List of the best Alastair Sim movies: Green for Danger(1946), An Inspector Calls(1954), The Happiest Days of Your Life(1950), The Green Man(1957), Laughter in Paradise(1951), The Littlest Horse Thieves(1977), Let the People Sing(1942), The Belles of St. Trinian's(1954), Hue and Cry(1946), Geordie(1955), Innocents in Paris(1955), The Ruling Class(1972) ... ...
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1946
93 Minutes
Inspector Cockrill
Alastair Sim Trevor Howard Sally Gray Rosamund John Leo Genn Judy Campbell Megs Jenkins Moore Marriott Henry Edwards Ronald Adam George Woodbridge
doctor nun nurse detective patient chilling engaging suspenseful hospital england murder betrayal war mystery 1940s
After the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder dies also, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1954
79 Minutes
Inspector Poole
Alastair Sim Arthur Young Olga Lindo Brian Worth Eileen Moore Bryan Forbes Jane Wenham George Woodbridge Olwen Brookes
wealthy man wealthy woman inspector son daughter pretty woman emotional melodramatic uneasy england household death investigation family wealth social standing class distinctions discovery mystery 1910s
When a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret - each one is partly responsible for her death.
7.3/10
Comedy
UK
1950
81 Minutes
Alastair Sim Margaret Rutherford Joyce Grenfell Guy Middleton Edward Rigby Muriel Aked John Bentley Bernadette O'Farrell Richard Wattis Patricia Owens
headmaster headmistress athletic director porter student inspector witty frenetic england countryside school blitz of london mix-up secrets argument discipline world war ii underdog rise 1940s
Chaos ensues for staff and students alike when an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.
7.2/10
Comedy
UK
1957
80 Minutes
Alastair Sim George Cole Terry-Thomas Jill Adams Avril Angers John Chandos Dora Bryan Colin Gordon Eileen Moore Raymond Huntley Cyril Chamberlain
assassin dictator millionaire politician salesman love interest cheeky dark playful england house restaurant political rally soccer field hotel hired killers suspicion bomb plot mistaken identity
An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1951
93 Minutes
Alastair Sim Fay Compton Beatrice Campbell Veronica Hurst Guy Middleton George Cole A.E. Matthews Joyce Grenfell Anthony Steel John Laurie Eleanor Summerfield
writer snob bachelor bank teller millionaire housekeeper offbeat cheeky mansion bank prison england inheritance practical jokes life lessons money family quest transformation 1960s
When a millionaire practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.
7.0/10
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
1977
104 Minutes
Alastair Sim Peter Barkworth Maurice Colbourne Susan Tebbs Geraldine McEwan Joe Gladwin Andrew Harrison Benjie Bolgar Chloe Franks Prunella Scales Leslie Sands
young boy young girl mother father lord emotional engaging yorkshire, england mine stable horses horse thieves daunting task animal slaughter corporate greed rescue quest growing up 1900s
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Comedy
UK
1942
105 Minutes
Professor Ernst Kronak
Alastair Sim Fred Emney Edward Rigby Oliver Wakefield Patricia Roc Annie Esmond Marian Spencer Olive Sloane Maire O'Neill Gus McNaughton
A Czech political exile and a washed-up music hall comedian form an unlikely partnership to try and save a town's concert hall from the planners, businessmen, and bureaucrats.
6.8/10
Comedy
UK
1954
91 Minutes
Alastair Sim George Cole Joyce Grenfell Hermione Baddeley Betty Ann Davies Beryl Reid Renee Houston
headmistress bookie student juvenile delinquents petty criminal teacher amusing witty lighthearted cheeky madcap spirited boarding school england spying boarding-school life horse racing education delinquency deception
The schoolgirls of St. Trinian's are more interested in racing forms than books as they try to get-rich-quick. They are abetted by the headmistress' brother.
6.8/10
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
1946
85 Minutes
Felix H. Wilkinson
Alastair Sim Jack Warner Harry Fowler Valerie White Douglas Barr Joan Dowling Stanley Escane Ian Dawson Gerald Fox David Simpson Frederick Piper
boy group member mastermind comic book artist amusing creative london schemes comic books quest mystery 1940s
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1955
93 Minutes
Alastair Sim Bill Travers Brian Reece Molly Urquhart Miles Malleson Jameson Clark Doris Goddard Norah Gorsen
hammer-thrower girlfriend love interest athlete bully shot-putter amusing uplifting emotional scotland melbourne, australia sport tournament olympic games bodybuilding bullying fame vanity competition transformation quest
A Scottish gamekeeper's wee son (Bill Travers) takes up bodybuilding and becomes an Olympic hammer thrower.
Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Sir Norman Barker
Alastair Sim Margaret Rutherford Claire Bloom Ronald Shiner Claude Dauphin Laurence Harvey Jimmy Edwards Richard Wattis Louis De Funès Christopher Lee
artist young girl frenchman scottish person diplomat englishman amusing cheery rousing paris nightclub airport the louvre bar travel relationships french society english society diplomacy cultural differences
A diplomat (Alastair Sim), an artist (Margaret Rutherford) and five others leave London for a weekend in Paris.
7.4/10
Comedy
UK
1972
154 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Alastair Sim Harry Andrews Arthur Lowe Coral Browne Michael Bryant Nigel Green William Mervyn Carolyn Seymour James Villiers Hugh Burden
earl uncle psychiatrist mental patient butler hilarious quirky england estate nobility schizophrenia class distinctions delusions murder schemes rivalry wretched excess 1970s
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other, somewhat more respectable, members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1939
76 Minutes
Gordon Harker Alastair Sim Miki Hood Hugh Williams Wally Patch Steven Geray Edward Underdown Gibb McLaughlin Ronald Adam Eliot Makeham
inspector detective thief murderer sergeant government official witty suspenseful amusing england crime scene scam murder theft investigation stocks mystery pursuit 1930s
Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham are called in to investigate a murder that involves the theft of government secrets.
6.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1936
70 Minutes
A secret agent puts his life on the line to save a town's liquid explosives from crooks.
Comedy, Drama
1948
112 Minutes
Richard Attenborough Alastair Sim Stephen Murray Fay Compton Wylie Watson Susan Shaw Ivy St. Helier Joyce Carey Andrew Crawford Eleanor Summerfield Gladys Henson
The residents of a South London boarding house rally to the defense of a young neighbor accused of murder.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, War
1941
90 Minutes
Leslie Banks Alastair Sim John Mills Michael Wilding Carla Lehman Catherine Lacey George Cole Jeanne de Casalis Frank Cellier Muriel Aked Wally Patch
evacuee pilot tenant inventor butler wife playful engaging quirky london scotland village laboratory cottage street world war ii suspicion espionage inventions military intelligence
A British agent (Alastair Sim) foils a Nazi plot to steal an inventor's (Leslie Banks) design for a bombsight.
7.4/10
Comedy
UK
1960
94 Minutes
Mr. S. Potter
Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Alastair Sim Janette Scott Dennis Price Peter Jones Edward Chapman John Le Mesurier Irene Handl Kynaston Reeves Hattie Jacques
A young man finds a very special school. It teaches him how to take advantage of people. He begins to put the lessons into operation.
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
76 Minutes
Dr. Montgomery
John Mills Stewart Granger Alastair Sim Joy Shelton Alison Leggatt Beatrice Varley
soldier draft dodger wife doctor ex-girlfriend air raid warden spirited cheeky engaging intense heartwarming london train station air-raid shelter office street household world war ii marriage deception
A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1955
87 Minutes
Dr. Skillingworth
John Mills Yvonne Mitchell Alastair Sim Jeremy Spenser Andrew Ray Marie Lohr Peter Asher
pacifist wife son brother headmaster endearing madcap cheeky outlandish england school airplane political activism career vs. family unhappy marriage juvenile crime idealism growing up love 1950s
This movie concerns a pacifist husband who is so involved in his "causes" he totally neglects his wife and two sons. The wife, ready to leave her husband, finds the schoolmaster knocking on... See full summary »
6.1/10
Crime, Drama
UK
1935
69 Minutes
MacPherson
James Mason Virginia Cherrill Alastair Sim Ian Colin Clifford McLaglen Cyril Cusack David Horne Antoinette Cellier Donald Wolfit
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down a cop killer.
5.5/10
Comedy
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Julius Sagamore
Sophia Loren Peter Sellers Alastair Sim Vittorio De Sica Dennis Price Gary Raymond Miriam Karlin Noel Purcell Virginia Vernon
heiress rich girl doctor boss philanthropist tennis player charming amusing london office hospital river thames marriage trading places money wealth opposites attract sacrifice transformation 1960s
A Millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set-up by their respective parents.
