Movies by Ken Annakin

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.

The Fifth Musketeer

The Fifth Musketeer

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is dressed as king Louis. But Philippe manages to escape the assassination and everybody believes him to be the real king...

The Seekers

The Seekers

A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.

Cheaper to Keep Her

Cheaper to Keep Her

A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.

Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

Here Come the Huggetts

Here Come the Huggetts

The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.

The Huggetts Abroad

The Huggetts Abroad

Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

A kidnapped mobster persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.

Vote for Huggett

Vote for Huggett

A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.

Fenlands

Fenlands

A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.

The Pirate

The Pirate

An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fortunes and must deal with a fanatical terrorist group led by his daughter.