Movies starring Jack Hawkins

The Fallen Idol (1948)

95 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

Here is the truth, "The Fallen Idol" starts slowly in fact so slow that for a while I tried to work out why in heck this movie is rated so highly by many. Thankfully as I browsed opinions someone mentioned it starts slow but ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

136 mins     Biography, Drama      

I have always been a fan of David Niven ever since I first saw him in "Casino Royale", yes I know it wasn't a great movie but as a child it entertained. Sadly I can't say the same of the earlier David Niven movie "Bonnie Prin...

No Highway in the Sky (1951)

98 mins     Drama, Thriller      

"No Highway in the Sky" is not a very well known movie despite having a cast lead by the big names of James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, and I put it down to it being a bit of a curiosity. It is a curiosity as whilst we have...

Angels One Five (1952)

98 mins     Drama, War      

"Angels One Five" is a movie with a problem but putting your finger on that problem is not that easy. Here we have another WWII movie about the Air Force and with the story commencing in June 1940 is set around the period of ...

The Cruel Sea (1953)

126 mins     Drama, War      

The Cruel Sea (1953) WWII movie starring Jack Hawkins as Commander Ericson who leads his men aboard the HMS Compass Rose on missions to retrieve survivors and sink U-Boats

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Malta Story (1953)

103 mins     Drama, War      

When it comes to war movies especially WWII movies I tend to like those which have a substantial storyline, it comes from my lack of historical knowledge. Rather ironically I like "Malta Story" because the manufactured storyl...

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

105 mins     Drama      

"Land of the Pharaohs" was considered a flop for director Howard Hawks when it was released leading to an extended sabbatical from film making and I can see why. "Land of the Pharaohs" aims to be an Egyptian epic featuring im...

The Long Arm (1956)

96 mins     Drama, Mystery      

Charles Frend is a name which I would doubt means a lot to anyone these days, in truth his career as a director was not full of great movies but early on in his career he worked alongside Alfred Hitchcock. I mention that as t...

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

161 mins     Adventure , Drama, War      

When you think of the war movie genre many of the most popular movies focus on the action, be it the secretive operations of a crack force to blow up oil dumps or prisoner of wars staging an audacious escape attempts. And whi...

Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)

118 mins     Action , Comedy, Drama      

As influential directors go John Ford is one of the most influential yet one of his most entertaining movies is quite different to what you expect. "Gideon of Scotland Yard", also known as "Gideon's Day", has the typical mome...

Ben-Hur (1959)

212 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

Here are two facts that you may not realise about the MGM epic "Ben-Hur"; firstly it wasn't the first movie made from the fictional story of Judah Ben-Hur and secondly despite being an astonishing 212 minutes long is actually...

The League of Gentlemen (1960)

116 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Crime      

In the same year which saw Frank Sinatra lead the rat pack in a military operation to rob casinos in "Ocean's Eleven" we also had Jack Hawkins leading a group of men in a military operation to rob a bank in "The League of Gen...

Rampage (1963)

98 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Despite being 50 years old "Rampage" reminds me a lot of modern cinema where storyline comes down the order of importance behind the look and cast. And there is no denying that "Rampage" looks good with some wonderful locatio...

Guns at Batasi (1964)

103 mins     Drama      

With an image of John Leyton brandishing a machine gun on its cover it would be easy to mistake "Guns at Batasi" as a war movie especially when you see it stars many an actor who appeared in numerous British war movies over t...

Zulu (1964)

138 mins     Drama, War      

Based upon real events I find myself strangely conflicted by "Zulu", one of those must watch movies for anyone who is serious about movies. Now on one hand "Zulu" is amazing, it is well acted, tense and visually spectacular e...

Lord Jim (1965)

154 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Lord Jim: Peter O'Toole stars as Jim, the sailor accused of cowardice who sets about reinventing his life as a an not afraid of anything...

Shalako (1968)

113 mins     Western      

As a rule I enjoy westerns but yet I always seem to struggle with the westerns of the 60s which had heavy European influences. I don't mean the spaghetti westerns but the likes of "Shalako" which feature a dominant European c...

Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)

120 mins     Comedy      

There is part of me which is confused by "Monte Carlo or Bust!" and not just because it's also known as "Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies". Nope I am confused as to why such a movie which came from the same peo...

When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

94 mins     Action , Adventure , Crime      

Not being a big book reader I haven't read Alistair MacLean's original novel which he himself adapted into the screenplay for "When Eight Bells Toll" but I get a feeling that those who have may enjoy the movie a little more t...

Kidnapped (1971)

107 mins     Adventure , Drama      

I suspect those who read Robert Louis Stevenson's novels "Kidnapped" and "David Balfour" possibly enjoy this adaptation and I also suspect that those who watched this as children during the 70s also enjoy it but for anyone el...