TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Michael Redgrave.

Michael Redgrave
Birthdate: March 20, 1908
Death date: March 21, 1985

Michael Redgrave

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
0.7186
2
total ranking of 0.7186
1940s
2.3994
15
total ranking of 2.3994
1950s
2.4658
17
total ranking of 2.4658
1960s
2.4510
11
total ranking of 2.4510
1970s
1.6867
7
total ranking of 1.6867
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Michael Redgrave is ranked overall as 2.5277 of of 4 stars2.5277

Michael Redgrave Movie Rankings

1
Michael Redgrave starring in Dead of Night
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 3.0715 out of 4 stars for Dead of Night3.0715
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. ...more about Dead of Night
2
Michael Redgrave starring in Browning Version
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 3.0620 out of 4 stars for Browning Version3.0620
On the last day of term at a boys private school, a new master arrives to familiarise himself. His predecessor, Crocker-Harris is much hated in the school but his younger wife seems more popular and not only with the pupils. ...more about Browning Version
Actor Awards
  • Jussi Awards - Foreign Actor
3
Michael Redgrave starring in Goodbye
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.9856 out of 4 stars for Goodbye2.9856
  • Not Available on DVD
4
Innocents, The (1961)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.9837 out of 4 stars for Innocents2.9837
In late 19th century England, an inexperienced young woman (Kerr) becomes governess to a small orphan girl living in a lonely stately home occupied only by the child, a housekeeper and a small complement of servants. ...more about Innocents
5
Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.9241 out of 4 stars for Importance of Being Earnest2.9241
Jack Worthing lives in the country with his pretty ward Cecily Cardew. But in the city, he goes by the name of Earnest and is in love with Gwendolyn Fairfax. ...more about Importance of Being Earnest
6
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.8917 out of 4 stars for Mr. Arkadin2.8917
Guy Stratten gets the order from Mr. Arkadin, to find out everything about his past, because he lost his memory. ...more about Mr. Arkadin
7
Battle of Britain (1969)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.6723 out of 4 stars for Battle of Britain2.6723
Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britain as the new Luftwaffa and the Royal Air Force determine whether or not an invasion can take place. ...more about Battle of Britain
8
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.6256 out of 4 stars for Nicholas and Alexandra2.6256
The tragic story of Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. ...more about Nicholas and Alexandra
9
Quiet American, The (1958)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.4277 out of 4 stars for Quiet American2.4277
In this adaptation of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure in pre-war Indochina, Audie Murphy plays an innocent Young American opposite the older, cynical Brit Michael Redgrave. ...more about Quiet American
10
Go-Between, The (1970)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.3441 out of 4 stars for Go-Between2.3441
Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. ...more about Go-Between
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Dam Busters, The (1954)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.3151 out of 4 stars for Dam Busters2.3151
The British are desperate to shorten the length of WW2 and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart. At first the objective looks impossible until a British scientist invents an ingenious weapon capable of destroying the planned target. ...more about Dam Busters
12
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.3116 out of 4 stars for Shake Hands with the Devil2.3116
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. ...more about Shake Hands with the Devil
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Way to the Stars, The (1945)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.2693 out of 4 stars for Way to the Stars2.2693
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. ...more about Way to the Stars
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Wreck of the Mary Deare, The (1959)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.2542 out of 4 stars for Wreck of the Mary Deare2.2542
In the English Channel John Sands, captain of a small rescue ship, finds the freighter Mary Deare drifting. Although there's only a little fire, the whole crew seems to have left the ship. ...more about Wreck of the Mary Deare
15
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.2026 out of 4 stars for Mourning Becomes Electra2.2026
Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Orestaia. In New England, after the American Civil War, a war-weary Agamem--er, Ezra Mannon comes home to his unhappy wife (Christine) and loving daughter (Lavinia). ...more about Mourning Becomes Electra
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
16
Captive Heart, The (1946)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.1369 out of 4 stars for Captive Heart2.1369
After the evacuation at Dunkirk, June 1940, some thousands of British prisoners are sent to German P.O.W. camps. One such group includes "Capt. Geoffrey Mitchell," a concentration-camp escapee who assumed the identity of a dead British officer. ...more about Captive Heart
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.1112 out of 4 stars for Oh... Rosalinda!!2.1112
"Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) is the pseudonym adopted by Dr Falke. Floating on the buoyant waltzes of Strauss, this Viennese romp is sure to please. ...more about Oh... Rosalinda!!
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Secret Beyond the Door... (1948)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.1004 out of 4 stars for Secret Beyond the Door...2.1004
In this Freudian version of the Bluebeard tale, a young, trust-funded New Yorker goes to Mexico on vacation before marrying an old friend whom she considers a safe choice for a husband. ...more about Secret Beyond the Door...
