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List of the best Robert Morley movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Robert Morley's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Robert Morley movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Robert Morley movies will be at the top of the list. Robert Morley has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Robert Morley movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Robert Morley films to end the squabble once and for all.
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This is a list that features films like Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? and Hotel Paradiso.
"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Robert Morley movies?" and "What are the greatest Robert Morley roles of all time?"
Robert Morley worked with many famous directors, including big names like C.M. Pennington-Richards and Otto Preminger.
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The African QueenKatharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Morley The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The ...more
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Murder at the GallopRobert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Flora Robson Murder at the Gallop is the second of four Miss Marple films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on the novel After the Funeral by Agatha Christie, and starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss ...more
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Around the World in 80 DaysFrank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Marlene Dietrich Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 Technicolor epic action adventure comedy film starring David Niven and Cantinflas, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. The ...more
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CromwellAlec Guinness, Richard Harris, Timothy Dalton Cromwell is a British 1970 historical drama film, based on the life of Oliver Cromwell who led the Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain ...more
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Beat the DevilHumphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre Beat the Devil is a 1953 film directed by John Huston. The screenplay was by Huston and Truman Capote, loosely based upon a novel of the same name by British journalist Claud Cockburn, writing ...more
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Jacqueline Bissett, George Segal, Robert Morley Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a 1978 comedy mystery film starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Morley. It is based on the novel Someone is Killing the Great Chefs ...more
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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying MachinesBenny Hill, Red Skelton, Sarah Miles Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a 1965 British comedy film starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, ...more
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Alice in WonderlandRingo Starr, John Stamos, Sammy Davis Alice in Wonderland is a two-part film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice books. An Irwin Allen production, it was a special made for television and used a huge all-star cast of notable actors ...more
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TopkapiPeter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley Topkapi is a heist film made by Filmways Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by the emigre American film director Jules Dassin. The film is based on Eric ...more
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A Study in TerrorJudi Dench, Barbara Windsor, Anthony Quayle A Study in Terror is a 1965 British thriller film directed by James Hill and starring John Neville as Sherlock Holmes and Donald Houston as Dr. Watson. It was filmed at Shepperton Studios, ...more
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Beau BrummellElizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Stewart Granger Beau Brummell is a historical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Sam Zimbalist from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg, based on the play Beau ...more
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Theatre of BloodVincent Price, Diana Rigg, Harry Andrews Theater of Blood is a 1973 horror film starring Vincent Price as vengeful actor Edward Lionheart and Diana Rigg as his daughter Edwina. The cast includes such distinguished actors as Harry ...more
The Road to Hong KongBob Hope, Peter Sellers, Dean Martin The Road to Hong Kong is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Norman Panama and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, as well as Joan Collins, with a cameo featuring Dorothy Lamour. This was the ...more
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The Great Muppet CaperJohn Cleese, Diana Rigg, Jim Henson The Great Muppet Caper is a 1981 mystery musical comedy film directed by Jim Henson. It is the second of a series of live-action musical feature films, starring Jim Henson's Muppets. This film ...more
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The Adventures of Quentin DurwardRobert Taylor, Robert Morley, Wilfrid Hyde-White The Adventures of Quentin Durward, known also as Quentin Durward, is a 1955 historical film released by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay ...more
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Of Human BondageKim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Robert Morley Of Human Bondage is a 1964 British drama film directed by Ken Hughes. The MGM release, the third screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel, was written by Bryan Forbes.
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Great ExpectationsMichael York, Sarah Miles, Anthony Quayle Great Expectations is a 1974 film made for television based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was directed by Joseph Hardy, with screenwriter Sherman Yellen and music by Maurice ...more
Major BarbaraDeborah Kerr, Rex Harrison, Wendy Hiller Major Barbara is a 1941 British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The film was produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal and edited by David Lean. It was adapted for the screen by ...more
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The Doctor's DilemmaLeslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim The Doctor's Dilemma is a 1958 British comedy drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, Robert Morley and Terence Alexander. It is based on ...more
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Doctor in TroubleLeslie Phillips, Joan Sims, John Le Mesurier Doctor in Trouble is a 1970 British comedy film, the seventh and last film in the Doctor series. It was directed by Ralph Thomas and stars Leslie Phillips as a doctor who gets accidentally ...more
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High Road to ChinaTom Selleck, Wilford Brimley, Brian Blessed High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-romance film, set in the 1920s, starring Tom Selleck as a hard-drinking biplane pilot hired by society heiress Eve "Evie" Tozer to find her ...more
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The Ghosts of Berkeley SquareRobert Morley, Felix Aylmer The Ghosts of Berkeley Square is a 1947 British comedy film, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Robert Morley and Felix Aylmer. The film is an adaptation of the novel No Nightingales by ...more
Outcast of the IslandsTrevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Ralph Richardson Outcast of the Islands is a 1951 film directed by Carol Reed based on Joseph Conrad's novel An Outcast of the Islands. The film features Robert Morley, Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, and Wendy ...more
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Some Girls DoJoanna Lumley, Daliah Lavi, Robert Morley Some Girls Do is a 1969 British comedy spy film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was the second of the revamped Bulldog Drummond films starring Richard Johnson as Drummond, made following the ...more
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The Loved OneJames Coburn, Milton Berle, John Gielgud The Loved One is a 1965 black and white comedy film about the funeral business in Los Angeles, which is based on The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy, a short satirical novel by Evelyn ...more
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The Blue BirdElizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner The Blue Bird is a 1976 American/Soviet fantasy film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes, and Aleksei Kapler is based on L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice ...more
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LibelOlivia de Havilland, Robert Shaw, Dirk Bogarde Libel is a 1959 British drama film. It stars Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Robert Morley. The film's screenplay was written by Anatole de Grunwald and ...more
Oscar WildeRobert Morley, Phyllis Calvert Oscar Wilde is a 1960 biographical film about Oscar Wilde, made by Vantage Films and released by 20th Century Fox.
