Which 1948 film starring Robert Donat was about a father seeking to prove the innocence of his naval cadet son who had been expelled for theft?
"The Winslow Boy (1948 film) The Winslow Boy is a 1948 British film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play ""The Winslow Boy"". It was made by De Grunwald Productions and distributed by the British Lion Film Corporation. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwald with Teddy Baird as associate producer. The adapted screenplay was written by de Grunwald and Rattigan based on Rattigan's play. The music score was by William Alwyn and the cinematography by Freddie Young. The film stars Robert Donat, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Margaret Leighton with Basil Radford, Kathleen Harrison, Francis L. Sullivan,"
"Captain Boycott (film) Captain Boycott is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Frank Launder and starring Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim and Cecil Parker. Robert Donat makes a cameo appearance as Charles Stuart Parnell. During the period of Irish history known as the Land War, Irish tenant farmers agitated for land reform with lower rents and increased tenants' rights, especially from absentee English landlords. They particularly resented evictions. Some resorted to the gun to achieve justice, but others, inspired by the Irish statesman Charles Stewart Parnell (played in a cameo role by Robert Donat), shunned"
"IMDb gave the movie a 6.6/10 rating. Film 4 reviews however, while describing the movie as ‘by turns enlightening and inspiring’ felt that it had missed the point somewhat, and that ‘its characters are a little too quaint and good to convince…while the script remains curiously unfocused.’ Captain Boycott (film) Captain Boycott is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Frank Launder and starring Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim and Cecil Parker. Robert Donat makes a cameo appearance as Charles Stuart Parnell. During the period of Irish history known as the Land War, Irish tenant farmers"
"it could be used for a sieve"". However, it also admitted that, ""for all its excesses, it still packs a fair load of excitement ..."" and ""is fun ... due largely to the gusto that Mr. Donat brings to the film."" ""Variety"" reviewed the film on 4 August 1943. Later reviews considered the light fare at least a pleasurable Donat feature, enriched by his ""lively performance."" The Adventures of Tartu The Adventures of Tartu (alternate British title and American release title: Sabotage Agent, aka Tartu), is a 1943 British Second World War spy film starring Robert Donat. It was a"
"in a famous scene with Donat in which the latter (cast as a barrister) harries and bullies the boy to satisfy himself of the boy's innocence before agreeing to accept the brief. North went on to appear in minor roles in the films ""Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill"" (1948), ""Britannia Mews"" (1949), ""Traveller's Joy"" (1949) and ""Tom Brown's Schooldays"" (1951). At some point in or around 1951, North was called up for compulsory national service, but failed to report on the specified date. Knowing that the British authorities would be on his trail, he fled initially to the Republic of"
"My Son John My Son John is a 1952 American drama film, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Robert Walker as a suspected Communist spy. The strongly anti-Communist film, produced during the height of McCarthyism, received an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story. The nomination was later viewed as a possible attempt by the motion picture industry to signal its loyalty to the anti-Communist campaign then underway. In uniform, Chuck and Ben Jefferson, strapping blonds who played high school football, attend Sunday Mass with their parents before leaving for army service in Korea. Their older brother, John sends regrets"
"Chipping, Donat received the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1939. In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked Mr. Chipping the 41st greatest film hero of all time. For the first time in 58 years because of a cold, retired schoolteacher Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) misses a first-day assembly at Brookfield Public School. That afternoon he falls asleep in his chair and his teaching career is related in flashback. When 25-year-old Charles Edward Chipping first arrives as a Latin teacher in 1870, he becomes a target of practical jokes on his first day. He reacts by imposing strict discipline in"
"The Adventures of Tartu The Adventures of Tartu (alternate British title and American release title: Sabotage Agent, aka Tartu), is a 1943 British Second World War spy film starring Robert Donat. It was a morale booster of the era portraying Nazis as highly corruptible due to their desire to seduce women and to gain personal advancement. British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday wartime job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu,"
