Direction: Ken Annakin
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ken Annakin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 42
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
Across the Bridge
1957 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Rod Steiger · David Knight · Marla Landi · Noel Willman
Synopsis Corporate executive Carl Schaffner is a German-born British industrialist in New York on business. After he gets word that Scotland Yard is investigating a $3,000,000 embezzlement he has committed, the imperious, mean-spirited Schaffner thinks he has sufficient time to take...
6.7
48 votes
6.7
48 votes
Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Movie · 167 min. · United States
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Henry Fonda · Robert Ryan · Robert Shaw · Dana Andrews
Synopsis This World War II spectacular tells the story of the tank battles of December, 1944, in which the Nazi Panzer forces staged a massive last-ditch offensive on the Belgian front. An action-packed drama about the battle that brought World War...
6.4
2K votes
6.4
2K votes
Trio
1950 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin · Harold French
Cast James Hayter · Kathleen Harrison · Felix Aylmer · Lana Morris
Synopsis Three short playlets are presented in this omnibus feature. "The Verger" focuses on a church verger who loses his position when it is discovered that he can neither read nor write. With the help of his sympathetic wife, he becomes...
6.3
52 votes
6.3
52 votes
Swiss Family Robinson
1960 · Movie · 126 min. · United States
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast John Mills · Dorothy McGuire · James MacArthur · Janet Munro
Synopsis The Disney touch is all over this grand, colorful version of the Johann Wyss adventure of a European family set off for the new world of New Guinea. The film opens on a ship jostled and torn by a raging...
6.2
2K votes
6.2
2K votes
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
1965 · Movie · 132 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Stuart Whitman · Sarah Miles · James Fox · Alberto Sordi
Synopsis In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for...
6.1
1K votes
6.1
1K votes
Third Man on the Mountain
1959 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Michael Rennie · James MacArthur · Janet Munro · James Donald
6.1
41 votes
6.1
41 votes
Very Important Person
1961 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast James Robertson Justice · Leslie Phillips · Stanley Baxter · Eric Sykes
Synopsis A somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits in a German POW camp find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must be got out at all cost.
6.1
24 votes
6.1
24 votes
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
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
Call of the Wild
1972 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Charlton Heston · Raimund Harmstorf · Michèle Mercier · George Eastman
Synopsis A house dog is abducted and brought to the north as a sled dog.
5.9
288 votes
5.9
288 votes
The Sword and the Rose
1953 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Glynis Johns · James Robertson Justice · Richard Todd · Michael Gough
5.6
32 votes
5.6
32 votes
Double Confession
1950 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Derek Farr · Joan Hopkins · Peter Lorre · William Hartnell
Synopsis When his wife is murdered, the husband tries to divert suspicion from himself to someone else. Unfortunately, his scheme winds up getting him mixed up with some real murderers.
5.6
21 votes
5.6
21 votes
The Long Duel
1967 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Yul Brynner · Trevor Howard · Harry Andrews · Charlotte Rampling
Synopsis A conflict of ideals - a conflict of arms - fought out in the Himalayas and across the scorching plains of India.
5.6
230 votes
5.6
230 votes
The Fast Lady
1962 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Leslie Phillips · Julie Christie · James Robertson Justice · Stanley Baxter
Synopsis Murdoch Troon, an enthusiastic member of the local cycling club, gets involved with Charles Chingford, a local businessman, when the two of them are involved in an accident. Then Murdoch meets Chingford's daughter, Claire, who persuades him to give up...
5.4
22 votes
5.4
22 votes
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Bourvil · Lando Buzzanca · Walter Chiari · Peter Cook
Synopsis In an international car rally, competitors must travel from various points in Europe to Monte Carlo, then race their cars. Things are complicated by smuggling, cheating, honor, inventions, medicine, and love at first sight...
5.2
193 votes
5.2
193 votes
The Seekers / Land of Fury
1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Jack Hawkins · Glynis Johns · Noel Purcell · Inia Te Wiata
4.9
96 votes
4.9
96 votes
The Pirate Movie
1982 · Movie · 105 min. · Australia
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Kristy McNichol · Christopher Atkins · Ted Hamilton · Bill Kerr
Synopsis The crew of a large ship sail the high seas encountering other pirates from other ships. The boy from the ship end up having saves his girlfriend who is kidnapped by a bunch of other pirates.
4.7
33 votes
4.7
33 votes
Nor the Moon by Night
1958 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Joan Brickhill · Michael Craig · Anna Gaylor · Ben Heydenrych
Synopsis Brothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park.
4.7
34 votes
4.7
34 votes
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast Tami Erin · David Seaman · Cory Crow · Eileen Brennan
Synopsis After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood...
4.4
356 votes
4.4
356 votes
Paper Tiger
1975 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Annakin
Cast David Niven · Toshirô Mifune · Hardy Krüger · Ando
Synopsis A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.
4.4
140 votes
4.4
140 votes