- published: 24 Oct 2009
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Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. He was also Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1935 and 1955, including during the Second World War. He is best known for his outspoken opposition to appeasement in the 1930s, his diplomatic leadership in the 1940s and 1950s, and the failure of his Middle East policy in 1956 that ended his premiership.
Eden's worldwide reputation as an opponent of appeasement, a "Man of Peace", and a skilled diplomat was overshadowed in the second year of his premiership when the United States refused to support the Anglo-French military response to the Suez Crisis, which critics across party lines regarded as an historic setback for British foreign policy, signalling the end of British predominance in the Middle East. Most historians argue that he made a series of blunders, especially not realizing the depth of opposition to military action by the US. Most historians say that Eden completely dominated the British decision-making process in the Suez crisis. However, Jonathan Pearson argues in Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble (2002) that Eden was more reluctant and less bellicose than most historians say.
Actors: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (actor), Mark Hamlyn (producer), Dennis Coard (actor), Tim Hughes (actor), Steve Jodrell (director), John Clifford White (composer), John Moore (producer), John Moore (writer), Steven Robinson (editor), Noel Herriman (actor), William Gluth (actor), Simon Rogers (actor), Anna Kamasz (miscellaneous crew), Chris Waters (actor), Michael Cummins (writer),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: James Fox (actor), Patrick Malahide (actor), Michael Cochrane (actor), Michael Elwyn (actor), Nick Jeffries (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Bicknell (actor), Crispin Bonham-Carter (actor), Khaled El Sawy (actor), Steve Stevenson (editor), Louise Hooper (director), Louise Hooper (producer), Khalid Laith (actor), Martin Colton (actor), Elizabeth Parker (composer), Christabelle Dilks (writer),
Genres: Documentary, Drama,Actors: Ray Barrett (actor), Max Cullen (actor), Timothy West (actor), Robert Vaughn (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), George Miller (director), Bill Hunter (actor), John Clayton (actor), Vincent Ball (actor), Tim Robertson (actor), Tony Barry (actor), Harold Hopkins (actor), Richard Moir (actor), David Williamson (writer), David Williamson (producer),
Genres: Drama, History, War,Actors: André Maranne (actor), Robert Raglan (actor), Alexander Knox (actor), Jacques Boudet (actor), Patrick Allen (actor), Patrick Magee (actor), Terence Alexander (actor), Joseph Cotten (actor), Jacques Duby (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Bernard Archard (actor), Peter Copley (actor), Arthur Hill (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Ian Richardson (actor),
Genres: Drama, History, War,Actors: George Schaefer (director), José Ferrer (actor), John Houseman (actor), Alexander Knox (actor), Barry Morse (actor), David Susskind (producer), Ed Flanders (actor), Sidney Carroll (writer), Duane Bogie (producer), Cathy Lonergan (miscellaneous crew), Dennis Burgess (actor), Charles L. Mee Jr. (writer), David Schoenbrun (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Thorley Walters (actor), Richard Leech (actor), Virginia McKenna (actress), Robert Beatty (actor), Winston Churchill (writer), Geoffrey Bayldon (actor), Patrick Stewart (actor), Ian Bannen (actor), Robert Hardy (actor), Richard Burton (actor), Edward Evans (actor), Ian Ogilvy (actor), Robin Bailey (actor), Terence Longdon (actor), Steve Plytas (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: George M. Carleton (actor), James Carlisle (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), Egon Brecher (actor), Herbert Ashley (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Felix Basch (actor), John Abbott (actor), Ted Billings (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Maurice Cass (actor),
Plot: "Mission to Moscow" was made at the behest of F.D.R. in order to garner more support for the Soviet Union during WWII. It was from the book by Joseph E. Davies, former U.S. Ambassador To Russia. The movie covers the political machinations in Moscow just before the start of the war and presents Stalin's Russia in a very favorable light. So much so, that the movie was cited years later by the House Un-American Activities Commission and was largely responsible for the screenwriter, Howard Koch being Blacklisted.
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