"to play a lead role. Donat battled ill health during pre-production. The production was shot at Shepperton Studios, with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton. Trade papers called the film a ""notable box office attraction"" in British cinemas in 1950. The Cure for Love The Cure for Love is a 1949 British comedy film starring and directed by Robert Donat. The cast also includes Renee Asherson and Dora Bryan. The film was based on a hit play of the same name by Walter Greenwood about a mild-mannered soldier returning home after the Second World War. Donat had appeared"
"while remaining tendentious to the core, relentlessly unfunny and starkly melodramatic"". My Son John My Son John is a 1952 American drama film, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Robert Walker as a suspected Communist spy. The strongly anti-Communist film, produced during the height of McCarthyism, received an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story. The nomination was later viewed as a possible attempt by the motion picture industry to signal its loyalty to the anti-Communist campaign then underway. In uniform, Chuck and Ben Jefferson, strapping blonds who played high school football, attend Sunday Mass with their parents before leaving"
"River Patrol (film) River Patrol is a 1948 British crime film directed by Ben R. Hart and starring John Blythe, Lorna Dean, and Wally Patch. The screenplay concerns a group of undercover British customs officer who investigate a gang of nylon smugglers. It was made by Hammer Film Productions as a supporting feature. It was made at Marylebone Studios in London. It is notable for being one of the earliest films made by Hammer following its relaunch after the Second World War. Two British police officers, Robby and Jean, go undercover, pretending to be husband and wife in order to"
"between his daughter Catherine, an outspoken supporter of the cause of women's suffrage, and Captain John Watherstone. The family and guests are toasting the upcoming marriage when Arthur discovers that his youngest son Ronnie, a 13-year-old cadet at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, is unexpectedly home. Ronnie has been accused of the theft of a postal order. An internal enquiry, conducted without notice to his family and without benefit of representation, finds him guilty and Mr. Winslow is ""requested to withdraw"" his son from the college (the formula of the day for expulsion). Ronnie proclaims his innocence and his father"
"The Cure for Love The Cure for Love is a 1949 British comedy film starring and directed by Robert Donat. The cast also includes Renee Asherson and Dora Bryan. The film was based on a hit play of the same name by Walter Greenwood about a mild-mannered soldier returning home after the Second World War. Donat had appeared in the stage play in 1945. In 1948 it was announced he would make a film version for Alexander Korda. It was his sole feature credit as director, although he had directed on stage. Francis Wignall was chosen out of 3,000 boys"
"the play premiered in 1946, it is not possible for a four-year-old to have played that role. Rebecca Pidgeon, who plays Catherine, is the wife of playwright and director David Mamet. Matthew Pidgeon, who plays Dickie Winslow (Catherine's brother), is Rebecca Pidgeon's real-life brother. Set against the strict codes of conduct and manners of the age, ""The Winslow Boy"" is based on a father's fight to clear his son's name after the boy is expelled from Osborne Naval College for stealing a postal order. To clear the boy's name was imperative for the family's honour; had they not done so,"
"The Dude Goes West The Dude Goes West is a 1948 film starring Eddie Albert and Gale Storm from King Brothers Productions. It was directed by Kurt Neumann and released by Monogram Pictures. The movie was originally known as ""Tombstone"". A gunsmith and a marksman, Daniel Bone closes up his Brooklyn, New York business and travels west, where he feels he belongs. On a train, he encounters passenger Liza Crockett, then sees her purse being stolen by a man Dan confronts, disarms and throws off the train. The man turns out to be a notorious outlaw, the Pecos Kid, who"
"play by Martin Flavin] supplies plenty of polish and good dialog to see it through."" Convicted (1950 film) Convicted is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Henry Levin starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford. It was the third Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play ""The Criminal Code"" by Martin Flavin, following Howard Hawk's ""The Criminal Code"" (1931) and John Brahm's ""Penitentiary"" (1938). The prison drama tells of Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford), a man convicted of manslaughter. George Knowland (Broderick Crawford) is the warden who understands Hufford and tries to help him adjust to prison life."
