List of the best Cecil Parker movies: The Navy Lark(1959), Dear Mr. Prohack(1949), The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's(1961), Tony Draws a Horse(1951), Heavens Above!(1963), The Weaker Sex(1948), The Amorous Mr. Prawn(1962), It's Great to Be Young(1956), I Was Monty's Double(1959), The Ladykillers(1955), The Man in the White Suit(1951), Happy Is the Bride(1959) ... ...
6.2/10
Comedy
UK
1959
82 Minutes
Cecil Parker Ronald Shiner Leslie Phillips Elvi Hale Nicholas Phipps Cardew Robinson Gordon Jackson Harold Kasket Hattie Jacques Reginald Beckwith Kenneth J. Warren
Film version of a popular BBC radio show about the incompetent crew of a Royal Navy ship.
6.0/10
Romance
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Cecil Parker Glynis Johns Hermione Baddeley Dirk Bogarde Sheila Sim Heather Thatcher Frances Waring Charles Goldner Elwyn Brook-Jones Campbell Cotts Denholm Elliott
treasury agent civil servant amusing lighthearted engaging offbeat treasury department united kingdom inheritance money morality wretched excess 20th century
Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation for fiscal efficiency and running a tight ship. One day he finds out that a struggling businessman ... See full summary »
Comedy
1961
94 Minutes
Cecil Parker George Cole Joyce Grenfell Eric Barker Thorley Walters Irene Handl Dennis Price Sidney James Julie Alexander Lloyd Lamble Raymond Huntley
teenager emir schoolgirl professional judge sheik intense amusing charming creative arabia school harem arranged marriage fire kidnapping adventure discovery underdog rescue
Naughty British schoolgirls wind up in Arabia, taken there by a professor (Cecil Parker) to be wives for an emir's sons.
Comedy
1951
90 Minutes
Dr. Howard Fleming
A British doctor (Cecil Parker) and his analyst wife (Anne Crawford) argue over their son's drawing of an anatomically correct horse.
6.8/10
Comedy
UK
1963
105 Minutes
Archdeacon Aspinall
Peter Sellers Roy Boulting Cecil Parker Isabel Jeans Eric Sykes Bernard Miles Ian Carmichael Irene Handl Brock Peters William Hartnell Roy Kinnear
reverend parishioner churchwarden christian homeless person widow amusing cheeky offbeat engaging england village christianity class distinctions morality socialism rivalry wretched excess 1960s
A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1948
89 Minutes
Ursula Jeans Cecil Parker Joan Hopkins Derek Bond Lana Morris John Stone Digby Wolfe
mother son soldier emotional engaging united kingdom family home war zone war work mother courage mother/son relationship rise love 1940s
Life on the home front during World War 2. Martha Dacre tries to keep her home running as normal, during the run up to the D Day landings. With several lodgers to contend with, and her son ... See full summary »
5.6/10
Comedy
UK
1962
89 Minutes
General and Lady Fitzadam live at a remote army outpost in Scotland, their last assignment before the General retires. The General is sent abroad and in his absence, Lady Fitzadam decides ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1956
92 Minutes
teacher headmaster classmate jazz musician airy amusing emotional inspiring charming heartwarming school music stage jazz club classroom pub jazz piano music education strike passion
British students rally round a teacher (John Mills) fired by the new headmaster (Cecil Parker) for buying musical instruments.
Drama, War
1959
101 Minutes
Colonel EF Logan
John Mills Cecil Parker M.E. Clifton-James Patrick Allen Patrick Holt Leslie Phillips Michael Hordern Marius Goring Barbara Hicks Duncan Lamont Anthony Sagar
gen. bernard montgomery actor colonel soldier governor german troops charming fascinating positive gripping africa gibraltar london heroism war deception world war ii adventure escape transformation
British intelligence officers (John Mills, Cecil Parker) plan to trick the Nazis by having an officer/actor (M.E. Clifton-James) pose as Gen. Montgomery.
7.7/10
Comedy
UK
1955
90 Minutes
Claude
Alec Guinness Katie Johnson Cecil Parker Herbert Lom Peter Sellers Danny Green Frankie Howerd
widow musician gangster police officer amusing quirky hilarious outlandish king's cross station london household crime heist murder botched murder escape rivalry 1950s
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
7.3/10
Comedy
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Alan Birnley
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Cecil Parker Michael Gough Ernest Thesiger Vida Hope George Benson Edie Martin
scientist inventor researcher amusing cheeky engaging madcap factory england inventions big business capitalism obsession unrequited love clothing industry discovery escape 1950s
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1959
84 Minutes
Arthur Royd
Ian Carmichael Janette Scott Cecil Parker Nicholas Parsons Elvi Hale Athene Seyler Thorley Walters Terry-Thomas
englishwoman young man brother sister father aunt cheeky lighthearted unrestrained england small town household road church marriage family mistaken identity interrogation elopement love
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1957
94 Minutes
Lord Loam
Kenneth More Diane Cilento Cecil Parker Sally Ann Howes Martita Hunt Jack Watling Peter Graves Gerald Harper Mercy Haystead Miranda Connell Miles Malleson
lord lady butler staff member maid charming confident creative dreamy lighthearted positive manor london yacht deserted island paradise class conflict survival survival skills discovery
In 1905, Lord Henry Loam, his family and his servants are shipwrecked on a deserted island where the survival of the fittest renders the rigid class system irrelevant.
