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James Mason

James Mason

English actor (1909–1984)
May 15, 1909 (July 27, 1984)
G.-B. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Michael Lindsay-Hogg with James Mason, Alan Bates, Greta Scacchi. The new son-in-law of a wealthy financier is put to the test by his father-in-law at a dinner party.
U.S. 1985. History by Alexander Ramati with Ben Cross, James Mason, Irène Papas. Remembering the help given by the monks of Assisi to the Jews who were fleeing deportation during the Second World War.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1984. Mores drama by Alan Bridges with James Mason, Judi Bowker, Rupert Frazer. In 1913 during a hunting party, a sporting rivalry emerges between a well-to-do lawyer and an unhappily married aristocrat.
Runtime: 97 min.
Suis. 1983. Drama by Jean-François Amiguet, Anne Gonthier with Didier Sauvegrain, Michel Voïta, James Mason. A young man heads for the mountains in the hope of finding his ex-girlfriend, who is resting there in the company of a stranger.
Runtime: 80 min.
U.S. 1982. Court drama by Sidney Lumet with Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason. A disgraced lawyer is entrusted with an important case that will allow him to regain control of his career.
Runtime: 129 min.
G.-B. 1982. Adventures by Douglas Camfield with Anthony Andrews, James Mason, Olivia Hussey. A Saxon knight, assigned to collect a ransom to free a king, receives help from a Jewish merchant.
Runtime: 156 min.
G.-B. 1979. Musical by Lionel Jeffries with James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Tommy Pender.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1979. Horror by Tobe Hooper with James Mason, David Soul, Bonnie Bedelia.
Runtime: 184 min.
G.-B. 1979. Adventures by Andrew V. McLaglen with Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins, James Mason.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1979. Crime drama by Terence Young with Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1978. Thriller by Franklin J. Schaffner with Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason. A war criminal who has taken refuge in Brazil launches a murderous plot to restore Nazi power.
Runtime: 125 min.
Can. 1978. Crime drama by Bob Clark with Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings.
Runtime: 123 min.
U.S. 1978. Fantasy comedy by Warren Beatty, Buck Henry with Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason. A soccer player who died in an accident comes back to life in the body of a rich man.
Runtime: 101 min.
G.-B. 1977. War drama by Sam Peckinpah with James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason. In 1943, on the Eastern Front, the shenanigans of an ambitious captain to obtain an important military decoration.
Runtime: 124 min.
G.-B. 1976. Biblical drama by Franco Zeffirelli with Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, James Farentino. Illustration of the main stages of the life of Christ.
Runtime: 382 min.
G.-B. 1975. Crime drama by Peter Duffell with Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason. Three men break a war criminal out of prison to learn about the hiding place of a Nazi treasure.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Kidnap Syndicate

V.O.: La Città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori
It. 1975. Crime drama by Fernando Di Leo with Luc Mérenda, James Mason, Vittorio Caprioli. A mechanic becomes a vigilante to fight kidnappers who killed his young son.
Runtime: 75 min.

La Main gauche de la loi

V.O.: La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere
It. 1975. Crime drama by Giuseppe Rosati with Leonard Mann, James Mason, Stephen Boyd. While investigating the kidnapping of an industrialist, a police officer becomes convinced that the case hides political motivations.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1975. Mores drama by Richard Fleischer with James Mason, Perry King, Susan George. In Louisiana, in the early nineteenth century, a plantation owner specializes in breeding slaves.
Runtime: 126 min.
G.-B. 1975. Mores drama by James Ivory with Madhur Jaffrey, James Mason. Exiled to London, the daughter of a deceased maharaja recalls her youth by watching old movies with an English friend.
G.-B. 1975. Drama by Joseph Hardy with Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason. Thanks to a mysterious benefactor, an orphan receives a gentleman's education.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Robert Parrish with Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason. A professional killer interferes in the entourage of a drug trafficker whom he is in charge of killing.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1973. Police comedy by Burgess Meredith with Burgess Meredith, Jeff Bridges, James Mason. In Hong Kong, a young American writer is drawn into a strange espionage case.
Runtime: 71 min.
U.S. 1973. Crime drama by Herbert Ross with Richard Benjamin, James Mason, James Coburn. A Hollywood producer invites friends to play a game during which he is murdered.
Runtime: 120 min.
G.-B. 1973. Spy drama by John Huston with Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason. A thief under the command of a major mob boss is revealed to be a secret service agent.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1973. Horror by Jack Smight with Leonard Whiting, Michael Sarrazin, James Mason. A young doctor manages to give life to a human creature that he has composed using parts of different corpses.
Runtime: 185 min.
U.S. 1972. Drama by Sidney Lumet with James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges. Various events at an American religious college seem to manifest the action of an evil influence.
Runtime: 100 min.