"Dreamboat (film) Dreamboat is a 1952 American comedy film starring Clifton Webb as a college professor with a past he would rather remain hidden. The respectable lives of Professor of English literature, Thornton Sayre, and his daughter, Carol, are severely disrupted when it is revealed that he was once a matinee idol known as ""Dreamboat"". His films are being shown on a television show hosted by his former costar Gloria Marlowe. The college administrators clamor for his resignation, but President Mathilda May Coffey requests and is given discretionary power to decide what to do. In private, she admits to Thornton"
"Donat's son, John Donat, (1933–2004), was an architectural photographer, and actors Peter Donat and Richard Donat are his nephews. Robert Donat Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English film and stage actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's ""The 39 Steps"" (1935) and ""Goodbye, Mr. Chips"" (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor. In his book, ""The Age of the Dream Palace, Jeffrey Richards"" wrote that Donat was ""The British cinema's one undisputed romantic leading man in the 1930s"". ""The image he projected was that of"
"where he briefly sees George Jr. before the latter goes to Korea. The Army reports that George Jr. is missing in action, and his father drunkenly blames Martin. Martin's former superior, who has rejoined the military, asks Martin to join him; although eligible for exemptions, he agrees. Jack and Carrie marry during a furlough before he also goes overseas. I Want You (1951 film) I Want You is a 1951 film directed by Mark Robson taking place in America during the Korean War. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound (Gordon E. Sawyer). In the ""early"
"Marie Lohr and Jack Watling (who was also in the original West End theatre production). Also in the cast are Stanley Holloway, Mona Washbourne, Ernest Thesiger, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lewis Casson, Cyril Ritchard and Dandy Nichols. Neil North, who plays the title role, also appeared in the 1999 film adaptation directed by David Mamet. Set against the strict codes of conduct and manners of the age, ""The Winslow Boy"" is based on a father's fight to clear his son's name. The boy (Ronnie) is expelled from Osborne Naval College for supposedly stealing a five shilling postal order, without receiving a fair"
"to death, but escapes in time to take part in a battle that eliminates the threat to America, winning the admiration and affection of Anne. Barbary Pirate (film) Barbary Pirate is a 1949 American swashbuckler film starring Donald Woods and Trudy Marshall, directed by Lew Landers. Major Tom Blake of the United States Army is assigned by the first United States Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson to go undercover and discover who's been attacking American merchant ships after the American Revolutionary War's come to an end. Blake, calling himself ""Brighton,"" boards a vessel and alienates two patriotic passengers, Anne"
"Captain Kidd (film) Captain Kidd is a 1945 adventure film starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton. It was directed by Rowland V. Lee, his last before he retired, and produced by Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser. The music was conducted by Werner Janssen. The film was released by United Artists. It has entered the public domain because the producers neglected to renew the copyright in 1972. In his memoirs, Nikita Khrushchev noted that this was one of Joseph Stalin's favorite films, and that Stalin identified with the mischievous captain. In 1699, pirate William Kidd (Charles Laughton) loots and"
"depictions of venereal disease, female anatomy, pregnancy, and childbirth. This film, as with many exploitation films of the period, was influenced by the film ""Mom and Dad"" (1945). Street Corner (1948 film) Street Corner is a 1948 American exploitation film directed by Albert H. Kelley, produced by Wilshire Pictures, and featuring Johnny Duncan, Eddie Gribbon, Marcia Mae Jones, and Milton Ross. It was released on DVD in 2003 by Something Weird Video. Narrated to the viewing audience in flash back format by a sympathetic family doctor (after beginning with a trial in which an unnamed older woman is sentenced to"
"Kidnapped (1948 film) Kidnapped is a 1948 drama directed by William Beaudine, starring Roddy McDowall, Sue England and Dan O'Herlihy. The former child star McDowall plays David Balfour in the story about a young man cheated out of his birthright by his wicked, covetous uncle Ebenezer (Houseley Stevenson). Scotland, 1751: At a stately manor near Edinburgh, the young David Balfour arrives with a sealed letter from his recently deceased father for Ebenezer, his uncle. It is meant to be delivered to a family lawyer to introduce David as the rightful heir to the property. After slyly trying to kill his"
