List of the best Brenda De Banzie movies: The Entertainer(1960), Too Many Crooks(1959), Hobson's Choice(1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956), Flame in the Streets(1961), The 39 Steps(1959), The Pink Panther(1963), The Purple Plain(1954), Passport to Shame(1958), Come September(1961), A Kid for Two Farthings(1956), I Thank a Fool(1962) ... ...
Drama
UK
1960
97 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Brenda De Banzie Albert Finney Joan Plowright Roger Livesey Alan Bates Daniel Massey Miriam Karlin Shirley Anne Field Thora Hird Tony Longridge
teacher comedian wife father fiancée soldier disheartening dark beach theater family home family fame ambition infidelity vaudeville fall quest 1950s
Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Comedy
UK
1959
85 Minutes
Terry-Thomas Brenda De Banzie George Cole Bernard Bresslaw Sidney James Joe Melia Vera Day Nicholas Parsons Rosalie Ashley
millionaire kidnapper criminal wife husband amusing madcap london mansion kidnapping theft family dysfunction incompetency mistaken identity ransom revenge pursuit 1950s
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1954
107 Minutes
Maggie Hobson
Charles Laughton John Mills Brenda De Banzie Daphne Anderson Prunella Scales Richard Wattis
daughter shoemaker widower cheeky hysterical quirky england pub shop family marriage competition father/daughter relationship rivalry escape love victorian era
Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a successful bootmaker, a widower and a tyrannical father of three daughters. The girls each want to leave their father by getting married, but Henry refuses because marriage traditions require him to pay out settlements.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
120 Minutes
Lucy Drayton
James Stewart Doris Day Brenda De Banzie Bernard Miles Ralph Truman Daniel Gélin Mogens Wieth Alan Mowbray Hillary Brooke Chris Olsen Reggie Nalder
kidnapper mother father son spy tense gripping melodramatic africa morocco london opera house murder espionage kidnapping family rescue pursuit adventure 1950s
A tale of innocent American tourists in Morocco whose son's kidnapping sets off a twisting plot of international intrigue.
Drama
UK
1961
93 Minutes
Nell Palmer
John Mills Sylvia Syms Brenda De Banzie Earl Cameron Johnny Sekka Ann Lynn Wilfrid Brambell Meredith Edwards Newton Blick Glyn Houston Michael Wynne
union boss west indian daughter spirited intricate gutsy united kingdom bonfire racial issues racial tension racism interracial relationship discovery escape transformation 1960s
During the 1960s in Britain, tense race relations between whites and blacks are affecting the workplace, the family, the dating scene, and the society at large.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
93 Minutes
Nellie Lumsden
Kenneth More Taina Elg Brenda De Banzie Barry Jones Reginald Beckwith Faith Brook Michael Goodliffe James Hayter
man diplomat spy assassin schoolteacher police officer spectacular frenetic thrilling suspenseful scotland london train music hall boarding school police station espionage treason escape pursuit
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
Comedy
USA
1963
113 Minutes
Angela Dunning
Peter Sellers David Niven Robert Wagner Capucine Brenda De Banzie Colin Gordon John Le Mesurier James Lanphier Guy Thomajan Michael Trubshawe Riccardo Billi
police officer criminal thief princess playboy hilarious madcap melodramatic italy paris ski resort crime conspiracy fortune pursuit mystery 1960s
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
Adventure
UK
1954
100 Minutes
Miss McNab
Gregory Peck Win Min Than Bernard Lee Maurice Denham Brenda De Banzie Ram Gopal Lyndon Brook Anthony Bushell Jack McNaughton Harold Siddons Peter Arne
pilot commander physician nurse sister navigator tense gutsy melodramatic burma air force base tent airplane countryside mission psychosis flying world war ii accident courage
In WW2 Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.
Crime, Drama
1958
95 Minutes
Aggie
Eddie Constantine Diana Dors Odile Versois Herbert Lom Brenda De Banzie Robert Brown
taxi driver prostitute bleak melodramatic london england slavery prostitution escape love rescue 20th century
In order to get a loan, a London cabdriver (Eddie Constantine) hastily marries a Frenchwoman (Odile Versois), not realizing she is a recruit for a prostitution ring.
Romance
USA
1961
112 Minutes
Margaret Allison
Rock Hudson Gina Lollobrigida Sandra Dee Bobby Darin Walter Slezak Brenda De Banzie Rossana Rory Ronald Howard
mogul manager teen boy teen girl chaperone lover madcap lighthearted amusing tender italy villa hotel town vacation romantic dilemma scam generation gap accident unlikely friendship
Younger generation vs. "older" folks on vacation at an Italian villa.
Fantasy
UK
1956
91 Minutes
"Lady" Ruby
Celia Johnson Diana Dors David Kossoff Joe Robinson Jonathan Ashmore Brenda De Banzie Vera Day Primo Carnera Sydney Tafler Sidney James Daphne Anderson
son mother tailor goat charming touching spirited london childhood mother/child relationship poverty wishes animals growing up discovery underdog 1950s
In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1962
100 Minutes
Nurse Drew
Susan Hayward Peter Finch Diane Cilento Cyril Cusack Kieron Moore Athene Seyler Richard Wattis Brenda De Banzie Miriam Karlin Laurence Naismith
doctor husband prosecutor father wife ex-convict tense engaging emotional ireland country house courtroom euthanasia mental breakdown new life family history accidental death deception discovery quest
After prosecuting a doctor for mercy killing, a district-attorney hires the same doctor to care for his mentally ill wife.
Drama
UK
1951
86 Minutes
Mrs. Rogers
Rex Harrison Reginald Beck Lilli Palmer Denis O'Dea Tania Held Henrietta Barry Raymond Huntley Patricia Wayne Anthony Dawson Meriel Forbes Brenda De Banzie
murder suspect wife mistress murderer lawyer judge tense courtroom london apartment family home police station trial murder false accusations marriage infidelity mystery 1950s
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the only suspect when someone else murders her.