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The Old Dark HouseRobert Morley, Joyce Grenfell, Tom Poston The Old Dark House is a comedy-horror film directed by William Castle. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name directed by James Whale. The film was based on the novel by J. B. ...more
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Genghis KhanOmar Sharif, Eli Wallach, Telly Savalas Genghis Khan is a 1965 film depicting the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan. It was released in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1965 by Columbia Pictures, it was ...more
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The Sheriff of Fractured JawJayne Mansfield, Sid James, Kenneth More The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw is a 1958 British/American CinemaScope Western comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Kenneth More and Jayne Mansfield. Mansfield's singing voice is dubbed by ...more
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The Young Mr PittHerbert Lom, Robert Donat, Robert Morley The Young Mr Pitt is a 1942 British biographical film, directed by Carol Reed and starring Robert Donat, Robert Morley and John Mills. Made in black-and-white, it was produced by Edward Black ...more
Marie AntoinetteTyrone Power, Norma Shearer, John Barrymore Marie Antoinette is a 1938 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette. Based upon the 1932 biography of the ill-fated ...more
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I Live in Grosvenor SquareRex Harrison, Dean Jagger, Robert Morley I Live in Grosvenor Square is a British war film, directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox—a forerunner of his "London films" collaboration with his wife, actress Anna Neagle. The film ...more
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The BoysRichard Todd, Wilfrid Brambell, Robert Morley The Boys is a 1962 British courtroom drama film, directed by Sidney J. Furie and with a screenplay by Stuart Douglass.
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When Eight Bells TollAnthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley When Eight Bells Toll is a 1971 action film set in Scotland, based upon Scottish author Alistair MacLean's 1965 novel of the same name. Producer Elliott Kastner planned to produce a string of ...more
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Way...Way OutJerry Lewis, James Brolin, Anita Ekberg Way...Way Out is a 1966 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis and released by 20th Century Fox on October 21, 1966. The film was both a critical and commercial flop.
The Alphabet MurdersAnita Ekberg, Tony Randall, Julian Glover The Alphabet Murders is a British detective film based on the novel The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie, starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot.
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Oh! Heavenly DogChevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif Oh! Heavenly Dog is a 1980 comedy film written by Rod Browning. The film stars Benjean, billed here as Benji, Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour and Omar Sharif. The film was directed by Joe Camp and ...more
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Hot MillionsMaggie Smith, Bob Newhart, Cesar Romero Hot Millions is a 1968 caper story made by MGM. It was directed by Eric Till and produced by Mildred Freed Alberg, from a collaborative screenplay by Ira Wallach and star Peter Ustinov. The ...more
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MelbaRobert Morley, John McCallum, Patrice Munsel Melba is a 1953 musical biopic drama film of the life of Australian-born soprano Nellie Melba, written by Harry Kurnitz and directed by Lewis Milestone for Horizon Pictures, marking the film ...more
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Hot Enough for JuneDirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, John Le Mesurier Hot Enough for June is a 1964 British spy comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas, and featuring Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina in her English film debut, Robert Morley and Leo McKern. It is based on ...more
The Battle of the SexesPeter Sellers, Donald Pleasence, Robert Morley The Battle of the Sexes is a 1959 British black and white comedy film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Charles Crichton, based on the short story The Catbird Seat, by James Thurber. The ...more
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Hotel ParadisoAlec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley Hotel Paradiso is a Metrocolor 1966 film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Panavision. It was directed by Peter Glenville and based on the play L'Hôtel du libre échange by Maurice ...more
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The Story of Gilbert and SullivanPeter Finch, Robert Morley, Maurice Evans The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan is a 1953 British technicolor film that dramatises the story of the collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan authored 14 ...more
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The Final TestJack Warner, Robert Morley The Final Test is a 1953 British sports film written by Terence Rattigan, directed by Anthony Asquith, and starring Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph and Ray Jackson. A number of leading ...more
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Second Time LuckyRobert Morley, Diane Franklin, Robert Helpmann Second Time Lucky is a 1984 comedy about God and the Devil making a bet which sees a couple plunged back into the Garden of Eden, Ancient Rome, World War I and the 1920s.
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The Trouble with SpiesDonald Sutherland, Ned Beatty, Ruth Gordon The Trouble with Spies is a 1987 film directed by Burt Kennedy. A spy spoof comedy, it stars Donald Sutherland and Ned Beatty. The film was shot in 1984, but not released until three years ...more
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Ladies Who DoHarry H. Corbett, Robert Morley, Dandy Nichols Ladies Who Do is a 1963 British comedy film starring Peggy Mount, Robert Morley and Harry H. Corbett.
