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John Mills

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O.H.M.SO.H.M.S (You're in the Army Now) (1937)
Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. John Mills, Wallace Ford, Anna Lee
Broad comedy with Ford as an American gangster who evades capture by joining the British army posing as a comedian.
Cottage to LetCottage to Let (1941)
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills
Brit thriller focusing on an inventor in the business of bomb testing for the Air Ministry, whose supposedly innocent domestic staff is riddled with…
In Which We ServeIn Which We Serve (1942) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Sir Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles
WW2 drama contrasts the service lives of a destroyer crew with their memories of back home. Powerful film won an Oscar for writer, director and star…
We Dive at DawnWe Dive at Dawn (1943)
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. John Mills, Eric Portman, Niall MacGinnis
Sturdy WWII actioner has a British sub sent out to sink a heavily–armed Nazi battleship with the help of three German sailors, but getting into…
This Happy BreedThis Happy Breed (1944)
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills
Another David Lean–Noel Coward collaboration, the pair who later made the fine BRIEF ENCOUNTER. Here they turn their sensibilities to the…
Way to the Stars, The (1945)
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. John Mills, Michael Redgrave, Douglas Montgomery
An RAF airfield in WWII is the setting of this unassuming war–drama, set around the lives of the ‘flyers’ and the ground–crew. Given…
Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations (1946) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles
Esteemed treatment of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a young orphan aided by a mysterious benefactor brought major international success to the…
Scott of the AntarcticScott of the Antarctic (1948)
Dir. Charles Frend
Feat. John Mills
Ealing studios produced thie epic recount of Scott's final voyage to the South Pole. With John Mills.
History of Mr. Polly, TheHistory of Mr. Polly, The (1949)
Dir. Anthony Pelissier
Feat. John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins
Bracing comedy set in the Victorian era follows the various misfortunes of sensitive but ineffectual draper Mills as he sets out in search of…
Morning DepartureMorning Departure (Operation Disaster) (1950)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
A British submarine patrolling in the period just after WWII, hits a leftover mine and plunges seriously damaged to the sea–bed. The captain…
Gentle Gunman, The (1952)
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, John Mills
Dirk Bogarde and John Mills are Irish brothers sent to London by the IRA during the Blitz, but one succumbs to pacifism.
End of the Affair, TheEnd of the Affair, The (1954)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills
Original screen adaptation of Graham Greene’s tale of unrequited wartime love, with Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson entangled in a brief but illicit…
Colditz Story, TheColditz Story, The (1955)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes
A compulsive and tightly wound prison yarn, set around the supposedly unescapable German POW camp. Britisher John Mills unites prisoners of various…
Above Us the WavesAbove Us the Waves (1955)
Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. John Mills, Donald Sinden, John Gregson
Robust submarine yarn from WW2 concerns the efforts of Commander John Mills and his men to sink the deadly German battle–ship 'Tirpitz' with…
Vicious Circle, TheVicious Circle, The (Circle) (1957)
Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. John Mills, Derek Farr, Lionel Jeffries
Neatly convoluted mystery has John Mills play an eminent medical specialist who is implicated in a murder when the body of a German actress turns up…
Ice Cold In AlexIce Cold In Alex (1958) Recommended
Dir. J. Lee-Thompson
Feat. John Mills, Anthony Quayle
After a hurried retreat from the siege of Tobruk, a band of medics and nurses in an ambulance, attempt an arduous crossing of the Libyan Sahara…
I Was Monty's Double I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Clifton James, John Mills, Leslie Phillips
Absorbing war drama based on the true story of a man hired to imitate General Montgomery in order to hoodwink the Germans before the North Africa…
DunkirkDunkirk (1958)
Dir. Leslie Norman
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Mills, Bernard Lee
British war film set during the 1940 evacuation of French and British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, following the contrasting perspectives of a…
Tiger BayTiger Bay (1959)
Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. John Mills, Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz
Haley Mills’ breakthrough is a memorable and mature British thriller; she plays witness to a murder by a Polish sailor, who she subsequent…
October Man, TheOctober Man, The (1960)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman
Atmospheric pot–boiler in which John Mills plays an amnesiac accused of murder who fights to prove his innocence, apprehend the murderer and…
Swiss Family RobinsonSwiss Family Robinson (1960) Recommended
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
Tunes of GloryTunes of Glory (1960) Recommended
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price
Two colonels of a Scottish regiment – one convivial, one disciplinarian – face off in a battle of wills in this drama of peacetime…
Singer Not the Song, TheSinger Not the Song, The (1961)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot
Philosophical western is an oddity amongst the Rank canon with Bogarde as a campy Mexican bandit terrorising a catholic priest Mills. Homoerotic…
Chalk Garden, TheChalk Garden, The (1964)
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills
British melodrama based on the eccentric stage play by Enid Bagnold, with Hayley Mills playing a rebellious teenager who meets her match in governess…
Wrong Box, TheWrong Box, The (1966) Recommended
Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine
A classic black farce where two Victorian siblings (Richardson and Mills) scramble tooth and nail to collect a massive legacy, each trying to outwit…
Oh! What a Lovely WarOh! What a Lovely War (1969) Recommended
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. John Rae, Corin Redgrave, Maurice Roeves
Powerful anti–war musical adapted from the play by Charles Chilton, which depicts the mass blunder of WWI through the experiences of the poor…
Young WinstonYoung Winston (1972)
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward
The early life of Britain's greatest political leader, through his time in India, Sudan and the Boer War to his ascendancy at the House of Commons.
Lady Caroline LambLady Caroline Lamb (1972)
Dir. Robert Bolt
Feat. Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain
Playwright Robert Bolt (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) debuts as dir. with this intelligent account of the titular Englishwoman. Managing to rock early 19th…
Zoo Gang, The (TV Series)Zoo Gang, The (TV Series) (1974)
Feat. Brian Keith, John Mills, Barry Morse
Old fashioned but fun espionage series centered around five aged resistance fighters scamming scamming the scammers and gifting the money to the…
39 Steps, The39 Steps, The (Thirty-Nine Steps, The) (1978)
Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter
Perhaps the most literally faithful of the various adaptations of John Buchan's classic suspense novel. Powell plays the man on the run in…

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