Thora Hird Movies

  • 1953
    Background

    Background

    Background

    61953HD

    Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the...

    Background
  • 1948
    My Brother Jonathan

    My Brother Jonathan

    My Brother Jonathan

    6.61948HD

    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...

    My Brother Jonathan
  • 1989
    The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

    The Tailor of Gloucester

    01989HD

    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.

    The Tailor of Gloucester
  • 1949
    Maytime in Mayfair

    Maytime in Mayfair

    Maytime in Mayfair

    61949HD

    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...

    Maytime in Mayfair
  • 1953
    The Great Game

    The Great Game

    The Great Game

    61953HD

    The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...

    The Great Game
  • 1947
    The Courtneys of Curzon Street

    The Courtneys of Curzon Street

    The Courtneys of Curzon Street

    4.91947HD

    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...

    The Courtneys of Curzon Street
  • 1967
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    01967HD

    BBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.

    Romeo and Juliet
  • 1949
    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    01949HD

    Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he...

    The Cure for Love
  • 1999
    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    01999HD

    Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men...

    Julie and the Cadillacs
  • 1952
    The Big Frame

    The Big Frame

    The Big Frame

    3.81952HD

    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...

    The Big Frame
  • 1955
    Tiger by the Tail

    Tiger by the Tail

    Tiger by the Tail

    5.61955HD

    On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when...

    Tiger by the Tail
  • 1948
    The Weaker Sex

    The Weaker Sex

    The Weaker Sex

    61948HD

    A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.

    The Weaker Sex
  • 1988
    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    Talking Heads

    51988HD

    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...

    Talking Heads
  • 1972
    The Villa Maroc

    The Villa Maroc

    The Villa Maroc

    01972HD

    A stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in Morocco, where things befall them.

    The Villa Maroc
  • 1949
    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    Fools Rush In

    61949HD

    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...

    Fools Rush In
  • 1982
    Say Something Happened

    Say Something Happened

    Say Something Happened

    01982HD

    An inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”, but ends up learning just as much about...

    Say Something Happened
  • 1952
    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    The Frightened Man

    6.21952HD

    Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

    The Frightened Man
  • 1942
    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    101942HD

    Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

    Go to Blazes
  • 1958
    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    01958HD

    George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.

    A Clean Sweep
  • 1970
    Emma and Grandpa

    Emma and Grandpa

    Emma and Grandpa

    01970HD

    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...

    Emma and Grandpa