Jack Cardiff Movies

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

Filmed in 1938, less than a decade before Indian independence, Delhi has a curious tale to tell. ‘Delhi’, the viewer is informed,...

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.

A crew of land locked pirates, led by the aptly named Peg, go in search of buried treasure hidden by the treacherous Mudhook and his twin brother....

A dying man in a roadside diner tells the other patrons about money he has hidden in four places. But instead of directions, he leaves them only...

Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to and from school. Scott and his pony soon become an...

A short that follows the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), the legendary archer and hero from Switzerland.

While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.

Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her stepfather believes this is a wonderful environment for her...

A man betrays his best friend, a member of a terrorist organisation, to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation.

Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king...

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to...

The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.

A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.

A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder.

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist...

A portrait of the 30 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. With comments by their friends and family.

The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are...