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Movies: Curious Remakes

by qempyrean • Created 2 years ago • Modified 4 months ago
Unheralded and/or forgotten remakes from the mid-20th century.
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  • The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

    1. The Charge of the Light Brigade

    19682h 19mPG-13
    6.6 (4.1K)
    In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.
    DirectorTony RichardsonStarsTrevor HowardVanessa RedgraveJohn Gielgud
  • James Mason, Catherine Deneuve, Ava Gardner, and Omar Sharif in Mayerling (1968)

    2. Mayerling

    19682h 20mPG-13
    6.1 (1.9K)
    Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
    DirectorTerence YoungStarsOmar SharifCatherine DeneuveJames Mason
  • Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

    3. Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    19692h 35mG61Metascore
    6.8 (4.1K)
    This musical version of James Hilton's novel concerns shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher Arthur Chipping, who falls for flashy showgirl Katherine Bridges while teaching at Brookfield Boys' School outside London in the 1920's.
    DirectorHerbert RossStarsPeter O'ToolePetula ClarkMichael Redgrave
  • Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Bing Crosby, Van Heflin, Slim Pickens, Mike Connors, Alex Cord, Robert Cummings, Stefanie Powers, and Keenan Wynn in Stagecoach (1966)

    4. Stagecoach

    19661h 55mApproved
    6.1 (2.4K)
    On the stagecoach to Cheyenne, a mixed group of passengers must work together to survive the arduous journey and the Indian attacks.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsAnn-MargretAlex CordRed Buttons
  • Of Human Bondage (1964)

    5. Of Human Bondage

    19641h 40mApproved
    6.5 (1.2K)
    A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.
    DirectorsKen HughesHenry HathawayBryan ForbesStarsKim NovakLaurence HarveyRobert Morley
  • David Niven and June Allyson in My Man Godfrey (1957)

    6. My Man Godfrey

    19571h 32mApproved
    6.2 (1.2K)
    The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsJune AllysonDavid NivenJessie Royce Landis
  • Bing Crosby and Coleen Gray in Riding High (1950)

    7. Riding High

    19501h 52mApproved
    6.2 (614)
    A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsBing CrosbyColeen GrayCharles Bickford
  • The Spiral Staircase (1975)

    8. The Spiral Staircase

    19751h 29mApproved
    4.7 (622)
    In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?
    DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsJacqueline BissetChristopher PlummerJohn Phillip Law
  • David Warner, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, and Robert Powell in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

    9. The Thirty Nine Steps

    19781h 42mPG
    6.6 (3K)
    In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.
    DirectorDon SharpStarsRobert PowellDavid WarnerEric Porter
  • Elliott Gould, Angela Lansbury, Cybill Shepherd, Herbert Lom, Jean Anderson, Ian Carmichael, Gerald Harper, Arthur Lowe, and Jenny Runacre in The Lady Vanishes (1979)

    10. The Lady Vanishes

    19791h 35mPG42Metascore
    6.0 (3.2K)
    On a train in Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly befriends older nanny Miss Froy. When Miss Froy vanishes, everyone Amanda asks denies having seen her. Eventually, Amanda persuades American photographer Bob Condon to help her search.
    DirectorAnthony PageStarsElliott GouldCybill ShepherdAngela Lansbury
  • The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)

    11. The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    19571h 45mApproved
    6.5 (616)
    Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
    DirectorSidney FranklinStarsJennifer JonesJohn GielgudBill Travers
  • A Farewell to Arms (1957)

    12. A Farewell to Arms

    19572h 32mApproved
    5.8 (3K)
    An English nurse and an American ambulance driver on the Italian front during World War 1 fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them challenge their romance to the limit.
    DirectorsCharles VidorJohn HustonStarsRock HudsonJennifer JonesVittorio De Sica
  • Jack Lemmon and June Allyson in You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

    13. You Can't Run Away from It

    19561h 35mApproved
    5.9 (679)
    After she elopes, Ellen Andrews' rich father hires a private investigator to stop her from reaching her husband, believing he's a gold digger. On her adventurous journey, a reporter falls for her instead of exposing her for the reward.
    DirectorDick PowellStarsJune AllysonJack LemmonCharles Bickford
  • Stolen Hours (1963)

    14. Stolen Hours

    19631h 37mNot Rated
    6.3 (442)
    Dying English jet-setter marries her doctor and lives the best year of her life.
    DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsSusan HaywardMichael CraigDiane Baker
  • The Blue Angel (1959)

    15. The Blue Angel

    19591h 47mApproved
    6.2 (369)
    During the 1950s in a small German town, high school Professor Immanuel Rath falls in-love with a young cabaret entertainer, with dramatic consequences.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsCurd JürgensMay BrittTheodore Bikel
  • Beau Geste (1966)

    16. Beau Geste

    19661h 43mApproved51Metascore
    6.1 (793)
    In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.
    DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsGuy StockwellDoug McClureLeslie Nielsen
  • Julius Caesar (1970)

    17. Julius Caesar

    19701h 57mG
    6.1 (2.2K)
    The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar, but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
    DirectorStuart BurgeStarsCharlton HestonJason RobardsJohn Gielgud
  • Back Street (1961)

    18. Back Street

    19611h 47mApproved
    6.6 (1.4K)
    A chance encounter leads to romance between an aspiring designer and a Marine. After their paths diverge, she builds a fashion career in NYC. Years later, they reunite, but new opportunities abroad challenge their rekindled connection.
    DirectorDavid MillerStarsSusan HaywardJohn GavinVera Miles
  • Keir Dullea, John Forsythe, and Lana Turner in Madame X (1966)

    19. Madame X

    19661h 40mApproved
    6.9 (2.7K)
    After her lover is killed, the wife of a wealthy man is convinced to fake her own death, which leads her into greater depths of depravity until fate reunites her with her long-lost son, who is unaware of her real identity.
    DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsLana TurnerJohn ForsytheRicardo Montalban
  • The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)

    20. The Rains of Ranchipur

    19551h 44mApproved
    5.8 (1.2K)
    Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from the ruler of Ranchipur.
    DirectorJean NegulescoStarsLana TurnerRichard BurtonFred MacMurray
  • James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, and Dan Dailey in What Price Glory (1952)

    21. What Price Glory

    19521h 51mApproved
    6.1 (1.5K)
    The wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJames CagneyCorinne CalvetDan Dailey
  • Ann-Margret, Carol Lynley, and Pamela Tiffin in The Pleasure Seekers (1964)

    22. The Pleasure Seekers

    19641h 47mApproved
    5.6 (816)
    Three American lovelies rooming together in Madrid all manage to get themselves into seemingly-unhappy relationships with fellows.
    DirectorJean NegulescoStarsAnn-MargretAnthony FranciosaCarol Lynley
  • Storm Over the Nile (1955)

    23. Storm Over the Nile

    19551h 47mApproved
    6.2 (692)
    A British officer resigns his commission on the eve of his regiment's departure for war in Sudan. Accused of cowardice by his friends and the woman he loves, he sets out to prove his courage to them. A remake of "The Four Feathers" (1939).
    DirectorsZoltan KordaTerence YoungStarsAnthony SteelLaurence HarveyJames Robertson Justice
  • Ten Little Indians (1974)

    24. Ten Little Indians

    19741h 38mPG
    5.7 (3.7K)
    Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
    DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsOliver ReedElke SommerRichard Attenborough
  • Shirley Eaton in Ten Little Indians (1965)

    25. Ten Little Indians

    19651h 31mNot Rated
    6.6 (5.6K)
    Ten people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
    DirectorGeorge PollockStarsHugh O'BrianShirley EatonFabian

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