"Great Caruso"" (1951), ""My Pal Gus"" (1952), ""Sirocco"" (1951), and ""Torn Curtain"" (1966). Donath played the father of entertainer Al Jolson (Larry Parks) in the two biopics ""The Jolson Story"" (1946) and ""Jolson Sings Again"" (1949), although he was less than 15 years older than Parks as Jolson. He also appeared frequently on television and on Broadway. He died of leukemia in 1967. Ludwig Donath Ludwig Donath (6 March 1900 – 29 September 1967), was an Austrian actor who appeared in many American films. Born to a Jewish family Donath graduated from Vienna's Academy of Dramatic Art and became a"
"The Pirate (1948 film) The Pirate is a 1948 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With songs by Cole Porter, it stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly with costars Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, and George Zucco. Manuela Alva (Judy Garland), who lives in the small Caribbean village of Calvados, dreams of being swept away by the legendary Pirate, Mack ""the Black"" Macoco. However, her aunt and uncle (who have raised her) insist that she marry the town mayor, the rotund and bullying Don Pedro (Walter Slezak). Shortly before her wedding, Manuela visits a nearby town, Port Sebastian. A"
"attorney for Connecticut in Fairfield County. During his last year as county prosecutor, a vagrant and discharged army soldier, Harold Israel, was indicted for the murder in Bridgeport of Father Hubert Dahme, a popular parish priest. Despite police evidence that included a confession and a .32 revolver, which the suspect had and which produced a fired cartridge consistent with the bullet in the deceased, Cummings conducted a thorough investigation of the crime. He eventually found Israel innocent and dropped the indictment. In 1931, the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (the Wickersham Commission) praised this act. A 1947 film"
"River of No Return River of No Return is a 1954 American Western film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay by Frank Fenton is based on a story by Louis Lantz, who borrowed his premise from the 1948 Italian film ""Bicycle Thieves"". It was made in Technicolor and CinemaScope and released by 20th Century Fox. Set in the Northwestern United States in 1875, the film focuses on taciturn widower Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum), who has recently been released from prison after serving time for killing one man while defending another. He arrives in"
"Street Corner (1948 film) Street Corner is a 1948 American exploitation film directed by Albert H. Kelley, produced by Wilshire Pictures, and featuring Johnny Duncan, Eddie Gribbon, Marcia Mae Jones, and Milton Ross. It was released on DVD in 2003 by Something Weird Video. Narrated to the viewing audience in flash back format by a sympathetic family doctor (after beginning with a trial in which an unnamed older woman is sentenced to 10 years in prison for an undisclosed crime), the movie revolves around Lois Marsh, a high school girl who discovers that she is pregnant by her boyfriend, Bob"
"Matt, Father Dunne is gets solace from all the boys waiting for him when he returns to the home, all of which he has saved. RKO announced that they would be releasing the film for industry screenings on May 11, 1948. The film had two working titles, ""Father Dunne's Newsboys Home"" and ""Father Dunne's Home"". Actor Roddy McDowall screen-tested for the cast, but did not appear in the film. In May 1948, Matthew L. Davis sued RKO for $300,000, stating his reputation had been damaged by the portrayal of the character Matt Davis (played by Darryl Hickman) in the film."
"in self-defense. When he decides to turn himself in to the law, Mary and others from Middleton say they'll vouch for his character and expect his return. Slippy McGee (1948 film) Slippy McGee is a 1948 American crime film directed by Albert H. Kelley, written by Jerome Gruskin and Norman S. Hall, and starring Don ""Red"" Barry, Dale Evans, Tom Brown, Harry Cheshire, James Seay and Murray Alper. It was released on January 15, 1948, by Republic Pictures. After he and a pair of accomplices, Al and Red, pull a $50,000 diamond heist, Slippy McGee separates from them and plans"
"loss to the studio of $2,290,000. The Pirate (1948 film) The Pirate is a 1948 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. With songs by Cole Porter, it stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly with costars Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, and George Zucco. Manuela Alva (Judy Garland), who lives in the small Caribbean village of Calvados, dreams of being swept away by the legendary Pirate, Mack ""the Black"" Macoco. However, her aunt and uncle (who have raised her) insist that she marry the town mayor, the rotund and bullying Don Pedro (Walter Slezak). Shortly before her wedding, Manuela visits"
"of the TV series ""M*A*S*H"" (S05E21, Movie Tonight), Col. Potter uses this movie to help boost camp morale; leading the entire viewing party to reenact the climactic gun fight which is then ""broken up"" when a bus carrying wounded soldiers arrives at the camp. My Darling Clementine My Darling Clementine is a 1946 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the OK Corral. The ensemble cast also features Victor Mature (as Doc Holliday), Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Cathy Downs and Ward Bond."