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Robert Morley (1908-1992) was an Oscar®-nominated English actor. Morley was one of the best character in movies. His movie career lasted over fifty years and spanned 6 decades. Morley earned his only Oscar® nomination for 1938’s Marie Antoinette….that was his first credited movie role. His IMDb page shows 111 acting credits from 1935 to 1989. This page will rank Robert Morley movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Robert Morley Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days (1956) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1951 | The African Queen (1951) | |
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| 1938 | Marie Antoinette (1938) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
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| 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965 | |
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| 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper (1981) |  |
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| 1964 | Topkapi (1964) | |
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| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine (1963) | |
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| 1959 | The Journey (1959) | |
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| 1983 | High Road to China (1983) |  |
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| 1958 | The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) | |
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| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong (1962) | |
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| 1973 | Theater of Blood (1973) | |
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| 1965 | The Loved One (1965) | |
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| 1941 | Major Barbara (1941) | |
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| 1945 | A Yank in London (1945) | |
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| 1954 | The Good Die Young (1954) | |
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| 1970 | Cromwell (1970) | |
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| 1953 | Beat the Devil (1953) | |
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| 1954 | Beau Brummell (1954) | |
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| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt (1979) |  |
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| 1978 | Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) | |
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| 1964 | Of Human Bondage (1964) | |
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| 1987 | Little Dorrit (1987) | |
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| 1963 | Murder at the Gallop (1963) | |
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| 1951 | Outcast of the Islands (1951) | |
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| 1963 | Nine Hours To Rama (1963) | |
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| 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) | |
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| 1955 | The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) | |
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| 1968 | Hot Millions (1968) | |
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| 1965 | Genghis Khan (1965) | |
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| 1942 | Somewhere in France (1942) | |
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| 1966 | Way... Way Out (1966) | |
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| 1970 | Song of Norway (1970) | |
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| 1959 | Libel (1959) | |
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| 1975 | Hugo The Hippo (1975) | |
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| 1953 | The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) | |
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| 1965 | Life At The Top (1965) |  |
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| 1966 | Tender Scoundrel/Tendre voyou (1966) | |
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| 1960 | Oscar Wilde (1960) | |
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| 1965 | A Study In Terror (1965) | |
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| 1976 | The Blue Bird (1976) | |
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| 1963 | Ladies Who Do (1963) | |
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| 1953 | The Final Test (1953) | |
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| 1941 | This Was Paris (1941) |  |
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| 1980 | Oh Heavenly Dog (1980) | |
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| 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes (1960) | |
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| 1958 | Law and Disorder (1958) | |
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| 1958 | The Doctor's Dilemma (1958) | |
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| 1953 | Melba (1953) | |
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| 1967 | Woman Times Seven (1967) | |
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| 1979 | The Human Factor (1979) | |
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| 1952 | Curtain Up (1952) | |
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| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso (1966) |  |
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| 1965 | The Alphabet Murders (1965) | |
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| 1963 | The Old Dark House (1963) | |
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| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll (1971) | |
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| 1970 | London Affair/Twinky (1970) |  |
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| 1966 | Finders Keepers (1966) | |
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| 1981 | Loophole (1981) | |
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| 1970 | Doctor In Trouble (1970) | |
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| 1969 | Sinful Davy (1969) | |
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| 1987 | The Trouble with Spies (1987) |  |
Robert Morley Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Robert Morley movies by his co-stars
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Robert Morley movie received.
