Michael Anderson
1920 - 2018Michael Joseph Anderson, Sr. (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film director, best known for directing Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and Logan's Run (1976).
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Private Angelo
Michael Anderson, Peter Ustinov
Godfrey Tearle, Maria Denis
Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
Private Angelo
In Which We Serve
David Lean, Noël Coward
Noël Coward, John Mills
The story of the HMS Torrin, from it's construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
In Which We Serve
Shake Hands with the Devil
Michael Anderson
James Cagney, Don Murray
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
Shake Hands with the Devil
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Michael Anderson
Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier
All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear nightmare.
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1984
Michael Anderson
Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling
Член внешней Партии Уинстон Смит пытается противостоять самой Партии, нечеловечески жестокому тоталитарному режиму. Он и его возлюбленная Джулия надеются на то, что Сопротивление — тайная организация, противостоящая режиму, или пролы (пролетариат) сумеют уничтожить Партию хоть в далёком будущем.
1984
Logan's Run
Michael Anderson
Michael York, Jenny Agutter
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
Logan's Run
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Michael Anderson
Richard Todd, William Hartnell
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Around the World in Eighty Days
Michael Anderson
David Niven, Cantinflas
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Operation Crossbow
Michael Anderson
Sophia Loren, George Peppard
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
Operation Crossbow
Around the World of Mike Todd
Saul Swimmer
Orson Welles, Martin Balsam
"Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role in producing 'Around the World in 80 Days'. Numerous behind-the-scenes footage from the film.
Around the World of Mike Todd
Captains Courageous
Michael Anderson
Robert Urich, Kenny Vadas
Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat. Three months at sea, under a firm but fair Captain Troop (fair wages of $10.50 a month, if you don't work you don't eat). A hard life and a dangerous one, and a lot of growing up to do through hardship and tragedy.
Captains Courageous