7.1/10
Drama, History
UK
1958
117 Minutes
Jarvis Lorry
Dirk Bogarde Dorothy Tutin Cecil Parker Stephen Murray Athene Seyler Paul Guers Marie Versini Ian Bannen Alfie Bass Ernest Clark Rosalie Crutchley
aristocrat soldier duchess marquis doctor attorney chilling melodramatic france paris french revolution poverty power struggle french history redemption forbidden love fall wretched excess sacrifice 1790s
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
103 Minutes
Bob Matthews
Van Johnson Vera Miles Cecil Parker Patricia Laffan Maurice Denham Estelle Winwood
playwright blind person police officer kidnapper secretary ex-wife suspenseful thrilling london bar street river phone booth blindness unlikely hero vigilantism investigation kidnapping mystery underdog
A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.
6.8/10
Romance
UK
1958
100 Minutes
Alfred Munson
Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Cecil Parker Phyllis Calvert David Kossoff Megs Jenkins Oliver Johnston Middleton Woods
actress diplomat banker wife love interest charming passionate london apartment banquet hall restaurant love triangle marriage affair nato foreign relations deception forbidden love quest 1950s
An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him...even though he's already married.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK
1937
87 Minutes
Provost William `'Willie'` Gow
Vivien Leigh Ian Dalrymple Rex Harrison Cecil Parker Sara Allgood Ursula Jeans Gus McNaughton Arthur Wontner Edgar K. Bruce Robert Hale Eliot Makeham
journalist politician daughter woman dog cheery charming scotland small town court journalism unlikely romance reputation scandal trial pets rivalry love 1930s
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
6.2/10
Drama
UK
1947
92 Minutes
Copper John
Margaret Lockwood Dennis Price Cecil Parker Jean Simmons Eileen Herlie Siobhan McKenna
heir wife family member son irishman irishwoman emotional melodramatic intense patriotic passionate ireland mine family home feud lie trust law love forbidden love
Story of a feud that has gone on between two Irish families for more than 50 years.
Drama, History
1947
94 Minutes
Capt. Charles C. Boycott
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.
Drama
1947
93 Minutes
Sir Halmar Barnard
Ursula Jeans Jean Simmons Cecil Parker Joan Miller Jill Freud Edward Underdown Nigel Buchanan Ruth Dunning
Lorna Blake, a widow and professional beggar, tells wealthy people of her woes to support herself and her two daughters.
6.7/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1954
91 Minutes
The Bishop
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Peter Finch Cecil Parker Bernard Lee Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
priest detective thief hilarious thrilling lighthearted playful london rome church museum crime investigation religion theft search pursuit quest rivalry mystery
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Comedy
1955
84 Minutes
Llewellyn
Rex Harrison Margaret Leighton Kay Kendall Cecil Parker Nicole Maurey George Cole Raymond Huntley Michael Hordern Robert Coote Eric Pohlmann
man wife specialist doctor charming emotional airy amusing hilarious wales hotel room doctor's office london amnesia fake identity marriage humor love forbidden love quest
An amnesiac (Rex Harrison) wakes up one morning in Wales and learns, through a psychiatrist, he has seven wives.
