Movies: John Mortimer
- 1961
The Innocents (1961)
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A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed....
- 1999
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
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In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archae...
- 1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
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A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed....
- 1963
The Running Man (1963)
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An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator....
- 2000
Don Quixote (2000)
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Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, decides to go on imaginary adventures along with his friend, ...
- 1962
Guns of Darkness (1962)
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Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife to the edge of despair. It turns them into outlaws and fugitives, hunted by a vicious South American ...
- 1935
Brown on Resolution (1935)
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Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so ...
- 1959
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
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Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad's papers are out of order and Macao refuses him ...
- 1969
John and Mary (1969)
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John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other....
- 1986
Paradise Postponed (1986)
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A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservative member of parliament. Adaptation of the novel by John Mortimer....
- 1975
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
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An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America....
- 1972
Bermondsey (1972)
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John Mortimer's play about the tangled love life of an East London pub landlord....
- 1980
Rumpole's Return (1980)
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A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers....
- 1961
The Encyclopaedist (1961)
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A young salesman from Trinidad tries to sell a complete set of encyclopedia to Sally Louth, a housewife living on the Chelsea-Fulham border in London....
- 1998
Cider with Rosie (1998)
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Made by Carlton Television for ITV (UK) , this adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town of Gloucestershire near the end of World War I. As young Laurie (Dashiell Reece) comes of age under...
- 1962
Trial and Error (1962)
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After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his wife. Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall will not let go of the opportunity to plead hi...
- 1938
The Ware Case (1938)
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An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house...
- 1981
Unity (1981)
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Period Drama. The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930's went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler....
- 1962
Lunch Hour (1962)
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A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company where she works. The film tells the story of their illicit lunch hour rendezvous....
- 1984
A Voyage Round My Father (1984)
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A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the proc...