- Sort Robert Morley movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Around the World in 80 Days (1956) AA Best Picture Win |
David Niven & Shirley MacLaine |
35.50 | 806.5 | 806.5 | 2 | 70 | 08 / 05 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | The African Queen (1951) | Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn |
11.80 | 294.9 | 294.9 | 8 | 87 | 04 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 3 | Marie Antoinette (1938) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Norma Shearer & Tyrone Power & <a href='https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/john-barrymore-movies/ |
6.50 | 302.4 | 547.4 | 15 | 76 | 04 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 4 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965 | Stuart Whitman & Sarah Miles |
37.80 | 463.7 | 463.7 | 4 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 5 | The Great Muppet Caper (1981) | Charles Grodin & Peter Falk |
31.20 | 140.3 | 140.3 | 24 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 6 | Topkapi (1964) | Peter Ustinov | 7.00 | 93.1 | 93.1 | 43 | 80 | 01 / 01 | 86.8 | |
| 8 | Take Her, She's Mine (1963) | James Stewart | 9.30 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 30 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 9 | The Journey (1959) | Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner |
3.60 | 75.9 | 75.9 | 70 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 10 | High Road to China (1983) | Tom Selleck | 28.40 | 112.9 | 112.9 | 26 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 12 | The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) | Jayne Mansfield & Kenneth More |
5.50 | 114.6 | 147.9 | 47 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 14 | The Road to Hong Kong (1962) | Bing Crosby & Bob Hope |
7.40 | 123.8 | 123.8 | 35 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
| 10 | Theater of Blood (1973) | Vincent Price | 3.00 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 87 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 11 | The Loved One (1965) | James Coburn & John Gielgud |
5.40 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 52 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 13 | Major Barbara (1941) | Rex Harrison & Deborah Kerr |
1.70 | 73.8 | 73.8 | 141 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 18 | A Yank in London (1945) | Rex Harrison & Dean Jagger |
2.80 | 102.1 | 102.1 | 100 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 15 | The Good Die Young (1954) | Laurence Harvey | 2.90 | 77.6 | 77.6 | 109 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 17 | Cromwell (1970) | Richard Harris & Alec Guinness |
4.80 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 53 | 70 | 02 / 01 | 71.8 | |
| 18 | Beat the Devil (1953) | Humphrey Bogart & Peter Lorre |
3.00 | 63.1 | 63.1 | 120 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | |
| 21 | Beau Brummell (1954) | Elizabeth Taylor & Peter Ustinov |
3.00 | 81.4 | 209.7 | 103 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 19 | Scavenger Hunt (1979) | Richard Benjamin & Roddy McDowall |
10.00 | 49.8 | 49.8 | 64 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 22 | Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) | George Segal & Jacqueline Bisset |
11.10 | 59.4 | 59.4 | 54 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 68.9 | |
| 23 | Of Human Bondage (1964) | Kim Novak & Laurence Harvey |
5.00 | 66.5 | 66.5 | 58 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 68.4 | |
| 23 | Little Dorrit (1987) | Derek Jacobi & Alec Guinness |
1.00 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 175 | 76 | 02 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 25 | Murder at the Gallop (1963) | Margaret Rutherford | 1.60 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 101 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 63.3 | |
| 24 | Outcast of the Islands (1951) | Ralph Richardson & Trevor Howard |
0.60 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 225 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 63.3 | |
| 26 | Nine Hours To Rama (1963) | José Ferrer & Saul Bass |
2.90 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 69 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 27 | The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) | Robert Donat | 1.10 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 172 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 29 | The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) | Robert Taylor & Kay Kendall |
1.90 | 45.2 | 149.4 | 140 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 60.5 | |
| 28 | Hot Millions (1968) | Peter Ustinov & Maggie Smith |
1.90 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 120 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 59.2 | |
| 30 | Genghis Khan (1965) | James Mason & Omar Sharif |
4.90 | 59.6 | 59.6 | 55 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 58.1 | |
| 30 | Somewhere in France (1942) | Tommy Trinder | 0.70 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 199 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 32 | Way... Way Out (1966) | Jerry Lewis & Connie Stevens |
5.00 | 56.8 | 56.8 | 57 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 34 | Song of Norway (1970) | Edward G. Robinson | 13.50 | 108.7 | 108.7 | 29 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 31 | Libel (1959) | Olivia de Havilland & Robert Shaw |
0.70 | 14.6 | 69.6 | 159 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 53.4 | |
| 33 | Hugo The Hippo (1975) | Burl Ives | 2.00 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 115 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 36 | The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) | Maurice Evans | 0.20 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 242 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.5 | |
| 37 | Life At The Top (1965) | Laurence Harvey | 1.50 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 114 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 49.4 | |
| 41 | Tender Scoundrel/Tendre voyou (1966) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 4.10 | 46.6 | 116.2 | 62 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 47.4 | |
| 37 | Oscar Wilde (1960) | Ralph Richardson | 0.10 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 153 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 38 | A Study In Terror (1965) | Judi Dench | 0.70 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 140 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | |
