1) Doctor at Sea (1955) - high-spirited fun comedy, which I prefer to the first one because it has some sea views and Brigitte Bardot
2) Victim (1961) - for an actor in the closet Bogarde played an amazing number of gay characters for the time - this one notably, a hard hitting genuinely entertaining thriller that became unfashionable for a time but retains its power
3) The Servant (1963) - Bogarde played a few creepy corrupters in his career but this was perhaps his greatest performance in that genre
4) A Tale of Two Cities (1958) - perhaps Ralph Thomas' best film, a very fine adaptation of the novel with Bogarde excellently cast.
5) Hunted (1952) - part of the young-kid-idolising-a-crook genre, with Bogarde excellent as a spiv
6) The Blue Lamp (1949) - Bogarde makes a superb villain and I wish he'd played more
7) The Wind Cannot Read (1958) - presumably David Lean would've made a better film but this is a pretty good melodrama
8) The Doctor's Dilemma (1959) - Bogarde and Shaw go together well in a literate, entertaining film
9) Death in Venice (1971) - it is about, well, a pedophile and has some shocking make up but is very well done
10) Cast a Giant Shadow (1955) - Bogarde again makes a marvellous villain well teamed with Margaret Lockwood in character actor mode
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