLA and are being held at a nearby military hospital. After taking stock of their position, the Captain is replaced by Lieutenant Commander John Kerans (Richard Todd), who had been serving as a Naval attaché in nearby Nanking but rushes to the beleaguered ship to take command.