List of the best Bryan Pringle movies: The Boy Friend(1971), French Dressing(1964), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning(1960), Drowning by Numbers(1988), Getting It Right(1989), American Friends(1991), Damn the Defiant!(1962), It Takes a Thief(1959) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA
1971
136 Minutes
Percy Parkhill, Percy Browne
Twiggy Christopher Gable Max Adrian Moyra Fraser Bryan Pringle Catherine Willmer Murray Melvin Georgina Hale Sally Bryant Vladek Sheybal Tommy Tune
director actor stage manager chorus girl spectacular campy england small town stage theater production stardom ambition movies song and dance underdog love 1920s
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.
Comedy
UK
1964
86 Minutes
The Mayor
James Booth Marisa Mell Roy Kinnear Alita Naughton Bryan Pringle Norman Pitt Henry McCarthy Sandor Eles
attendant manager newspaper reporter actress mayor publicist amusing madcap lighthearted witty charming spirited seaside france film festival great britain publicity stunts reputation film festival cross-cultural relations
A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image - and increase its revenues - by holding a film festival. When a famous continental star agrees to attend, things get out of hand.
Drama
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Jack
Albert Finney Rachel Roberts Shirley Anne Field Hylda Baker Norman Rossington Bryan Pringle Robert Cawdron Edna Morris Elsie Wagstaff Frank Pettitt
factory worker pregnant woman dark raw brooding england nottingham, england factory abortion alcoholism infidelity self-destruction love forbidden love wretched excess growing up 1960s
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Comedy
UK|Netherlands
1988
119 Minutes
Jake
Bernard Hill Joan Plowright Juliet Stevenson Joely Richardson Jason Edwards Bryan Pringle
matriarch husband daughter sister granddaughter coroner suspenseful dark amusing dreamy family home bathroom swimming pool ocean murder family secrets murder investigation seduction friendship mother/daughter relationship
Three generations of women all share the same problem: marriage woes, and they want to put an end to it.
Comedy
UK
1989
102 Minutes
Mr. Lamb
Jesse Birdsall Helena Bonham Carter Peter Cook Lynn Redgrave Jane Horrocks Richard Huw John Gielgud Pat Heywood Judy Parfitt Bryan Pringle
hairdresser millionaire aristocratic lady single mother lighthearted hilarious endearing london hair salon virginity sex loneliness dating discovery love transformation 1980s
Gavin is thirty-one-years-old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy, but before he knows it, there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1991
95 Minutes
Michael Palin Connie Booth Trini Alvarado Alfred Molina David Calder Simon James Robert Eddison Alun Armstrong Sheila Reid Edward Rawle-Hicks Jonathan Firth
professor american woman teen girl enemy witty swiss alps oxford university wilderness love triangle career vs. love reputation mother/daughter relationship repression rumors rivalry forbidden love temptation victorian era
Reverend Francis Ashby (Sir Michael Palin), a senior Oxford don on vacation alone in the Alps, meets vacationing American Miss Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her companion Miss Elinor ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1962
101 Minutes
Alec Guinness Dirk Bogarde Maurice Denham Nigel Stock Richard Carpenter Peter Gill David Robinson Robin Stewart Ray Brooks Peter Greenspan Anthony Quayle
captain lieutenant cabin boy sailor tense thrilling ship ocean naval warfare mutiny napoleonic wars leadership adventure rivalry 1800s
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Crime, Drama
1959
89 Minutes
Jayne Mansfield Anthony Quayle Carl Mohner Peter Reynolds John Bennett Barbara Mullen Peter Pike Robert Brown Dermot Walsh Edward Judd John Stratton
thief man gang leader woman gangster widower thrilling suspenseful engaging emotional intense united states prison heist gangs love interest attraction danger love adventure
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.