Bad Man's River

V.O.: El Hombre de Rio Malo
Esp. 1971. Western by Eugenio Martin with Lee Van Cleef, Gina Lollobrigida, James Mason. Four bandits are hired by an adventurer to blow up an arsenal in Mexico.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1971. Crime drama by Romain Gary with Jean Seberg, Stephen Boyd, James Mason. A former police officer pursues drug dealers for the purpose of shooting them.
Runtime: 105 min.

Cold Sweat

V.O.: De la part des copains
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Terence Young with Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason. To force a man to collaborate with them, drug dealers use his wife and daughter as hostages.
Runtime: 94 min.
G.-B. 1969. Drama by Peter Hammond with James Mason, Diana Coupland, Susan George. A tyrannical man incites his family to revolt against him.
Runtime: 101 min.
Aust. 1969. Psychological drama by Michael Powell with James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack McGowran. A painter living on a remote island off the coast of Australia becomes interested in a wild woman.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1968. Drama by Sidney Lumet with James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret. The son of an actress dreams of literary fame and falls in love with a young woman who leaves him for a middle-aged writer.
Runtime: 141 min.
Fr. 1968. Drama by Terence Young with Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason. In 1888, the tragic love story of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and Maria Vetsera.
Runtime: 141 min.
G.-B. 1968. Crime drama by Robert Parrish with James Coburn, Susannah York, James Mason. The two sons of a financier team up with an adventurer to rob their father.
Runtime: 101 min.
G.-B. 1967. Drama by Pierre Rouve with James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin. A fallen lawyer regains consciousness of his responsibility and proves the innocence of an accused.
Runtime: 104 min.
G.-B. 1966. Dramatic comedy by Silvio Narizzano with Lynn Redgrave, Alan Bates, James Mason. The tribulations of a slippery girl who shares an apartment with a frivolous friend.
Runtime: 99 min.
G.-B. 1966. Spy drama by Sidney Lumet with James Mason, Simone Signoret, Maximilian Schell. A British intelligence employee investigates the suicide of a senior civil servant.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1966. War drama by John Guillermin with George Peppard, James Mason, Jeremy Kemp. During World War I, a German aviator sacrifices everything to his ambition to become the ace fighter pilot.
Runtime: 154 min.

The Uninhibited

V.O.: Los Pianos mecanicos
Fr. 1965. Mores drama by Juan Antonio Bardem with Melina Mercouri, Hardy Krüger, James Mason. Suffering from depression,a young painter spends some time in a village on the Costa Brava.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1965. History by Henry Levin with Omar Sharif, Stephen Boyd, James Mason. Genghis Khan tries to gather, under his command, all the Mongolian troops.
Runtime: 124 min.
G.-B. 1964. Psychological drama by Jack Clayton with Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason. Despite several marriages, a woman is unable to satisfy her emotional insecurity.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 1964. Adventures by Richard Brooks with Peter O'Toole, Paul Lukas, James Mason. A degraded naval officer finds an opportunity to rehabilitate himself in an Asian country.
Runtime: 154 min.
U.S. 1963. History by Anthony Mann with Stephen Boyd, Sophia Loren, James Mason. At the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, his son Commodus is proclaimed Caesar, at the expense of the general that the deceased chose as his successor.
Runtime: 182 min.

