Cast: Richard Todd

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


The Longest Day

1962 · Movie · 180 min. · United States

Direction Ken Annakin · Andrew Marton · Bernhard Wicki

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · Henry Fonda · Richard Burton

Synopsis England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. On...

7.3

15K votes

7.3

15K votes

Stage Fright

1950 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Marlene Dietrich · Jane Wyman · Michael Wilding · Richard Todd

Synopsis A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer.

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

Chase a Crooked Shadow

1958 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Richard Todd · Anne Baxter · Herbert Lom · Faith Brook

Synopsis A man shows up at Kimberley Prescott's villa claiming to be her brother. But Ward Prescott died in a car accident a year ago, so how can this man be him? Despite Kim's protests that the stranger isn't her brother,...

6.7

200 votes

6.7

200 votes

Never Let Go

1960 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Guillermin

Cast Richard Todd · Peter Sellers · Elizabeth Sellars · Adam Faith

Synopsis Car salesman John (Richard Todd) can't seem to catch a break, so he decides to buy a car himself as a way to increase sales. But when his vehicle is stolen, John will stop at nothing to get it back,...

6.6

166 votes

6.6

166 votes

The Dam Busters

1955 · Movie · 124 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Richard Todd · Michael Redgrave · Ursula Jeans · Basil Sydney

Synopsis The British are desperate to shorten the length of WW2 and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart. At first the objective looks impossible until a British scientist invents an ingenious weapon capable of destroying the planned target.

6.5

87 votes

6.5

87 votes

The Hasty Heart

1949 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vincent Sherman

Cast Richard Todd · Patricia Neal · Ronald Reagan · Anthony Nicholls

Synopsis It's 1945, Burma, the day the war is over! For many this means they've survived and will be going home. But not for everyone. A Scottish soldier, Corporal Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan is the victim of a wound to the lower...

6.4

44 votes

6.4

44 votes

Saint Joan

1957 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast Jean Seberg · Richard Widmark · John Gielgud · Richard Todd

Synopsis Graham Greene wrote the screenplay based on George Bernard Shaw's drama, and Jean Seberg made her screen debut as Joan of Arc. With a superb performance by John Gielgud as the Earl of Warwick.

6.3

375 votes

6.3

375 votes

The Virgin Queen

1955 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Bette Davis · Richard Todd · Joan Collins · Jay Robinson

Synopsis Sir Walter Raleigh gains audience with Queen Elizabeth I and soon wins her over to his way of thinking. He wants ships to sail and make a name for England. A young ward of the court, Beth Throgmorton, is strongly...

6.2

259 votes

6.2

259 votes

6.2

184 votes

The Interrupted Journey

1949 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Daniel Birt

Cast Valerie Hobson · Richard Todd · Tom Walls · Alexander Gauge

Synopsis When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train...

6.1

96 votes

6.1

96 votes

Asylum

1972 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Patrick Magee · Robert Powell · Geoffrey Bayldon · Barbara Parkins

Synopsis You have nothing to loose... but your mind. This top-notch British horror anthology contains four tales of madness and murder that are told to the new doctor assigned to a mental institution.

6.0

795 votes

6.0

795 votes

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Richard Todd · Joan Rice · Peter Finch · James Hayter

Synopsis Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by hench men of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an...

5.9

50 votes

5.9

50 votes

A Yank at Oxford

1938 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jack Conway

Cast Robert Taylor · Lionel Barrymore · Maureen O'Sullivan · Vivien Leigh

Synopsis Lee Sheridan, a young American comes to study at Oxford University, but is instantly disliked by the other students, because of his brash and big-headed attitude. After several scrapes with the college professors, and the wife of the local book...

5.9

303 votes

5.9

303 votes

Operation Crossbow

1965 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Sophia Loren · George Peppard · Trevor Howard · John Mills

Synopsis Based on actual historical events and characters, this World War II spy thriller focuses on the development of Hitler's secret rocket weapons, the V.1 and V.2 flying bombs, and the Allied efforts to destroy them.

5.8

654 votes

5.8

654 votes

Dorian Gray

1970 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Massimo Dallamano

Cast Helmut Berger · Richard Todd · Herbert Lom · Marie Liljedahl

Synopsis In contemporary London, a beautiful and rich young man, Dorian Gray, loves Sybil, an aspiring actress; thanks to her, he's momentarily less self-centered. He's also sitting for a portrait painted by his friend, Basil. When it's done, Dorian complains he'll...

5.7

158 votes

5.7

158 votes

D-Day the Sixth of June

1956 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Robert Taylor · Richard Todd · Dana Wynter · Edmond O'Brien

Synopsis An American soldier has an affair with a Englishwoman weeks before D-Day, where he unhappily finds himself fighting side by side with her husband.

5.7

240 votes

5.7

240 votes

House of the Long Shadows

1983 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Pete Walker

Cast Vincent Price · Christopher Lee · Peter Cushing · Desi Arnaz Jr.

Synopsis An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet: can he write a classic novel like "Wuthering Heights" in twenty-four hours? Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty, actually has several,...

5.6

401 votes

5.6

401 votes

The Big Sleep

1978 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Winner

Cast Robert Mitchum · Sarah Miles · Richard Boone · Candy Clark

Synopsis Filmmaker Michael Winner switched the setting of Raymond Chandler's classic mystery novel from 1940's Los Angeles to 1970's London. When wealthy General Sternwood is blackmailed, he hires private detective Philip Marlowe to help him out. As a result, the gumshoe...

5.5

549 votes

5.5

549 votes