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BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 22 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

The dramatic story of US marines during World War II. The story centres on a major (Van Heflin) who guides the raw recruits through training. Based on the novel by Leon Uris. Show more

Contributors

Colonel Sam Huxley:
Van Heflin
Private Andy Hookens:
Aldo Ray
Mrs Danny Forrester:
Mona Freeman
Mrs Pat Rogers:
Nancy Olson
Mac/Narrator:
James Whitmore
Major General Snipes:
Raymond Massey
Danny Forrester:
Tab Hunter
Mrs Elaine Yarborough:
Dorothy Malone
Private Ski:
William Campbell
Private Marion Hotchkiss:
John Lupton
Private L Q Jones:
LQ Jones
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Author:
Leon Uris

Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Epic western about three generations of a pioneer family, showing how its fortunes fluctuated during the dynamic westward expansion of America during the 19th century. Show more

Contributors

Lilith Prescott:
Debbie Reynolds
Cleve Van Valen:
Gregory Peck
Linus Rawlings:
James Stewart
Eve Prescott:
Carroll Baker
Zeb Rawlings:
George Peppard
Jethro Stuart:
Henry Fonda
General William Tecumseh Sherman:
John Wayne
Mike King:
Richard Widmark
Julie Rawlings:
Carolyn Jones
Zebulon Prescott:
Karl Malden
Abraham Lincoln:
Raymond Massey
Charlie Gant:
Eli Wallach
Marshal Lou Ramsey:
Lee J Cobb
Roger Morgan:
Robert Preston
Narrator:
Spencer Tracy
Dora Hawkins:
Brigid Bazlen
Colonel Jeb Hawkins:
Walter Brennan
Rebecca Prescott:
Agnes Moorehead
General Ulysses S Grant:
Harry Morgan
Agatha Clegg:
Thelma Ritter
Confederate Deserter:
Russ Tamblyn
Director:
John Ford
Producer:
Bernard Smith
Composer:
Alfred Newman
Director of photography:
William H Daniels
Director of photography:
Milton Krasner
Director of photography:
Charles Lang Jr
Director of photography:
Joseph LaShelle

Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Melodrama. When a disorientated woman is admitted to hospital after collapsing in a Los Angeles diner, she reveals her life story to a psychiatrist. Show more

Contributors

Louise Howell:
Joan Crawford
David Sutton:
Van Heflin
Dean Graham:
Raymond Massey
Carol Graham:
Geraldine Brooks
Dr Harvey Willard:
Stanley Ridges
Dr Ames:
Moroni Olsen
Dr Max Sherman:
Erskine Sanford
Wynn Graham:
Gerald Perreau
Pianist:
Jacob Gimpel
Producer:
Jerry Wald

Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Film version of H G Wells's prophetic essay on the future, The Shape of Things to Come, tracing a hundred years in the history of the urban metropolis Everytown. Show more

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Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Biographical drama about the early life of Abraham Lincoln, from his youth as a peace-loving woodsman, to his life in politics and election to the presidency in 1860.

Contributors

Abraham Lincoln:
Raymond Massey
Director:
John Cromwell
Stephen Douglas:
Gene Lockhart
Mary Todd Lincoln:
Ruth Gordon
Ann Rutledge:
Mary Howard
Elizabeth Edwards:
Dorothy Tree
Ben Mattling:
Clem Bevans
Jack Armstrong:
Howard Da Silva
Billy Herndon:
Alan Baxter
Joshua Speed:
Minor Watson
Ninian Edwards:
Harvey Stephens
Judge Bowling Green:
Aldrich Bowker
John McNeil:
Maurice Murphy
Mentor Graham:
Louis Jean Heydt
Producer:
Max Gordon

Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 8 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Wild West adventure in which a motley crew of men and women set out in search of a canyon full of gold - pursued by Apaches and the cavalry. Starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif. Show more

Contributors

Mackenna:
Gregory Peck
Colorado:
Omar Sharif
Sgt Tibbs:
Telly Savalas
Inga Bergmann:
Camilla Sparv
Sanchez:
Keenan Wynn
Hesh-Ke:
Julie Newmar
Hachita:
Ted Cassidy
The Editor:
Lee J Cobb
The Preacher:
Raymond Massey
The Storekeeper:
Burgess Meredith
Older Englishman:
Anthony Quayle
Ben Baker:
Eli Wallach

Formats

Source: BBC Online