Search results for "Virginia McKenna"
The Lion at World’s End

The Lion at World’s End

The Lion at World’s End
IMDb: 8
89

The astonishing true story of a zoo-born lion who found himself in the pet department of Harrods, then the cellar of an antique shop in London and, ultimately the wilds…

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar
IMDb: 7.4
161

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
The Disappearance

The Disappearance

The Disappearance
IMDb: 5.7
100

The wife of contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame
IMDb: 6.8
95

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme,…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest
IMDb: 7.7
94

This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of his parents, two…

Genre: Animation, Drama, War
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
Ring of Bright Water

Ring of Bright Water

Ring of Bright Water
IMDb: 7.2
107

Whoever said dog is man’s best friend never met Mij! Mij is a cute, cuddly pet shop otter who captures the heart of Graham Merill (Bill Travers). It doesn’t take…

Genre: Drama, Family
Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons
IMDb: 6.5
92

On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp…

Genre: Adventure, Family
Waterloo

Waterloo

Waterloo
IMDb: 7.3
128

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Born Free

Born Free

Born Free
IMDb: 7.2
95

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to…

Genre: Adventure
The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth
IMDb: 7
83

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill’s long-lost uncle has died and left them…

Genre: Comedy
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.

Golden Years

Golden Years

Golden Years
IMDb: 6.1
96

Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Carve Her Name With Pride

Carve Her Name With Pride

Carve Her Name With Pride
IMDb: 7.2
119

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent…

Genre: Drama, War
Holocaust 2000

Holocaust 2000

Holocaust 2000
IMDb: 5.4
106

An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son– who turns out to be the Anti Christ — from blowing it up.

An Elephant Called Slowly

An Elephant Called Slowly

An Elephant Called Slowly
IMDb: 6
91

Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.

Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors
IMDb: 6.7
99

Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic…

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice
IMDb: 7.2
117

In 1941, The advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Widow’s Walk

Widow’s Walk

Widow’s Walk
IMDb: 4.4
97

Eve’s husband has been killed in Afghanistan. She takes her young son to a Suffolk beach house on the edge of the North Sea to grieve. But someone else is…

Genre: Horror
Simba

Simba

Simba
IMDb: 6.2
99

White farmers in Kenya come under siege from the Mau Maus. Some natives try to help them and it’s later discovered that the father of a native doctor is the…

Genre: Drama, Romance