Movies by Thora Hird
As part of the cast:
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The Golden Years of British Comedy (2007)
Cast: Marty Feldman, Jack Warner, Terry-Thomas …
Directed by: Terry-Thomas
The classic British comedians of the 1940s, '50s and '60s are remembered in this sidesplitting collection of routines culled from vintage live shows, rarely seen sitcoms and other…
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The Wedding Gift (1994)
Cast: Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Thora Hird …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Originally airing as part of the BBC's "Screen One" series, this film is based on the true story of Deric (Jim Broadbent) and Diana Longden (Julie Walters), who were faced with the…
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Consuming Passions (1988)
Cast: Tyler Butterworth, Jonathan Pryce, Freddie Jones …
Directed by: Giles Foster
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler…
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In Loving Memory (1979)
Cast: Thora Hird, Christopher Beeny, Colin Farrell …
Making light of the morbid, this period comedy centers on Yorkshire widow Ivy Unsworth, who -- with a little help from her hapless nephew, Billy -- reluctantly takes the reigns of her late…
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The Nightcomers (1972)
Cast: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird …
Directed by: Michael Winner
On a country estate, newly orphaned siblings Miles (Christopher Ellis) and Flora (Verna Harvey) spy on an affair between their dodgy gardener (Marlon Brando) and prim nurse (Stephanie…
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The Millionairess / Talking Heads: Bed Among the Lentils (1972)
Cast: Maggie Smith, Avril Angers, Tom Baker …
Directed by: Stuart Burge, William Slater, Alan Bennett …
Acclaimed actress and British institution Maggie Smith headlines this double bill: first, as the headstrong heiress Epifania in George Bernard Shaw's brilliant farce, then, as the…
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A Kind of Loving (1962)
Cast: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
After taking up with Ingrid Rothwell (June Ritchie), the cute typist at work, young Vic Brown (Alan Bates) finds himself pressured into a hasty wedding when Ingrid turns up pregnant in this…
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Further Up the Creek (1958)
Cast: David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton …
Directed by: Val Guest
When the Royal Navy decides to sell off the HMS Aristotle to a Middle Eastern country, its enterprising bos'n (Frankie Howerd) schemes with the crew to make some cash by billing the…
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Personal Affair (1953)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Glynis Johns …
Directed by: Anthony Pelissier
This intense drama highlights the evils of gossip as teenage schoolgirl Barbara Vining (Glynis Johns) develops a passionate crush on her teacher, Stephen (Leo Genn), prompting his wife, Kay…
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The Magnet (1950)
Cast: Stephen Murray, James Fox, Kay Walsh …
Directed by: Charles Frend
After trading an "invisible" watch for another boy's magnet, Johnny (James Fox) runs away from home convinced he's wanted by the police. With his imagination running wild, Johnny…
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Two Thousand Women (1944)
Cast: Flora Robson, Patricia Roc, Renee Houston …
Directed by: Frank Launder, Phyllis Calvert
During WWII in occupied France, the Nazis turn a spa hotel into an internment camp for Englishwomen, including nun Rosemary (Patricia Roc), writer Freda (Phyllis Calvert), Bridie (Jean Kent),…
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The British War Collection: Went the Day Well? (1942)
Cast: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor …
Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti
The small British village of Bramley Green is the potential next site of a German invasion when sadistic Nazi officer Ortier (Basil Sydney) descends upon the town and contacts local Fifth…