
June 1, 1905 · 121 years old
Robert Newton was one of the great character actors -- and great characters -- of the British cinema, best remembered today for playing Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1950) and its sequel in 1954. His portrayal of Long John Silver and of Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) created a persona that was…

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.

A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.

In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

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.

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Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.

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.

The allies plan to rescue a Swedish atomic scientist from under the noses of the Nazis.

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing.

A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters."