Acting
Lewis Casson
Born October 26, 1875 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Died May 16, 1969 · aged 93
No biography available.
Known For
Shake Hands with the Devil · 1959Shake Hands with the Devil
★ 6.51959
MovieActionDrama
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization by his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
The Winslow Boy · 1948The Winslow Boy
★ 7.01948
MovieDrama
In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Victoria the Great · 1937Victoria the Great
★ 5.61937
MovieDramaHistory
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Uncle Vanya · 1963Uncle Vanya
★ 5.51963
MovieDrama
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
Escape! · 1930Escape!
★ 6.31930
MovieCrimeDrama
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
Sixty Glorious Years · 1938Sixty Glorious Years
★ 6.31938
MovieHistory
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
South Riding · 1938South Riding
★ 6.61938
MovieDramaRomance
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
Little Friend · 1934Little Friend
★ 5.01934
MovieDrama
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
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The Winslow Boy · 1948The Winslow Boy
★ 7.01948
MovieDrama
In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Adm. Springfield (uncredited)