| 43 | The Blue Bird (1976) | Elizabeth Taylor & Jane Fonda |
10.60 | 62.2 | 62.2 | 59 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 42.3 | |
| 40 | Ladies Who Do (1963) | Peggy Mount | 0.10 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 141 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.1 | |
| 42 | The Final Test (1953) | 0.30 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 235 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | ||
| 44 | This Was Paris (1941) | Ann Dvorak | 0.60 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 207 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 36.6 | |
| 48 | Oh Heavenly Dog (1980) | Chevy Chase & Jane Seymour |
8.70 | 41.9 | 41.9 | 80 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 36.0 | |
| 44 | The Battle of the Sexes (1960) | Peter Sellers & Robert Morley |
0.70 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 136 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
| 43 | Law and Disorder (1958) | Michael Redgrave | 0.10 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 177 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 34.4 | |
| 48 | The Doctor's Dilemma (1958) | Dirk Bogarde & Leslie Caron |
0.80 | 16.4 | 43.2 | 156 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 34.2 | |
| 51 | Melba (1953) | Directed by Lewis Milestone | 1.10 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 211 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 33.1 | |
| 52 | Woman Times Seven (1967) | Shirley MacLaine & Michael Caine |
2.20 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 91 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 32.3 | |
| 49 | The Human Factor (1979) | Richard Attenborough & Directed by Otto Preminger |
0.40 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 162 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.9 | |
| 52 | Curtain Up (1952) | Margaret Rutherford | 0.50 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 228 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 31.3 | |
| 53 | Hotel Paradiso (1966) | Alec Guinness & Gina Lollobrigida |
0.60 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 136 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 54 | The Alphabet Murders (1965) | Tony Randall | 1.10 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 123 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | |
| 56 | The Old Dark House (1963) | Tom Poston | 1.20 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 116 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 55 | When Eight Bells Toll (1971) | Anthony Hopkins & Jack Hawkins |
1.40 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 142 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 21.2 | |
| 57 | London Affair/Twinky (1970) | Charles Bronson | 1.30 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 136 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 19.2 | |
| 58 | Finders Keepers (1966) | Cliff Richard | 0.50 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 137 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 58 | Loophole (1981) | Martin Sheen & Albert Finney |
0.50 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 155 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 59 | Doctor In Trouble (1970) | Graham Chapman | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 193 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 14.0 | |
| 61 | Sinful Davy (1969) | John Hurt & Directed by John Huston |
1.60 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 117 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 12.4 | |
| 62 | The Trouble with Spies (1987) | Donald Sutherland | 0.20 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 222 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 0.9 |
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I have seen 19 Robert Morley movies, including 7 of the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is around the World in 80 Days.
The highest rated movie I have not seen is The Great Muppet Caper.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Alphabet Murders.
Favourite Robert Morley Movies:
Around the World in 80 Days
The African Queen
Marie Antoinette
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Topkapi
The Journey
Murder at the Gallop
Hot Millions
Other Robert Morley Movies I Have Seen:
Take Her, she’s Mine
Road to Hong Kong
Beat the Devil
Beau Brummell
Of Human Bondage
Libel
The Human Factor
The Doctor’s Dilemma
Hotel Paradiso
Woman Times Seven
The Alphabet Murders
Hey Flora…thanks for checking out our Robert Morley page. Tally count: Bob with the lead with 22, Flora in second with a close 19 and Cogerson in third with 11. I have seen 4 of your favorites and 2 of your “others”. Somehow I have managed not to see Woman Times Seven….one of the few Caine movies I have not seen. One day I will track that one down. Good stuff as always.
ADDITIONAL TRIVIA
1/The Doctor’s Dilemma starring Leslie Caron and my Dirk is from a George Bernard Shaw play [a satire on the medical profession of Shaw’s time] and not to be confused with the comedy “Doctor” series of which Doctor in Trouble listed by Bruce is a part. Leslie Caron said at the time that she feared so much for Doctor’s Dilemma at the box office that she hoped the public WOULD think it was one of her co-star Sir Dirk Bogarde’s films in that popular “Doctor” series.
2/By the way Leslie Phillips not mentioned by WH took over the Doctor role from Dirk In Doctor in Trouble whereas unsuspecting viewers might think that Graham Chapman or Morley himself is the star of the latter movie. The Work Horse seems to get a lot of fun in keeping his viewers guessing in such matters!
3/The Alphabet Murders is an awful film; a travesty of Agatha Christie’s classic book; and Tony Randall made Christie’s famous brilliant fictional sleuth genius Hercule Poirot look like a nincompoop. In the 1972 crime film called Sleuth Lord Olivier’s Andrew Wyke tried to murder Sir Maurice Micklewhite’s Milo Tindle for merely sneering at novelist Wyke’s Great Detective Singen Lord Merridew. Joel Hirschhorn also tried to murder Brando; but we’ll have to settle here for the low 52% review rating that Bruce’s sources have given Randall’s disgraceful Alphabet Murders. Well done Work Horse!!
