Actor: Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. His is known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also played Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

What Alec Guinness movies or TV programs can you stream in the UK?

The Swan

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2023-09-28T14:01:08+01:00September 28th, 2023|

Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when [...]

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All At Sea

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2022-08-23T14:01:38+01:00August 23rd, 2022|

Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors...but is all too susceptible to seasickness. After the war, he buys himself a nautical command [...]

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Kind Hearts And Coronets

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2021-01-23T07:19:29+00:00January 23rd, 2021|

In prison awaiting execution the next morning Louis, the 10th Duke of Chalfont, sets down on paper the events that led him to his current [...]

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Smiley’s People

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2020-11-08T22:31:56+00:00November 8th, 2020|

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it [...]

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The Ladykillers

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2020-07-11T03:07:05+01:00July 11th, 2020|

A gang planning a 'job' find themselves living with a little old lady, who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill [...]

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The Bridge On The River Kwai

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2020-07-11T03:03:40+01:00July 11th, 2020|

The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the [...]

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Lawrence Of Arabia

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2020-07-11T03:02:58+01:00July 11th, 2020|

Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a [...]

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

By Your Guide To Movie Streaming Services|2020-01-09T20:17:07+00:00January 9th, 2020|

Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome. Here is [...]

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