List of the best Cathleen Nesbitt movies: Staircase(1969), An Affair to Remember(1957), The Passing of the Third Floor Back(1936), Family Plot(1976), French Connection II(1975), Chamber of Horrors(1940), The Haunting of Julia(1976), Separate Tables(1958), The Parent Trap(1961), Villain(1971), Desiree(1954), Three Coins in the Fountain(1954) ... ...
Drama
UK
1969
100 Minutes
Harry's Mother
Richard Burton Rex Harrison Cathleen Nesbitt Beatrix Lehmann Royston Starr Jake Kavanagh Dermot Kelly
homosexual hairdresser mother hustler business partner boyfriend amusing sad witty touching london barbershop apartment nightclub relationships mother/son relationship aging homosexuality love love
Charles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1957
115 Minutes
Grandmother Janou
Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Richard Denning Neva Patterson Cathleen Nesbitt Robert Q. Lewis Charles Watts Fortunio Bonanova
ladies' man fiancée child emotional passionate france new york city empire state building cruise ship love romance deception wedding christmas accident forbidden love quest 1950s
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Drama
UK
1936
79 Minutes
Mrs. Tomkin
Conrad Veidt Rene Ray Frank Cellier Anna Lee John Turnbull Cathleen Nesbitt Ronald Ward Beatrix Lehmann Jack Livesey Sara Allgood Mary Clare
The tenants of an old boarding house are terrorized by an evil slumlord. One day a strange man arrives at the house and begins to help them with their problems.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1976
120 Minutes
Julia Rainbird
Bruce Dern Karen Black Barbara Harris William Devane Ed Lauter Cathleen Nesbitt Katherine Helmond Warren Kemmerling Edith Atwater William Prince Nicholas Colasanto
thief psychic elderly woman cab driver jeweler madcap suspenseful amusing san francisco car robbery pursuit mistaken identity crime inheritance adventure pursuit mystery 1970s
A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Action
USA
1975
119 Minutes
The Old Lady
Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Bernard Fresson Jean-Pierre Castaldi Charles Millot Cathleen Nesbitt Pierre Collet Alexandre Fabre Philippe Léotard Jacques Dynam Raoul Delfosse
cop drug trafficker henchman gritty tense raw marseilles, france police station bar street drugs smuggling culture clash justice pursuit discovery escape 1970s
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Horror
UK
1940
80 Minutes
Ann Cody
Leslie Banks Lilli Palmer Romilly Lunge Gina Malo Richard Bird Cathleen Nesbitt
A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.
Horror
1976
96 Minutes
Heather Rudge
Mia Farrow Keir Dullea Tom Conti Jill Bennett Robin Gammell Cathleen Nesbitt Sophie Ward
mother father daughter sister-in-law doctor eerie suspenseful london house sanatorium accidental death ghosts marriage insanity mystery transformation 1970s
Her husband's (Keir Dullea) cut throat and her boyfriend's (Tom Conti) bathtub-shock make a woman (Mia Farrow) think her house is haunted.
Drama
USA
1958
99 Minutes
Lady Matheson
David Niven Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Rita Hayworth Wendy Hiller Gladys Cooper Cathleen Nesbitt Felix Aylmer Rod Taylor Audrey Dalton May Hallatt
manager retiree major general ex-wife ex-husband daughter tender endearing intricate melodramatic england seaside hotel secret vacation loneliness love relationships discovery love
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Louise McKendrick
Hayley Mills Maureen O'Hara Brian Keith Charles Ruggles Una Merkel Leo G. Carroll Joanna Barnes Cathleen Nesbitt Ruth McDevitt Crahan Denton Linda Watkins
twin father young girl mother nanny amusing playful summer camp boston california friendship divorce practical jokes camping mistaken identity sabotage love quest 1960s
Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Crime, Drama
UK
1971
98 Minutes
Mrs. Dakin
Richard Burton Ian McShane Nigel Davenport Donald Sinden Fiona Lewis T.P. McKenna Joss Ackland Cathleen Nesbitt Elizabeth Knight Tony Selby John Hallam
gang leader gang members pimp parliament member suspenseful thrilling london scotland yard robbery wretched excess adventure 1970s
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
Drama, History
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Mme. Bonaparte
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell Elizabeth Sellars Charlotte Austin Cathleen Nesbitt Evelyn Varden Isobel Elsom John Hoyt
napoleon bonaparte mistress military officer melodramatic passionate france paris palace forbidden love romance military life napoleonic wars forbidden love wretched excess 18th century
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
Romance
USA
1954
102 Minutes
La Principessa
Clifton Webb Dorothy McGuire Jean Peters Louis Jourdan Maggie McNamara Rossano Brazzi Howard St. John Kathryn Givney Cathleen Nesbitt Alberto Morin
secretary young woman roommate prince translator boss engaging emotional dreamy rome apartment office trevi fountain americans abroad romance wishes engagement employment forbidden love love
Three American women working in Rome, Italy, share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance.
Drama
1977
116 Minutes
Grandmother
Jane Fonda Vanessa Redgrave Jason Robards Maximilian Schell Hal Holbrook Rosemary Murphy Meryl Streep Lisa Pelikan Cathleen Nesbitt John Glover
lillian hellman dashiell hammett activist childhood friend touching engaging russia germany new england espionage friendship smuggling world war ii resistance writers quest sacrifice 1940s
Playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) recalls World War II, her best friend (Vanessa Redgrave) and writer Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards).
Drama
UK
1947
108 Minutes
Miss Knag
Derek Bond Cedric Hardwicke Sybil Thorndike Alfred Drayton Cyril Fletcher Bernard Miles Sally Ann Howes Mary Merrall Vera Pearce Cathleen Nesbitt Athene Seyler
young man sister uncle headmaster love interest charming england london school reunion separation family honor class distinctions poverty adventure growing up underdog love victorian era
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Drama
UK
1943
90 Minutes
Rosamund John Godfrey Tearle Stewart Granger Sophie Stewart Margaret Vyner John Laurie Eric Micklewood Joyce Grenfell Joan Maude John Howard Cathleen Nesbitt
architect nurse doctor patient emotional inspiring melodramatic hospital england career change nursing discovery forbidden love love temptation sacrifice 20th century
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
Romance
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Leslie Howard Wendy Hiller Wilfrid Lawson Marie Lohr David Tree Scott Sunderland Jean Cadell Everley Gregg Leueen MacGrath Esme Percy
flower girl professor socialite father charming endearing witty london party household class distinctions love culture clash transformation love 1910s
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.