7.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
101 Minutes
King Roderick I
Danny Kaye Norman Panama Glynis Johns Basil Rathbone Angela Lansbury Cecil Parker Mildred Natwick Robert Middleton Michael Pate Herbert Rudley Noel Drayton
carnival worker maid king princess jester witch lighthearted hilarious cheeky england forest castle woods hut courtyard royalty impersonation schemes magic father/daughter relationship
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
6.8/10
Adventure
UK|USA
1959
105 Minutes
The Chairman
Gary Cooper Charlton Heston Michael Redgrave Emlyn Williams Cecil Parker Alexander Knox Virginia McKenna Richard Harris
ship captain lawyer shipmate daughter emotional suspenseful ship shipwreck courtroom high seas english channel seafaring deception schemes trial sabotage mystery discovery 1950s
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
6.2/10
Drama, War
UK
1939
82 Minutes
Cmdr. Herbert
Leslie Banks Mackenzie Ward Kay Walsh Simon Lack Cecil Parker Ellen Pollock
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
UK
1949
117 Minutes
The Governor
Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten Michael Wilding Margaret Leighton Cecil Parker Denis O'Dea Jack Watling Harcourt Williams John Ruddock Ronald Adam Francis De Wolff
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1938
97 Minutes
Eric Todhunter
Margaret Lockwood Michael Redgrave Dame May Whitty Paul Lukas Googie Withers Cecil Parker Linden Travers Catherine Lacey Naunton Wayne Basil Radford Mary Clare
musicologist governess doctor spy suspenseful charming witty thrilling central europe train london hotel kidnapping espionage disappearance conspiracy mystery rescue adventure love
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
7.1/10
Drama, War
UK
1964
103 Minutes
Fletcher
Richard Attenborough Jack Hawkins Flora Robson John Leyton Mia Farrow Cecil Parker
rebel soldier sergeant british soldier african tense frenetic melodramatic africa barracks military base colony colonialism coup d'état british empire political unrest military life mutiny rescue rivalry
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
6.6/10
Sci-Fi
UK
1936
61 Minutes
Dr. Gratton
Boris Karloff Anna Lee John Loder Frank Cellier Donald Calthrop Cecil Parker Lyn Harding
Dr. Laurience, a brilliant but unstable scientist experimenting with transferring minds, becomes vengeful when his magnate patron withdraws his support.
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1939
110 Minutes
Stanley Millington
Michael Redgrave Margaret Lockwood Emlyn Williams Nancy Price Allan Jeayes Edward Rigby Cecil Parker Linden Travers Milton Rosmer George Carney Ivor Barnard
teacher wife businessperson wealthy man bleak emotional melodramatic england small town blue collar coal mining love triangle aspirations class distinctions sacrifice underdog rivalry 1930s
Davey Fenwick (Sir Michael Redgrave) leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Drama, History
UK
1946
135 Minutes
Britannus
Vivien Leigh Claude Rains Stewart Granger Flora Robson Francis L. Sullivan Basil Sydney Cecil Parker Raymond Lovell Anthony Eustrel Ernest Thesiger Anthony Harvey
julius caesar cleopatra ptolemy military officer engaging calm alexandria, egypt royal palace political intrigue family imperialism growing up transformation ancient egypt
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.
7.2/10
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1960
128 Minutes
Captain Moreland
John Mills Dorothy McGuire James MacArthur Janet Munro Sessue Hayakawa Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran Cecil Parker
mother father son pirate amusing endearing playful island ocean switzerland beach shipwreck survival family adventure discovery 1810s
A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
7.2/10
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Colonel Peregrine
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Horror
UK
1966
94 Minutes
Prime Minister
John Neville Donald Houston John Fraser Georgia Brown Anthony Quayle Barbara Windsor Robert Morley Cecil Parker Frank Finlay Kay Walsh
lord serial killer duke prime minister doctor inspector chilling gripping witty london murder corruption insanity discovery mystery wretched excess 1880s
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1938
112 Minutes
Charles Every
Robert Donat Rosalind Russell Rex Harrison Ralph Richardson Emlyn Williams Penelope Dudley Ward Francis L. Sullivan Mary Clare Cecil Parker Nora Swinburne Edward Chapman
doctor wife miner gutsy engaging inspiring moving wales london mining town hypocrisy tuberculosis medicine aspirations wretched excess underdog 1930s
Andrew Manson (Robert Donat), a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Adventure
UK
1937
82 Minutes
Captain of Q-Boat
Conrad Veidt Vivien Leigh Anthony Bushell Joan Gardner Ursula Jeans Eliot Makeham Margery Pickard Austin Trevor Sam Livesey Cecil Parker Edmund Willard
double agent soldier doctor thrilling passionate sweden france submarine love war espionage secret rescue adventure forbidden love 1910s
During World War I, a German spy and a French spy meet and fall in love.
5.9/10
War
UK
1941
89 Minutes
John Clements Leslie Banks Jane Baxter Ann Todd Basil Sydney Edward Chapman Hugh Williams Frank Pettingell Michael Wilding Michael Rennie Frank Cellier
pilot naval officer nazi british soldier brash tense gripping aircraft carrier airplane mediterranean sea ocean liner island world war ii navy battle redemption airplane crash adventure transformation rise
Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean ... See full summary »
Comedy
1964
91 Minutes
Bernard Cribbins Juliet Mills Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Donald Houston Percy Herbert Peter Gilmore Ed Devereaux Jim Dale Ian Wilson Barry Gosney
ship captain shipmate maid cleaner first officer governor witty amusing hilarious cheeky madcap playful ship life at sea shipwreck mistaken identity humor mishaps unlikely heroes adventure
A midshipman (Bernard Cribbins), a nitwit (Charles Hawtrey) and a serving wench (Juliet Mills) take over the HMS Venus and fight the Spanish Armada.
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