Robert Newton: An actor with that certain spark.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 20 Feb 2019 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicAcknowledged as a true talent, Robert Newton was a heck of a character as well as character actor. His memorable performances are many. Whether cast in the lead or in a character role, Robert Newton was the one to remember. "Oliver Twist," "Treasure Island," "This Happy Breed" and "Gaslight" are amongst those recommended.
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1. Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
Approved | 100 min | Thriller, War
The allies plan to rescue a Swedish atomic scientist from under the noses of the Nazis.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow
Votes: 404
Ordinary story but Newton keeps one watching.
2. The Hidden Room (1949)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Robert Newton, Sally Gray, Phil Brown, Naunton Wayne
Votes: 2,674
Quite an effective, low budget thriller.
3. The Beachcomber (1954)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In the Indian Ocean, the new British Resident of the Welcome Islands tangles with loneliness, angry natives, a drunken troublemaker and a sudden outbreak of cholera.
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden, Paul Rogers
Votes: 370
This routine film is saved by Robert Newton's performance.
4. Wings and the Woman (1942)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman, Nora Swinburne
Votes: 249
Very interesting film in general.
5. Oliver Twist (1948)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 13,651
Never has there been a Bill Sykes like Robert Newton.
6. This Happy Breed (1944)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. They live an ordinary life throughout the years, but everything changes when World War II breaks out.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh
Votes: 3,996
A crowning achievement. Robert Newton is great.
7. Treasure Island (1950)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family
The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald
Votes: 9,462
Quite violent for a "Disney" film but very enjoyable. Robert Newton is Long John Silver personified, no one else can equal him.
8. Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Romance
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes
Votes: 1,698
9. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,682 | Gross: $42.00M
10. Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
Approved | 93 min | Drama
Tom Brown (John Howard Davies) starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman (John Forrest), the school bully.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter, John Charlesworth
Votes: 522
11. Poison Pen (1939)
66 min | Drama
A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters".
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd, Belle Chrystall
Votes: 244
A good, solid film but Newton should have had more screen time.
12. Dangerous Masquerade (1939)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A down-and-out writer being hounded by collectors stumbles upon dead man lying under a fallen tree limb. Little did he know the man had been murdered, and he concocts a scheme of exchanging... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, Peter Gawthorne, John Warwick
Votes: 79
An uninspired film.
13. Les Miserables (1952)
Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A parole violator in early 19th Century France is relentlessly pursued and persecuted by an obsessive policeman.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 1,128 | Gross: $2.40M
14. Odd Man Out (1947)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick
Votes: 11,414
An overrated film in most areas but Robert Newton's performance is a delight.
15. Jamaica Inn (1939)
Passed | 98 min | Adventure, Crime
In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Charles Laughton, Horace Hodges
Votes: 11,190
16. Major Barbara (1941)
Approved | 121 min | Comedy
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
Directors: Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, David Lean | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton
Votes: 1,515
17. Henry V (1944)
Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 7,068
18. The Desert Rats (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas
Votes: 5,297
Takes the acting honours.
19. Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell, Grant Taylor
Votes: 872 | Gross: $0.14M
20. Snowbound (1948)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of people search for Nazi treasure hidden in the Alps. From "The Lonely Skier" by Hammond Innes.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Robert Newton, Dennis Price, Stanley Holloway, Herbert Lom
Votes: 334
21. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton, Lewis L. Russell
Votes: 2,140
22. Soldiers Three (1951)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
Retired British general Brunswick reminisces about the days when he was a colonel in charge of a British Army battalion fighting against native rebels in colonial India during the late 1800s.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton
Votes: 506
23. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 153
24. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
25. The High and the Mighty (1954)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack
Votes: 6,546
26. Troopship (1937)
85 min | Drama
Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw, Patricia Hilliard
Votes: 37
27. 21 Days Together (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After Larry accidentally kills his lover Wanda's estranged blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda nervously await the verdict: if the innocent suspect is found guilty then Larry will give himself up.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 1,277
28. I, Claudius (1937)
Drama
The life and times of the Roman Emperor Claudius (10 B.C. to 54 A.D.).
