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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

British actor, director and producer (1907-1989)
May 22, 1907 (July 11, 1989)

Ghost Town Anthology

V.O.: Répertoire des villes disparues
Can. 2019. Fantasy by Denis Côté with Robert Naylor, Diane Lavallée, Josée Deschênes. A strange road accident triggers a series of unusual events in a Quebec village in the throes of winter.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 2004. Science-fiction by Kerry Conran with Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie. In 1939, an intrepid aviator and a reckless journalist try to stop a mad scientist who wants to destroy the world.
Runtime: 106 min.
G.-B. 1989. War drama by Derek Jarman with Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier. A poetic meditation on the horrors of war, set to a requiem by Benjamin Britten.
Runtime: 92 min.
G.-B. 1987. Psychological drama by Robert Knights with Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi. A young art critic goes to meet an eccentric old painter who lives in the country with two young women.
Runtime: 80 min.
G.-B. 1984. Spy drama by Terence Young with Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George. An English defector is sent back to his country by the Russians to recover a compromising list.
Runtime: 94 min.
G.-B. 1984. Adventures by Roger Donaldson with Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Daniel Day-Lewis. In 1787 during a voyage, the tyranny of the commander of the Bounty provokes a revolt among the crew.
Runtime: 130 min.
G.-B. 1983. Police comedy by Alvin Rakoff with Angela Lansbury, Laurence Olivier, Hildegard Neil. A woman who writes crime novels leads her own investigation when she is suspected of murder.
Runtime: 80 min.
Cor.S. 1982. War drama by Terence Young with Laurence Olivier, Ben Gazzara, Jacqueline Bisset.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 1982. Psychological drama by Alvin Rakoff with Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher. A writer recalls the memory of his father, a brilliant and eccentric lawyer who was also blind.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 118 min.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1979. Sentimental comedy by George Roy Hill with Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Laurence Olivier.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 1979. Fantasy by John Badham with Frank Langella, Kate Nelligan, Laurence Olivier.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1978. Drama by Daniel Petrie with Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall. A car magnate calls on the services of a racing car manufacturer and driver to build a new model.
Runtime: 125 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.
G.-B. 1976. Psychological drama by Robert Moore with Laurence Olivier, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner. Conflicts arise between members of a wealthy family in the American South.
Runtime: 100 min.
G.-B. 1976. Police comedy by Herbert Ross with Nicol Williamson, Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall. Dr. Sigmund Freud and Detective Sherlock Holmes join forces to solve a kidnapping case.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1976. Thriller by John Schlesinger with Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Marthe Keller. The life of an American student is disrupted by the accidental death of a German.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 1975. Mores comedy by George Cukor with Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely. A prominent London lawyer is consulted by a wealthy widow whom he has secretly loved for fifty years.
G.-B. 1972. Police comedy by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine. A mystery writer invites his wife's lover to his mansion to discuss the situation amicably.
Runtime: 139 min.
G.-B. 1971. History by Franklin J. Schaffner with Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews. A look at the life of the last tsar of Russia.
Runtime: 183 min.
G.-B. 1970. Psychological drama by Laurence Olivier with Joan Plowright, Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell.
Runtime: 165 min.
G.-B. 1969. War drama by Guy Hamilton with Laurence Olivier, Robert Shaw, Michael Caine. Air combat in the skies over England during the summer of 1940.
Runtime: 133 min.
U.S. 1968. Religious drama by Michael Anderson with Anthony Quinn, Oskar Werner, Lee McKern. A Russian bishop released from a labour camp goes to Rome and is elected pope.
Runtime: 162 min.
It. 1968. Sentimental drama by Franco Zeffirelli with Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Milo O'Shea. Two teenagers fall in love with each other despite the hatred that divides their families.
Runtime: 140 min.
G.-B. 1965. History by Basil Dearden with Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson. A Muslim agitator lay siege to the city of Khartoum defended by a British garrison.
Runtime: 134 min.
U.S. 1965. Thriller by Otto Preminger with Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier. A young woman claims that her daughter has disappeared from a preschool.
Runtime: 107 min.
G.-B. 1965. Docufiction by Stuart Burge with Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith.
Runtime: 170 min.
G.-B. 1962. Psychological drama by Peter Glenville with Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles. Out of spite, a student accuses her professor of misconduct with her.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1961. Psychological drama by Marc Daniels with Laurence Olivier, George C. Scott, Julie Harris.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1960. Epic by Stanley Kubrick with Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons. In 73 BC, the gladiator Spartacus became the leader of a revolt against the Romans.
Runtime: 189 min.
G.-B. 1960. Psychological drama by Tony Richardson with Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Brenda de Banzie. In the forties, the decline of a selfish and mediocre music hall artist.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1959. Dramatic comedy by Guy Hamilton with Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Laurence Olivier. In 1777, an American pastor is led to take up arms following an act of injustice by a British general.
Runtime: 82 min.
G.-B. 1956. Satire by Laurence Olivier with Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Sybil Thorndike. A grand duke decides to relieve his boredom with an American dancer.
Runtime: 116 min.
G.-B. 1955. History by Laurence Olivier with Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom. The murderous and intrigue-laden career of a king of England in the fifteenth century.
G.-B. 1953. Drama by Peter Brook with Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, Dorothy Tutin. In a London prison, a crook, sentenced to death, meets a musician who is inspired by him to compose an opera.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1952. Psychological drama by William Wyler with Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins. A middle-aged man sinks into decay, after leaving home to join a young girl.
Runtime: 98 min.
G.-B. 1948. Drama by Laurence Olivier with Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Basil Sydney. Convinced that he must kill his uncle to avenge his father, Hamlet cannot bring himself to complete the fatal act.
Runtime: 153 min.
G.-B. 1945. History by Laurence Olivier with Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks. Portrayal of the military campaign undertaken by King Henry V of England to support his claims to the crown of France.
Runtime: 137 min.
G.-B. 1943. Dramatic comedy by Anthony Asquith with Laurence Olivier, Penelope Ward, Margaret Rutherford. A Russian engineer comes to England on business and is disconcerted by his hosts' way of life.
G.-B. 1941. History by Alexander Korda with Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray. The scandalous life of a poor woman who becomes the wife of a lord and the mistress of Admiral Nelson.
Runtime: 126 min.
U.S. 1940. Mores drama by Robert Z. Leonard with Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland.
Runtime: 115 min.
G.-B. 1940. War drama by Michael Powell with Laurence Olivier, Eric Portman, Leslie Howard.
Runtime: 123 min.
G.-B. 1940. War drama by Michael Powell with Laurence Olivier, Eric Portman, Leslie Howard.
G.-B. 1939. Spy drama by Tim Whelan with Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson.
Runtime: 82 min.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 1938. Sentimental drama by William Wyler with Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven.
Runtime: 104 min.
G.-B. 1937. Mores comedy by Tim Whelan with Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
G.-B. 1937. Drama by Basil Dean with Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks.
Runtime: 72 min.
Runtime: 96 min.

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