Torpedo Bay

V.O.: Beta Som
It. 1962. War drama by Charles Frend with James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Gabriele Ferzetti. A spy is assigned to blow up an Italian submarine that has taken refuge in the port of Tangier.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1962. Mores drama by Stanley Kubrick with James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters. The story of a middle-aged professor who falls in love with the teenage daughter of a widow in whose house he is staying.
Runtime: 152 min.
U.S. 1962. Adventures by Leslie Stevens with James Mason, Kate Manx, Rip Torn.
Runtime: 94 min.
G.-B. 1962. Drama by Ted Kotcheff with John Mills, James Mason, Rosenda Monteros. An ex-officer finds a former colleague in Tahiti whom he had ratted out.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1960. Mores comedy by Walter Lang with James Mason, Susan Hayward, Julie Newman. A married university professor welcomes into his home the daughter of a Swedish colleague who wants to have a child with him.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1959. Comedy by Guy Hamilton with James Mason, Vera Miles, George Sanders. A naval officer hatches a scheme that will allow him to get rich quickly.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1959. Science-fiction by Henry Levin with Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl. A university professor wants to reach the center of the Earth through an extinct volcano.
Runtime: 129 min.
U.S. 1959. Spy drama by Alfred Hitchcock with Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason. A publicist, mistaken for a secret agent, gets drawn into a series of adventures.
Runtime: 132 min.
Parental Guidance
U.S. 1958. Crime drama by Andrew L. Stone with James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens. A bandit kidnaps a young couple and their little girl to use them in a daring attempt at blackmail.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1958. Drama by Andrew L. Stone with James Mason, Broderick Crawford, Dorothy Dandridge. The new commander of an old freighter must deal with a mutiny.
Runtime: 84 min.
U.S. 1956. Social drama by Robert Rossen with James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine. The problems faced by an English family established on an island in the West Indies.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1955. Comedy by Alexander Hall with Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason. A chemist who neglects his wife in favour of his profession receives some beneficial advice.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1955. Thriller by Nicholas Ray with James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau. An ambitious schoolteacher is treated with cortisone for overexertion and sinks into a paranoid delusion that leads him to want to kill his son.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1954. Musical by George Cukor with Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson. While his young wife experiences fame, a comedian sinks into alcoholism.
Runtime: 141 min.
U.S. 1954. Science-fiction by Richard Fleischer with Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre. In the middle of the nineteenth century, a scientist and two companions are taken aboard a mysterious submersible.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1953. Sketches by Gottfried Reinhardt, Vincente Minnelli with James Mason, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas. Three passengers of an ocean liner relive their personal drama through their thoughts.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by Henry Hathaway with James Mason, Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh. The son of an exiled king, crowned knight, tries to unmask a traitor.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1953. War drama by Robert Wise with Richard Burton, Robert Newton, James Mason. In 1941, the defense of Tobruk by an Australian division.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1953. History by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud. Worried about Caesar's power, Roman senators decide to assassinate him, in 44 BC.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1953. Adventures by John Farrow with Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina. The captain of a ship is ruthless to the convicts he transports to Australia.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1952. Adventures by Richard Thorpe with Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason. A king, kidnapped on the eve of his coronation, is replaced by a look-alike.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1952. Spy drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie. The true exploits of spy Ulysses Diello, alias Cicero, during the last world war.
Runtime: 108 min.
G.-B. 1952. Spy drama by Carol Reed with James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef. A young English, on vacation in Berlin, falls in love with a Russian spy.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1951. Biography by Henry Hathaway with James Mason, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler. General Rommel's career and his disagreement with Hitler.
Runtime: 88 min.
G.-B. 1951. Fantasy by Albert Lewin with Ava Gardner, James Mason, Nigel Patrick. A young American falls in love with a legendary hero and agrees to die for him.
Runtime: 123 min.
U.S. 1950. Crime drama by Hugo Fregonese with James Mason, Marta Toren, Dan Duryea. A doctor in league with a group of gangsters escapes with a large haul.
Runtime: 79 min.
U.S. 1949. Drama by Max Ophüls with James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks. The tragic adventures of a teenager in the grip of an unscrupulous adventurer.
Runtime: 82 min.
U.S. 1949. Mores drama by Vincente Minnelli with Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin. After marrying a doctor who cannot offer her the luxurious life she craves, a country girl multiplies her extra-marital affairs.
Runtime: 114 min.
U.S. 1949. Drama by Mervyn LeRoy with Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Ava Gardner. A married man is accused of murdering his mistress.
Runtime: 108 min.
U.S. 1949. Psychological drama by Max Ophüls with James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan. An ambitious young woman marries an industrialist and then falls in love with a local doctor.
Runtime: 97 min.
G.-B. 1947. Drama by Lawrence Huntington with James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason. An eminent neurosurgeon hunts down and punishes the man responsible for the death of his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1946. Psychological drama by Arthur Crabtree with James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Hugh Sinclair. The married life of three sisters.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1946. Melodrama by Anthony Asquith with Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Stewart Granger. A young girl is subjected to the charms of a despicable and criminal seducer.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 1946. Crime drama by Carol Reed with James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton. Wounded during a robbery, the leader of a political organization wanders the streets of Belfast.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1945. Spy drama by Lance Comfort, Mutz Greenbaum with James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell. A young man, staying in a hotel for his vacation, is wrongly suspected of espionage.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1945. Psychological drama by Compton Bennett with James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom. A psychiatrist tries to discover the causes of a pianist's instability.
Runtime: 94 min.
G.-B. 1943. Sentimental drama by Leslie Arliss with Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Stewart Granger. In the nineteenth century, a young soldier discovers that his mother was the mistress of his fianc?e's father.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1943. War drama by Basil Dearden with Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend. The tribulations of auxiliary firefighters during the bombing of London.
G.-B. 1942. Psychological drama by Lance Comfort with James Mason, Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr. A selfish, vain and cruel man drives his family to despair and moral decay.
Runtime: 102 min.
G.-B. 1942. Spy drama by Harold French with Hugh Williams, James Mason, Carla Lehman. The work of four allied spies in France during the war.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Night Has Eyes

V.O.: Terror House
G.-B. 1942. Horror by Leslie Arliss with James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Mary Clare. On a stormy night, two teachers find refuge in a composer's house where they discover the skeleton of a missing companion.
Runtime: 79 min.
Runtime: 77 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
G.-B. 1937. Adventures by Hanns Schwarz with Barry K. Barnes, James Mason, Sophie Stewart.
Runtime: 94 min.

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