Search results for "Cecil Parker"
Lady L

Lady L

Lady L
IMDb: 5.5
117

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.

Genre: Comedy
The Chiltern Hundreds

The Chiltern Hundreds

The Chiltern Hundreds
IMDb: 6.1
84

Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is…

Genre: Comedy
Hungry Hill

Hungry Hill

Hungry Hill
IMDb: 6.2
103

Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.

Genre: Drama
A Cuckoo in the Nest

A Cuckoo in the Nest

A Cuckoo in the Nest
IMDb: 5.6
83

A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married – to other people….

Genre: Comedy
A Man Could Get Killed

A Man Could Get Killed

A Man Could Get Killed
IMDb: 5.9
97

An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him.

Genre: Action, Comedy
Happy Is the Bride

Happy Is the Bride

Happy Is the Bride
IMDb: 7
84

In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over…

Genre: Comedy
A French Mistress

A French Mistress

A French Mistress
IMDb: 6
98

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge’s (the French Mistress) effect on the boys…

It’s Great to be Young!

It’s Great to be Young!

It’s Great to be Young!
IMDb: 6.5
94

IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle…

Genre: Comedy, Music
True as a Turtle

True as a Turtle

True as a Turtle
IMDb: 5.8
96

Tony Hudson offers his young wife Jane a cruise on a yacht as a honeymoon trip. Although Jane suffers from chronic seasickness, she accepts and one day they go on…

Genre: Comedy
For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse
IMDb: 5.8
85

In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Dear Mr. Prohack

Dear Mr. Prohack

Dear Mr. Prohack
IMDb: 6
91

A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett’s novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott
IMDb: 6.5
93

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic…

Genre: Drama, History
Carry On Jack

Carry On Jack

Carry On Jack
IMDb: 5.9
87

Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams). Those swabbing the…

Genre: Comedy
Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson
IMDb: 7.2
126

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but…

Genre: Adventure, Family
I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double

I Was Monty’s Double
IMDb: 6.9
101

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German’s about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Court Jester

The Court Jester

The Court Jester
IMDb: 7.9
101

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn
IMDb: 6.2
108

In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets…

Storm in a Teacup

Storm in a Teacup

Storm in a Teacup
IMDb: 6.5
87

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Under Ten Flags

Under Ten Flags

Under Ten Flags
IMDb: 6.6
110

“Under Ten Flags” is a WWII movie loosely based on the true story of the German navy commerce raider Atlantis, a converted Auxilliary Cruiser, and her Captain Bernhard Rogge. Atlantis,…

Genre: History, War
The Wreck of the Mary Deare

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
IMDb: 6.8
105

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra
IMDb: 6.3
138

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Father Brown

Father Brown

Father Brown
IMDb: 6.7
91

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Heavens Above!

Heavens Above!

Heavens Above!
IMDb: 6.8
118

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous…

Genre: Comedy
The Iron Maiden

The Iron Maiden

The Iron Maiden
IMDb: 6.5
98

The film follows Jack Hopkins (played by Michael Craig), an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss (played by Cecil Parker) is eager to sell a new…

Genre: Comedy
Circus of Fear

Circus of Fear

Circus of Fear
IMDb: 5.4
91

A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.

The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton
IMDb: 7.1
94

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals – at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the…

Genre: Comedy
The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit
IMDb: 7.3
85

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes
IMDb: 7.8
96

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers
IMDb: 7.7
91

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Comedy Man

The Comedy Man

The Comedy Man
IMDb: 7
92

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it…

Genre: Drama
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities
IMDb: 7.1
115

British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue…

Indiscreet

Indiscreet

Indiscreet
IMDb: 6.8
100

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband
IMDb: 6.4
88

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life…

Genre: Comedy
23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street
IMDb: 7
103

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no…

I Believe in You

I Believe in You

I Believe in You
IMDb: 6.6
95

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of “The Blue Lamp”(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.

Genre: Drama