Cast: Robert Beatty

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Robert Beatty. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


2001: A Space Odyssey

1968 · Movie · 139 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Keir Dullea · Gary Lockwood · William Sylvester · Daniel Richter

Synopsis A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government (while hiding the situation from the public) sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission. Eighteen months later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship...

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7.8

113K votes

7.8

113K votes

Captain Horatio Hornblower

1951 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Gregory Peck · Virginia Mayo · Robert Beatty · James Robertson Justice

Synopsis This swashbuckling high-seas drama, set in the early 1800s, finds its hero caught up in the shifting political tensions between Spain and England and in his own growing relationship with Lady Barbara Wellesley.

7.2

3K votes

7.2

3K votes

Odd Man Out

1947 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Carol Reed

Cast James Mason · Robert Newton · Cyril Cusack · F.J. McCormick

Synopsis Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of Kathleen and her mother, planning a hold-up that will provide his group with the funds needed to continue its activities. During the hold-up, things go...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Where Eagles Dare

1968 · Movie · 158 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian G. Hutton

Cast Richard Burton · Clint Eastwood · Mary Ure · Patrick Wymark

Synopsis A high-powered, big-budget WWII espionage thriller, the film follows an elite group of Allied commandos, led by John Smith (Richard Burton), assigned to rescue an American general being held captive by the Nazis in a castle high in the Bavarian...

7.0

7K votes

7.0

7K votes

The Magic Box

1951 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Boulting

Cast Robert Donat · Margaret Johnston · Maria Schell · Renée Asherson

Synopsis Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he...

6.7

42 votes

6.7

42 votes

Direction Derek Martinus

Cast William Hartnell · Anneke Wills · Michael Craze · Robert Beatty

Synopsis An important adventure - introduced both the Cybermen and the concept of regeneration. The TARDIS lands in a station in Antarctica in 1986. The Doctor, Polly and Ben are just in time to witness the arrival in the solar system...

6.6

33 votes

6.6

33 votes

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Powell · Emeric Pressburger

Cast Godfrey Tearle · Eric Portman · Hugh Williams · Bernard Miles

Synopsis During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death,...

6.6

92 votes

6.6

92 votes

Something of Value (Africa Ablaze!)

1957 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Richard Brooks

Cast Rock Hudson · Dana Wynter · Sidney Poitier · Wendy Hiller

Synopsis Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After the father of Kimani is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band of rebels that wants all non-Kenyans out of...

6.2

214 votes

6.2

214 votes

Sitting Target

1972 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

6.0

143 votes

6.0

143 votes

Pope Joan )

1972 · Movie · 132 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Liv Ullmann · Franco Nero · Maximilian Schell · Olivia de Havilland

Synopsis This movie is based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. Although it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, this movie presents her existence as fact, and...

6.0

70 votes

6.0

70 votes

Wings of Danger

1952 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Zachary Scott · Robert Beatty · Naomi Chance · Kay Kendall

Synopsis When Richard Van Ness tries to ground dashing pilot Nick Talbot, his girlfriend's brother, from flying an unimportant cargo run in foul weather, he is blackmailed into allowing it because Nick threatens to tell airline boss Boyd Spencer about Van's...

5.6

28 votes

5.6

28 votes

Another Shore

1948 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom

5.6

34 votes

5.6

34 votes

Man on a Tightrope

1953 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Elia Kazan

Cast Fredric March · Gloria Grahame · Terry Moore · Cameron Mitchell

Synopsis A based-on-fact account of an obscure, downtrodden little circus troupe and its attempt to escape from Communist-ruled Czechoslovakia to freedom in Austria.

5.5

203 votes

5.5

203 votes

Dangerous Moonlight

1941 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian Desmond Hurst

Cast Anton Walbrook · Sally Gray · Derrick De Marney · Cecil Parker

Synopsis Prologue: in 1940, a shellshocked man fights to recall his past. Flashback: During the Nazi invasion of Poland, American reporter Carole Peters meets Polish airman Stefan Radetzky, also a piano virtuoso. Stefan is among the last to escape Warsaw; months...

5.4

34 votes

5.4

34 votes

The Spaceman and King Arthur

1979 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Russ Mayberry

Cast Dennis Dugan · Jim Dale · Ron Moody · Kenneth More

Synopsis A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, travelling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande and enemies...

4.5

1K votes

4.5

1K votes

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

1957 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction H. Bruce Humberstone

Cast Gordon Scott · Robert Beatty · Yolande Donlan · Betta St. John

Synopsis Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief. Captured by the Oparians and nearly sacrificed to their lion god, the party is again...

4.5

128 votes

4.5

128 votes

The Net

1953 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Anthony Asquith

Cast Phyllis Calvert · Robert Beatty · James Donald · Herbert Lom

Synopsis A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists secretly. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there...

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Portrait from Life

1948 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Mai Zetterling · Robert Beatty · Guy Rolfe · Herbert Lom

Synopsis A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.

Not rated

Not rated

The Oracle

1953 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction C.M. Pennington-Richards

Cast Robert Beatty · Michael Medwin · Virginia McKenna · Mervyn Johns

Synopsis An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

Not rated

Not rated

Loves of Three Queens

1954 · Movie · 67 min. · Italy

Direction Marc Allégret · Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Hedy Lamarr · Massimo Serato · Alba Arnova · Elli Parvo

Synopsis Beautiful Hedy Lamarr finds herself faced with a difficult decision when she must choose an appropriate costume for an important masquerade ball in this metaphorical fantasy that unfolds in three parts. To help her decide, she asks a trio of...

Not rated

Not rated