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Emlyn Williams, Flora Robson
29. Murder on Diamond Row (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An out-of-favor Scotland Yard inspector (Edmund Lowe) hunts a killer diamond fence--The Squeaker (Sebastian Shaw).
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Sebastian Shaw, Ann Todd, Tamara Desni
Votes: 267
30. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, John Williams, Patricia Hitchcock
Votes: 19,325
31. Waterfront Women (1950)
80 min | Drama
A worthless sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. They make a go of their lives, but the eldest daughter is not happy when her father decides to return.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Susan Shaw
Votes: 488
32. Gaslight (1940)
Not Rated | 84 min | Mystery, Thriller
Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband from the couple who have moved in has a secret which he will do anything to keep hidden.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell
Votes: 5,272
33. Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
Directors: Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray | Stars: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young, Robert Newton
Votes: 1,062
34. Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)
Approved | 77 min | Mystery
The armaments production programme is being sabotaged by a gang of Germans. A few arrests are made but the destruction of a vital plant goes on. Test Pilot 'Bulldog' Bill Watson plunges headlong into the mystery.
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Sebastian Shaw, David Hutcheson
Votes: 21
35. Fire Over England (1937)
92 min | Adventure, History, Romance
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey
Votes: 1,981
36. A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (1942)
102 min | Drama
James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Ruthless in business as well as at home, he is a tyrant to his family and intimidating to everyone he knows. But... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Newton, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 392
37. The Plymouth Playhouse (1953– )
30 min | Drama
ABC, which had a reputation for producing shows that were not as good as their competitors CBS and NBC, used this program to audtition possible series in the hope of gaining sponsorship for... See full summary »
Stars: Donald Cook, Boris Karloff, Wendell Corey, Wanda Hendrix
Votes: 33
38. Dark Journey (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell
Votes: 1,455
39. Dangerous Cargo (1939)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Walter Rilla, Kim Peacock, Robert Newton, Penelope Dudley-Ward
Votes: 24
40. Temptation Harbor (1947)
91 min | Crime, Drama
A signalman on a quay sees a fight between two men. One of the men is deliberately pushed into the water and the signalman cannot save him, but decides to keep his suitcase which he later finds is full of banknotes with a value of £5000.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Robert Newton, Simone Simon, William Hartnell, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 204
The acting is good but the story is a shambles.
41. Yellow Sands (1938)
68 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Marie Tempest, Belle Chrystall, Wilfrid Lawson, Robert Newton
Votes: 20
42. Haunted Honeymoon (1940)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A dead body is discovered in the newly-purchased home of a gentleman sleuth and his mystery-novelist bride.
Directors: Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks
Votes: 882
43. The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Swashbuckling made for TVs episodes staring 'Legend' Robert newton as Long John Silver and argh 'Jim Larrd' as they face many new adventures......
Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Eric Reiman
Votes: 184
44. Chevron Hall of Stars (1956)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A syndicated anthology television series. It was produced by Four Star Productions, and some of the episodes were intended as pilots for potential series. At least one episode was devoted ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Taylor, James Whitmore, Don Rickles, Ted de Corsia
Votes: 33
45. Climax! (1954–1958)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.
Stars: William Lundigan, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa, Michael Rennie
Votes: 260
46. Hollywood Opening Night (1951–1953)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series of the early 1950s. It was broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1952, with episodes typically re-using stories from the earlier television series "Stars Over Hollywood". Then ... See full summary »
Stars: Jimmy Fidler, Jimmy Wallington, William Boyett, Jorja Curtright
Votes: 31
47. Reunion (1932)
60 min | Drama
Director: Ivar Campbell | Stars: Stewart Rome, Anthony Holles, Fred Schwartz, Robert Dudley
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