The brain s david niven master plan is bedeviled by the fact that a pair of petty crooks are attempting to rob the same train and that his mafia backers are trying to stab him in the back. David niven full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The film stars david niven as the original bond, sir james bond 007. Sep 12, 2011 i remember this film although its years since i watched it. He won an academy award for his performance in separate tables 1958. Title sequence from the brain 1969, designed by jean fouchet. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central.
Wings of gold, one life to live, cedar cove, and chesapeake shores. David niven plays the brain, so named because it was he who mapped out the british great train robbery it says here. Every movie hitting ondemand early due to coronavirus. Now the brain plans to lift a fortune in nato money.
Feb 28, 2020 just listed an absolutely gorgeous 16mm lpp colour print of the david niven comedy the brain 1969, heres the link, pictures dont really do it justice, thanks for looking, del. David niven was an officer and a gentleman and a british. Casino royale is a 1967 spy comedy film originally produced by columbia pictures featuring an ensemble cast. Georges delerue carnaby street the brain aka le cerveau ost france 1969. Directed by the brilliant gerard oury its about two clumsy french thieves, anatole and arthur who plan a spe. Its not particularly thrilling but it does tick along nicely and director freddie francis has a keen eye for scene staging. David niven colonel matthews is the dashing villain with the brain, and he delivers his usual polished performance. Le cerveau by gerard oury bourvil, jeanpaul belmondo, david. The brain le cerveau in french is a 1969 french heist comedy film directed by gerard oury and starring david niven, jeanpaul belmondo, bourvil and eli wallach two clumsy french thieves, anatole bourvil and arthur belmondo, plan a spectacular heist. Gerard oury a film by, gerard oury scenario adaptation 5 more credits. If i were allowed just one film to keep and watch again a matter of life and death would be that film. Written, produced and directed by michael powell and emeric pressburger, the film stars david niven, roger livesey, raymond massey, kim hunter and marius goring. The result is chaos and frustration for all involved. Jeanpaul belmondo, bourvil, david niven, eli wallach.
Le cerveau the brain caterina caselli cento giorni 720 hd. To satisfy the film s american and italian sponsors, the dapper english film star david niven and italian actor eli wallach were added to the mix. William served in the berkshire yeomanry in the first world war and was killed during the gallipoli campaign on 21 august 1915. Find films and movies featuring david niven on allmovie. Le cerveau the brain caterina caselli cento giorni. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Brain, the internet movie firearms database guns in. The brain le cerveau is a 1969 french crime comedy directed by gerard oury and starring jeanpaul belmondo and bourvil as two criminals who plan to rob a train that carries a large sum of cash, without knowing that the criminal mastermind the brain david niven has the same idea. Synopsis le cerveau is a tongueincheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural oregon highway. Trailer du film le cerveau le cerveau bandeannonce vf allocine.
If you go to hollywood even now they still have the same way of lighting a film. Before becoming an actor, niven was an officer in the peacetime british army. Movie posters david niven le cerveau 1969 original. They dont know that other people have planned to do the same thing. It is loosely based on ian fleming s first james bond novel. Fs the brain 1969 david niven reel magic film forum. References eedit eedit soorce niven, james david graham 19101983, actor and author.
David niven celebrity profile check out the latest david niven photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. You may want to ask in ask the tropers about whether its safe to recreate. The robbery plot is very similar to the real great bank robbery. Now the brain plans to lift a fortune in nato money, which is being shipped by train from france to belgium. Barbara niven born february 26, 1953 is an american actress and producer, best known for her performances in lifetime movies and hallmark movies, and television roles in pensacola. David niven plays a british airman who survives a plane crash and falls in love with an american radio. Niven also had the leading role in the independent film a perfect ending 2012. Among his other bestknown films are around the world in 80 days 1956, the guns of navarone 1961, the pink panther 1963, and death on the nile 1978. The brain 1969 caterina caselli with cento giorni youtube. The bumbling inspector clouseau travels to rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as the phantom before he conducts his most daring heist yet. An adaptation of film noir legend curt siodmaks novel, donovans brain, the brain offers up a murder mystery narrative to go with the mad science angle. It stars jeanpaul belmondo and bourvil as a pair of french petty crooks, david niven as a british army officer who is secretly a criminal mastermind and eli wallach as a sicilian mafioso. During his last film, the curse of the pink panther 1983, he could barely speak as he was dying, and his speaking voice was dubbed in by his good friend, comedian and voice mimic rich little, who requested no credit in the film.
With david niven, peter sellers, robert wagner, capucine. Oury was obliged to make two versions of the film, one in french, the other in english, as the american backers were not prepared to accept a dubbed version of a foreign language film. This item is an 8 x 10,black and white photo of eli wallach and david niven in a scene from the 1969 moviethe brain. David niven plays the brain, so named because it was he who mapped out the british.
