Search results for "Noel Purcell"
Johnny Nobody

Johnny Nobody

Johnny Nobody
IMDb: 6.4
88

When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Rising of the Moon

The Rising of the Moon

The Rising of the Moon
IMDb: 6.6
81

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In “The Majesty of the Law,” a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow…

Genre: Comedy
Nurse on Wheels

Nurse on Wheels

Nurse on Wheels
IMDb: 6.1
85

Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Seekers

The Seekers

The Seekers
IMDb: 5.6
90

A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.

Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew
IMDb: 6.7
103

When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancĂ©e to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue’s burial site. But…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Father’s Doing Fine

Father’s Doing Fine

Father’s Doing Fine
IMDb: 5.3
80

Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The story revolves around the impending…

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
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty
IMDb: 7.2
185

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means…

Lust for Life

Lust for Life

Lust for Life
IMDb: 7.4
122

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo,…

Genre: Drama
The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate
IMDb: 7.3
105

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A…

Man in the Moon

Man in the Moon

Man in the Moon
IMDb: 6.2
98

William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Appointment with Venus

Appointment with Venus

Appointment with Venus
IMDb: 6.1
87

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the…

Genre: Romance
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
No Kidding

No Kidding

No Kidding
IMDb: 5.7
86

The premise involves a young couple, David and Catherine Robinson (Leslie Phillips and a young Geraldine McEwan), who have to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their…

Genre: Comedy
The Running Man

The Running Man

The Running Man
IMDb: 6.5
103

An insurance man (Alan Bates) gets chummy in Spain with a couple (Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick) who have collected on a fake death.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Millionairess

The Millionairess

The Millionairess
IMDb: 5.5
89

When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world’s richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Key

The Key

The Key
IMDb: 6.6
134

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into “U-Boat Alley” to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He’s…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War