7.1/10
Musical
UK
1937
91 Minutes
Detective Taggett
Jessie Matthews Barry MacKay Nat Pendleton Alastair Sim Olive Blakeney Noel Madison Patrick Ludlow Graham Moffatt Danny Green Edmon Ryan Liane Ordeyne
Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
UK
1936
82 Minutes
A. S. Drayton
George Formby Florence Desmond Gus McNaughton Alastair Sim Harry Tate Enid Stamp-Taylor Hal Gordon Clifford Heatherley Binkie Stuart
A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it.
6.1/10
Romance
UK
1938
79 Minutes
Max
Jessie Matthews Michael Redgrave Noel Madison Alastair Sim Margaret Vyner Mary Clare Francis L. Sullivan Enid Stamp-Taylor Torin Thatcher Tucker McGuire Basil Radford
model millionaire young man beautiful girl amusing airy witty tender england united kingdom secret identity love love interest wealth poverty comedy love metamorphosis pursuit 20th century
Wealthy young man Nicky (Sir Michael Redgrave) pretends to be poor to be close to model Diana (Jesse Matthews) though he's nearly engaged to aristocrat Lady Constance (Margaret Vyner).
Drama, History
1947
94 Minutes
Father McKeogh
Stewart Granger Kathleen Ryan Cecil Parker Mervyn Johns Alastair Sim Robert Donat
farmer landowner priest irishman love interest patriotic tense ireland village historical events rebellion poverty greed courage rise love underdog 19th century
An Irish tenant farmer (Stewart Granger) leads others against a land agent (Cecil Parker) threatening eviction.
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1937
77 Minutes
Joshua Collie
Edmund Lowe Sebastian Shaw Ann Todd Tamara Desni Robert Newton Alastair Sim
detective alcoholic undercover cop fence thief beautiful woman thrilling tense london police station club comeback police work romance jewelry theft mystery 1930s
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known ... See full summary »
Comedy
1936
85 Minutes
Interpreter
Edward Everett Horton Genevieve Tobin Ursula Jeans Garry Marsh Aubrey Mather Alastair Sim
businessman alter ego love interest interpreter amusing charming playful creative lighthearted office new life confidence self-confidence magic mirror relationships adventure discovery pursuit love rise
An aggressive alter ego allows a mild-mannered man to accomplish feats that he would ordinarily be too timid to try.
6.8/10
Musical, Romance
UK
1938
80 Minutes
Sylvester
Jessie Matthews Roland Young Barry MacKay Jack Whiting Noel Madison Frank Pettingell Alastair Sim Athene Seyler Margaret Vyner William Dewhurst Peggy Novak
barge worker millionaire entertainer financier agent chorus girl charming melodramatic endearing london thames river barge tower bridge music hall nightclub ambition working class romance show business success
Kay, who works on a Thames River barge, and Steve are secretly in love with each other but do their best to hide it. Kay wants desperately to be a music-hall star and Steve wants to be a ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
UK
1975
98 Minutes
Mr. Greig
Malcolm McDowell Alan Bates Florinda Bolkan Oliver Reed Britt Ekland Lionel Jeffries Tom Bell Alastair Sim Michael Hordern Joss Ackland Christopher Cazenove
captain count courtesan duchess politician amusing unrestrained boys school london germany battlefield church military life war seduction mistaken identity ambition adventure wretched excess 1840s
Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince.
Comedy
1951
90 Minutes
Dennis Price Pauline Stroud John McCallum Stanley Holloway Diana Dors George Cole Kay Kendall Sidney James Dana Wynter Googie Withers Alastair Sim
beauty queen con artist womanizer film producer amusing confident cheeky club beauty pageant london england beauty pageant show business adventure transformation underdog 20th century
An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1950
110 Minutes
Jane Wyman Marlene Dietrich Richard Todd Michael Wilding Kay Walsh Sybil Thorndike Miles Malleson Hector MacGregor Joyce Grenfell Andre Morell Patricia Hitchcock
wrongly accused ex-girlfriend detective actress actor amateur sleuth suspenseful gripping london theater chase false accusations disguise blackmail deception investigation pursuit mystery escape 1950s
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer.
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