David niven stars as peter carter, a world war ii raf pilot who is forced to bail out of his crippled plane without a parachute. Hugh herbert, from a screenplay by herbert, adapted by nancy. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from paris to bruxelles. Apparently david niven knew he was going to marry his second wife the second he first met. Le cerveau is a 1969 french comedy film directed by gerard oury, about a second train robbery by the brain behind the great train robbery of 1963. The brain is rocking the world with laughter arthur and anatole are two little robbers. At the outbreak of world war ii, although a topline star, he rejoined the army rifle brigade. James david graham niven was born on the feast day of st david, patron saint of wales. James david graham niven march 1, 1910 july 29, 1983 is mostly famous for being, by a considerable margin, the most english man ever to go to hollywood. Feb 26, 2020 david niven, british stage and motionpicture actor who personified dapper charm. The brains david niven master plan is bedeviled by the fact that a pair of petty crooks are attempting to rob the same train and that his mafia backers are trying to stab him in the back. The brain 1969 the mastermind david niven of britains great train robbery plans to rob a french train of nato money bound for brussels.
It stars jeanpaul belmondo and bourvil as a pair of french petty crooks, david niven as a british army officer who is secretly a criminal mastermind. It was directed by mark robson, produced by robson and f. Created by the british writingdirectingproducing team of michael powell and emeric pressburger, this romantic fantasy film is set in england during world war. The brain le cerveau is a tongueincheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural oregon highway. His many roles included squadron leader peter carter in a matter of life and death, phileas fogg in around the world in 80 days, and sir charles lytton the phantom in the pink panther. The man behind the balloon, michael munn confesses that he cant be an objective author with. Feb 22, 2015 in 1988 i went to the movies to see the hilarious comedy dirty rotten scoundrels starring steve martin and michael caine. Also known as stairway to heaven, a matter of life and death is the remarkable british fantasy film that became the surprise hit of 1946. Find films and movies featuring david niven on allmovie allmovie.
David niven has books on goodreads with 12375 ratings. Avec david niven, jeanpaul belmondo, bourvil, raymond gerome, eli wallach spectateurs. He was just making the leap to movie stardom in 1939 when world war ii started. Jeanpaul belmondo david niven eli wallach bourvil plus it has a great song by caterini. Criminals on both sides of the channel plan to hijack the train. Jeanpaul belmondo, david niven, eli wallach, bourvil, gerard oury. When nato transfers some of its funds from paris to brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a british colonel plans to steal it but two petty french thieves also have the same intent. David nivens father, william niven, was of scottish descent. David niven was an english actor who won an academy award for his performance in separate tables. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. David niven s father, william niven, was of scottish descent. Set in a gorgeously photographed technicolor england and a monochrome heaven, a matter of life and death took the imaginative daring of jointly credited writerproducerdirectors michael powell and emeric pressburger to new heights. David niven junior last saw his father a few months before his death at the movie stars spectacular villa overlooking the sea at cap ferrat in the south of france. James david graham niven 1 mairch 1910 29 julie 1983 wis an inglis actor an novelist who wis popular in europe an in the unitit states.
He attended stowe school and sandhurst military academy and served for two years in malta with the highland light infantry. The rogues is an american television series that appeared on nbc from september, 1964, to april 18, 1965, starring david niven, charles boyer, and gig young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. David niven i 19101983 david niven was named after the saints day on which he was born, st. The little hut is a 1957 britishamerican romantic comedy film made by mgm starring ava gardner, stewart granger and david niven. A matter of life and death is a 1946 british fantasyromance film set in england during the second world war. David niven was an officer and a gentleman and a british acting legend. Le cerveau is a 1969 french comedy film directed by gerard oury, about a second train robbery by the brains of the great train robbery. Dont let the fact that this film features david niven and eli wallach fool you, this is a french film through and through. The brain the brain 1969 the impossible years jonathan kingsley 1968 before winter comes maj. The only thing i can remember is david niven plays a crook whos brain is so large he always has his head to one side. Ever since then i tried in vain to find a copy of the film.
Although registered as the son of his mothers husband william edward graham niven, he was in fact the result of one of the many extramarital flings she enjoyed while her husband was off fighting for king and country in the first world war. Jan 15, 2020 a matter of life and death 1946, aka, stairway to heaven is a favorite film of mine. Eli wallach and david niven the brain 1969 photo signed. I was never much of a fan of eli wallachs movies, but hes pretty good here as a gangster guarding his sisters virginity. With jeanpaul belmondo, bourvil, david niven, eli wallach. Actor 112 curse of the pink panther 1983 sir charles litton better late than never. They are an excellent counterpoint to an elegant, classy british officer played by and david niven, who supported by mafia is after the same cash. Two clumsy french thieves, anatole bourvil and arthur belmondo, plan a spectacular heist. Le cerveau is a tongueincheek caper film with more twists and turns than a rural oregon highway. The movie title stills collection is the largest online archive dedicated to title sequence. Its the kind of movie you will remember for ages, especially david niven who is called the brain whom can be recognized by a bent over head as his iq is too. Thats the explosive suggestion in a new play and the evidence is troublingly plausible. Stairway to heaven a matter of life and death 1947. Brain, the a special train has been commissioned to convey secret nato funds from paris to brussels.
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