Thora Hird Movies
- 1953
Background
Background61953HD
Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the...
- 1948
My Brother Jonathan
My Brother Jonathan6.61948HD
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work...
- 1989
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor of Gloucester01989HD
An ill tailor is trying to finish a coat for a wealthy man. He is hindered by his cat and helped by some grateful mice.
- 1949
Maytime in Mayfair
Maytime in Mayfair61949HD
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as...
- 1953
The Great Game
The Great Game61953HD
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...
- 1947
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
The Courtneys of Curzon Street4.91947HD
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film...
- 1967
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet01967HD
BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.
- 1949
The Cure for Love
The Cure for Love01949HD
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he...
- 1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
Julie and the Cadillacs01999HD
Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men...
- 1952
The Big Frame
The Big Frame3.81952HD
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into...
- 1955
Tiger by the Tail
Tiger by the Tail5.61955HD
On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when...
- 1948
The Weaker Sex
The Weaker Sex61948HD
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.
- 1988
Talking Heads
Talking Heads51988HD
Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a...
- 1972
The Villa Maroc
The Villa Maroc01972HD
A stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in Morocco, where things befall them.
- 1949
Fools Rush In
Fools Rush In61949HD
Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul...
- 1982
Say Something Happened
Say Something Happened01982HD
An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”, but ends up learning just as much about...
- 1952
The Frightened Man
The Frightened Man6.21952HD
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
- 1942
Go to Blazes
Go to Blazes101942HD
Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.
- 1958
A Clean Sweep
A Clean Sweep01958HD
George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.
- 1970
Emma and Grandpa
Emma and Grandpa01970HD
Filmed in rural Sussex in 1982 and re-edited in 2008 with a new sound track, the charm of this period piece does not date. Each month there is a...