Jack Hawkins Movies: Top 5 Performances by a Successful Actor



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Waterloo ( 1970) | IMDb: 7.2
Drama , History , War
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Starring:
Rod Steiger , Christopher Plummer , Orson Welles , Jack Hawkins , Virginia McKenna , Dan O'Herlihy
Directed by:
Vladimir Dostal , Sergey Bondarchuk , Elvira D'Amico
Produced by:
Piotor M. Sviridov , Guy Luongo , Dino De Laurentiis
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Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962) | IMDb: 8.3
Adventure , History , War
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Starring:
Peter O'Toole , Alec Guinness , Anthony Quinn , Jack Hawkins , Omar Sharif , José Ferrer
Directed by:
Lee Turner , Barbara Cole , David Lean
Produced by:
Maureen Whitty , Tadeo Villalba , Douglas Twiddy
Ben-Hur Poster
Ben-Hur ( 1959) | IMDb: 8.1
Action , Adventure , Drama , History
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Starring:
Charlton Heston , Jack Hawkins , Haya Harareet , Stephen Boyd , Martha Scott , Cathy O'Donnell
Directed by:
Alberto Cardone , William Wyler , Sergio Leone
Produced by:
Henry Henigson , Sol C. Siegel , Sam Zimbalist
The Bridge on the River Kwai Poster
The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957) | IMDb: 8.1
Drama , History , War
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Starring:
William Holden , Alec Guinness , Jack Hawkins , Sessue Hayakawa , James Donald , Geoffrey Horne
Directed by:
A. B. Raj , David Lean , Ted Sturgis
Produced by:
Sam Spiegel
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Land of the Pharaohs ( 1955) | IMDb: 6.6
Drama , History
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
Starring:
Jack Hawkins , Joan Collins , Dewey Martin , Alex Minotis , James Robertson Justice , Luisella Boni
Directed by:
Alfonso Felici , Maisie Kelly , Noël Howard
Produced by:
Arthur Siteman , Howard Hawks , Chuck Hansen