Played by Orson Welles in The Third Man, a 1949 film directed by Carol Reed. Complimented on dominating a film in which he appears for less...
Carol Reed’s fast-moving and exciting WW2 propaganda spy thriller stars Rex Harrison as Gus Bennett, a British secret agent who goes undercover in Germany to rescue...
Adapted from Wolf Mankowitz’s novel, A Kid for Two Farthings was shot by Carol Reed after she made The Man Between, illustrating the director’s diverse talents...
Burt Lancaster revisits the circus acrobatics of his youth as the impaired aerialist who once risked his life and achieved the ‘triple,’ three midair somersaults. Curtis...
Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, a tale of pickpockets and Victorian workhouses, may have seemed an odd choice for a bright and breezy musical, but there’s no doubting...
Carol Reed (Our Man in Havana, The Third Man, Mutiny on the Bounty) directs this entertaining crime drama adapted from Shelley Smith’s novel The Ballad of...
James Mason and Claire Bloom star in The Man Between, Carol Reed’s stylish romantic thriller of blackmail, bigamy and bullets in post-war Berlin. The scarred city...
Born in 1909 the son of a wealthy wool merchant James Mason had a privileged English upbringing, being educated at Marlborough and Cambridge. After a disastrous...
Talent, girth, ego, ambition – everything about Orson Welles swelled beyond the boundaries of normal men. His talent as an actor, writer, director, and producer soared...