4/In Alphabet Murders Morley plays Captain Hastings who in the Christie books is Poirot’s Dr Watson-type sidekick. Accordingly Dan will no doubt be quick to spot that Morley has played foil to arguably the two greatest detectives in fictional literature: Mycroft Holmes to Sherlock; and Captain Hasting to Hercule Poirot.
Hey Bob…good thoughts on the The Doctor’s Dilemma and The Alphabet Murders. I liked the book but I have not seen the movie…and based on your comment…that is a good thing. As for Leslie Phillips….sorry…we do not have a page on him….so he is not eligible for the UMR Co-Star column….but Graham Chapman has an UMR page. Good stuff as always.
“As for Leslie Phillips….sorry…we do not have a page on him….so he is not eligible for the UMR Co-Star column….but Graham Chapman has an UMR page.” Cogerson 11.23 pm yesterday [27 Aug]
I can see where you are coming from but unfortunately it’s still in my estimation very misleading. As stardom is what movies are really all about – and indeed one could say that it is the raison detre of your site and books –it might perhaps be useful if at some stage you could think about a slightly revised format that can inform your viewers on who the precise stars of a movie are.
As it is even where a lead thespian in a film DOES have a link page you often as I see it compound the confusion by ignoring him/her in favour of someone like Bruce Willis or Myrna Loy whose names [and those of certain others] you seem to have a liking for dropping endlessly throughout the site regardless of their contribution to a particular film.
In my own databases Brando for example gets the credit for A Dry White Season in his own personal slot; but elsewhere [despite his best supporting actor nom] he is ignored in favour of the movie’s stars Donald Sutherland and Janet Suzman as Marlon is just 8th billed in the cast.
BOB’s 22 “Have seen” MORLEY FILMS
1/African Queen
2/The Good Die Young
3/Beat the devil
4/Beau Brummell
5/Libel
6/Cromwell
7/A Study in Terror – see Part One re Robert as Mycroft Holmes.
8/Murder at the Gallop
9/Life at the Top
10/The Alphabet Murders- see also Part 3
11.The Old Dark House
12/Loophole
13/Battle of the Sexes
14/Genghis Khan
15/Law and Disorder
16/Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
17/Gilbert and Sullivan – first time I ever heard of Morley
18/Take Her She’s Mine
19/Doctor in Trouble- see also 22 below
20/Old Dark House
21/Loophole
22/The Doctor’s Dilemma – see also Part 3
Hey Bob…thanks for listing the 22 Robert Morley movies you have seen
About halfway through the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories Dr Watson who of course narrates the Holmes adventures in the books tells readers that he was amazed to discover that Sherlock actually has a brother – who is called Mycroft Holmes.
Apparently Mycroft is even cleverer than his genius brother but is lazy so he can’t be bothered to do detective work that involves leaving his comfort zone; but Sherlock often consults Mycroft when a case is causing The Great Detective himself special problems. Accordingly down the years Mycroft has often amusingly been referred to by some people as “Sherlock Homes’ smarter brother”!
In 1965’s A Study in Terror Morley plays Mycroft with gusto and John Neville is Sherlock. I liked the film and Bruce gives it a passable 65% rating in his tables above.
Probably my own fave Morley performance is as Oscar Wilde in the 1960 film of that name. Unfortunately the same year The Trials of Oscar Wilde starring Peter Finch as Oscar was released to compete with the Morley version and the critics at the time marginally favoured the Finch one. IMDB currently gives Morley’s film a 69% rating and Finch’s version 71%
However The Work Horse’s sources see it differently: Morley a respectable 67%/ & Finch a less than good 58%. Therefore you could say that WH leans towards me a good bit on this one. The 22 Morley films that I have seen are listed in Part 2.
Hey Bob….thanks for the additional information on Robert Morley. Good mini-review of his role as Mycroft Holmes. When researching this page I read about the two Wilde movies…apparently Morse’s Wilde was the lower budget one, but neither movie did well at the box office. 22 is a good number of movies seen….much higher than my 11. Proof that my personal opinion is not in the rankings… I love Loophole but it’s 39% review score sentenced it to the bottom of the rankings.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.