Michael Latham Powell — Director (42)
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The Queen's Guards (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Queen's Guards
director: Michael Powell actor: Daniel Massey / Robert Stephens …
other title: 女王的卫队 / 御林軍魂 …
Captains John Fellows and Henry Wynne-Walton finish their Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy and are sent to the Middle-East. John is to lead a parachute battalion while Henry is put in charge of a platoon of armoured cars of the Household Cavalry. John is constantly being told by his father, an ex-Guards officer that he is not as good as his brother who was killed during the war.
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Rynox (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rynox
director: Michael Powell actor: Stewart Rome / John Longden …
other title: 莱诺克斯
Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night....
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Something Always Happens (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Something Always Happens
director: Michael Powell actor: Ian Hunter / Nancy O'Neil …
other title: 好事连连
Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When the man rejects the idea Peter joins a rival company and becomes a great success.
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Red Ensign (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Red Ensign
director: Michael Powell actor: Leslie Banks / Carol Goodner …
other title: Le Pavillon Rouge / 红船旗
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.
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The Fire Raisers (1934) IMDb Douban
The Fire Raisers
director: Michael Powell actor: Leslie Banks / Anne Grey …
other title: 纵火者
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him ...
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Bluebeard's Castle (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Herzog Blaubarts Burg
director: Michael Powell actor: Norman Foster / Ana Raquel Satre
other title: Herzog Blaubarts Burg / 蓝胡子的城堡 …
Based on the Béla Bartók opera, Duke Bluebeard reluctantly and gradually uncovers the secrets of his psyche to his fourth wife, Judit, opening the seven doors of his castle to ultimately reveal his still living previous wives, among whom Judit must take her place.
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Honeymoon (1959) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Luna de miel
director: Michael Powell actor: Anthony Steel / Ludmilla Tchérina …
other title: Strahlender Himmel - Strahlendes Glück / Lune de miel …
Australian famer Kit Kelly and his new bride Anna are driving through Europe when they help a stranded motorist. They discover he is Antonio, a famous dancer. Upon learning that Anna was a ballerina before she married, Antonio attempts to persuade her to join his company.
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The Night of the Party (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Night of the Party
director: Michael Latham Powell actor: 莱斯利·班克斯 / 马尔科姆·基恩 …
other title: 派对之夜 / The Murder Party
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...