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Jack Hawkins was an English actor born in 1910, known for his roles in popular films such as Ben-Hur and Lawrence of Arabia. His career spanned over four decades and he was highly regarded for his commanding on-screen presence and versatile acting abilities. Hawkins passed away in 1973.
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in th...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into s...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but C...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Bai...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a resident...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb unfolds the extraordinary story of the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and asks: was it really love that brought them together – and was it lo...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. T...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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