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Night My Number Came Up, The (1955)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.0944 out of 4 stars for Night My Number Came Up2.0944
At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong a pilot is coaxed into revealing details of a dream in which eight persons take off from Bangkok in a Dakota bound for Tokyo and crash in the Japanese mountains. ...more about Night My Number Came Up
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Stars Look Down, The (1940)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 2.0227 out of 4 stars for Stars Look Down2.0227
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. ...more about Stars Look Down
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (1962)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.9902 out of 4 stars for Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1.9902
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. ...more about Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
22
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.9327 out of 4 stars for Oh! What a Lovely War1.9327
A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. ...more about Oh! What a Lovely War
23
Young Cassidy (1965)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.9099 out of 4 stars for Young Cassidy1.9099
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Kipps (1941)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.8675 out of 4 stars for Kipps1.8675
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Thunder Rock (1943)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.8629 out of 4 stars for Thunder Rock1.8629
  • Not Available on DVD
26
1984 (1956)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.8311 out of 4 stars for 19841.8311
In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia, and is tortured and brainwashed for his crime. ...more about 1984
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Time Without Pity (1957)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.8068 out of 4 stars for Time Without Pity1.8068
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Agnes, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. ...more about Time Without Pity
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
28
Big Blockade, The (1940)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.7990 out of 4 stars for Big Blockade1.7990
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Climbing High (1938)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.7442 out of 4 stars for Climbing High1.7442
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result. ...more about Climbing High
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Connecting Rooms (1970)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.7314 out of 4 stars for Connecting Rooms1.7314
  • Not Available on DVD
31
Window in London, A (1940)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.7168 out of 4 stars for Window in London1.7168
While on his way to work one morning, a man looks at the window of the train and sees a young woman being murdered. ...more about Window in London
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Law and Disorder (1958)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.5328 out of 4 stars for Law and Disorder1.5328
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. ...more about Law and Disorder
  • Not Available on DVD
33
Magic Box, The (1951)
Michael Redgrave scores a combined 1.4186 out of 4 stars for Magic Box1.4186
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. ...more about Magic Box
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Assignment K (1968)
No Reviews Available
Philip Scott, head of a successful toy company, is also secretly the head of a British spy unit. When his cover is blown, enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his operatives. ...more about Assignment K
  • Not Available on DVD
35
Atlantic Ferry (1941)
No Reviews Available
In 1840 two rival steamship companies race to see who should have the best cargo between England and America. Two brothers are involved, one on each ship. ...more about Atlantic Ferry
  • Not Available on DVD
36
Behind the Mask (1958)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Christmas Carol, A (1971)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
38
Fame Is the Spur (1946)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
39
Goodbye Gemini (1970)
No Reviews Available
Unnaturally close twin siblings Jacki and Julian become enmeshed in the swinging London scene, where they attract the attention of the heavily endebted gambler Clive. ...more about Goodbye Gemini
  • Not Available on DVD
40
Green Scarf, The (1954)
No Reviews Available
"Solange Vauthier (Ann Todd) is the wife of a deaf, dumb and blind author (Kieron Moore) who is accused of murder. ...more about Green Scarf
  • Not Available on DVD
41
Happy Road, The (1957)
No Reviews Available
An American boy and a French girl run away from a Swiss school making for Paris to reunite with their parents. The boy's father (Gene Kelly) and the girl's father (Barbara Laage) join forces, despite cultural differences, to search for their kids. ...more about Happy Road
  • Not Available on DVD
42
Jeannie (1941)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
43
Last Target, The (1972)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Man Within, The (1947)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
45
No My Darling Daughter (1961)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
46
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
47
Sea Shall Not Have Them, The (1954)
No Reviews Available
During WW2, a British bomber equipage is forced down in the British Chanel. Trying to keep the moral, they talk about their lives waiting the rescue they sure will come. ...more about Sea Shall Not Have Them
  • Not Available on DVD
48
Shakespeare: Soul of an Age (1962)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
49
Stolen Life (1939)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
50
Uncle Vanya (1963)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
51
The 25th Hour (1967)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
52
Years Between, The (1946)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD