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Ken Annakin

Director, Actor

Films to Rent

 
QuartetQuartet (1949) Recommended
Dir. Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford, Honor Blackman
Four W Somerset Maugham stories are given exemplary treatment by the best of British, incl. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford and Honor Blackman. Unlike…
Story of Robin Hood, TheStory of Robin Hood, The (1952)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch…
Colourful, uncomplicated rendering of the famous tale should delight younger viewers. Filmed in England by Walt Disney Studios.
Planter's Wife, ThePlanter's Wife, The (Outpost in Malaya) (1952)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel…
Claudette Colbert and Jack Hawkins star in this fiery actioner as plantation owners under siege from commie bandits. Colbert is a dab hand with a…
Seekers, TheSeekers, The (Land of Fury) (1954)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell…
Melodramatic tale full of 'mighty imperialist' sentiment follows British pioneers toughing it out in 1820's New Zealand in harsh conditions and at…
Across the BridgeAcross the Bridge (1957)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Rod Steiger, Marla Landi, Noel Willman…
An underrated and little–known thriller with Steiger playing a shady accountant on the run from the FBI and Scotland Yard, who tries to make…
Swiss Family RobinsonSwiss Family Robinson (1960) Recommended
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
Longest Day, TheLongest Day, The (1962)
Dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Feat. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum…
One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.
Fast Lady, TheFast Lady, The (1963)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Leslie Phillips, Ronnie Barker, James Robertson-Justice…
Stanley Baxter attempts to woo Julie Christie with a Bentley convertible he can't drive in this hilarious English comedy, centred on the perils of…
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying MachinesThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) Recommended
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox…
Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…
Battle of the BulgeBattle of the Bulge (1965)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan…
Admirable and far from simplistic recreation of the Nazi's WW2 counter–offensive in the Ardennes in 1944, which led to a series of bitter…
Long Duel, TheLong Duel, The (1967)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews…
MIddling adventure yarn set in India under the British Raj. Idealistic policeman Trevor Howard is given orders to capture a rebellious Sultan dead or…
Call of the WildCall of the Wild (1972)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Charlton Heston, Michele Mercier
Fairly average version of Jack London's classic tale of Alaskan survivalism, with Heston traipsing the wilderness with his tough German Shepherd.…
Pippi Longstocking, New Adventures OfPippi Longstocking, New Adventures Of (1988)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan
Updated feature film version of the mischievous orphan girl, all pigtails, freckles and high spirits.

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