Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

January 19, 1878

Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884–1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film (Th…

Known For

34 titles
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Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

1959 · 3h 32m · Movie

A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

8.1
2
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · 2h 55m · Movie

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

6.7
3
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1946 · 1h 58m · Movie

A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

7.8
4
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951 · 2h 51m · Movie

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

7.1
5
The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964 · 3h 8m · Movie

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.

6.7
6
Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965 · 1h 47m · Movie

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

7.3
7
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

1952 · 1h 46m · Movie

A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.

6.7
8
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1950 · 1h 36m · Movie

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.

6.9
9
I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

1945 · 1h 32m · Movie

A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

7.4
10
The Invaders

The Invaders

1941 · 2h 3m · Movie

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

7.3
11
People Will Talk

People Will Talk

1951 · 1h 50m · Movie

Dr. Noah Praetorius falls in love with Deborah, a student who discovers that she is pregnant by her old boyfriend.

7.3
12
Billy Liar

Billy Liar

1963 · 1h 38m · Movie

A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

7.2
13
Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

1963 · 1h 21m · Movie

When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.

7.2
14
Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

1959 · 2h 21m · Movie

After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.

6.1
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The Black Rose

The Black Rose

1950 · 2h 0m · Movie

A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.

6.2
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Corridors of Blood

Corridors of Blood

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.

6.4
17
Footsteps in the Fog

Footsteps in the Fog

1955 · 1h 30m · Movie

In early-1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers that he murdered his wife.

7.0
18
The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

1937 · 1h 14m · Movie

A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.

7.3
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Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1960 · 1h 37m · Movie

In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.

6.6
20
Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

1961 · 1h 45m · Movie

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.

6.3
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Stars and Stripes Forever

Stars and Stripes Forever

1952 · 1h 30m · Movie

A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.

7.1
22
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1966 · 1h 12m · Movie

A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.

6.8
23
So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love

1948 · 1h 52m · Movie

Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. After Olivia opens a lodging house, Mark becomes her lodger then her lover. Olivia falls so compl...

6.9
24
Captain Lightfoot

Captain Lightfoot

1955 · 1h 32m · Movie

A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.

6.2
25
Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand

1961 · 1h 18m · Movie

A little Roman Catholic boy and a little Jewish girl become best friends despite the prejudice that surrounds them.

7.4
26
Walk East on Beacon!

Walk East on Beacon!

1952 · 1h 38m · Movie

A G-man searches for a communist sleeper-cell in Boston.

5.7
27
Rome Express

Rome Express

1932 · 1h 34m · Movie

A sinister character boards the Rome Express on the trail of a valuable Van Dyck painting, recently stolen from a Paris gallery. Much to his annoyance he finds the train populated with a motley assortment of passengers, including ...

6.6
28
Zarak

Zarak

1956 · 1h 39m · Movie

An Afghan outlaw finally saves a British officer at the cost of his own life.

5.5
29
Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour

1940 · 1h 20m · Movie

Charters and Caldicott, touring in the Near East, are mistaken for German agents and handed in error a gramophone record which contains vital information for Britain's enemies.

5.7
30
West 11

West 11

1963 · 1h 33m · Movie

This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. A down on his luck Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce (Eric Portman).

6.5
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Far into the Night

Far into the Night

1943 · 1h 30m · Movie

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.

6.6
32
Secret Flight

Secret Flight

1946 · 1h 12m · Movie

During World War II, on the eve of the Battle of Britain, British scientists develop the first radar systems to be employed against the German Luftwaffe.

6.5
33
The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1933 · 1h 35m · Movie

Musical taken from J. B. Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

6.9
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Six-Five Special

Six-Five Special

1958 · 1h 25m · Movie

A young singer on a train bound for London finds herself among a group of famous musicians and performers.

5.8