List of the best Dora Bryan movies: A Taste of Honey(1961), The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery(1965), Two a Penny(1968), The Sandwich Man(1966), Apartment Zero(1989), You Lucky People(1955), Mirrormask(2005), Mad About Men(1954), Carry on Sergeant(1960), Miss Robin Hood(1952), You Know What Sailors Are(1954), The Green Man(1957) ... ...
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Comedy, Action
UK
1965
94 Minutes
Amber Spottiswood
Sidney Gilliat Frankie Howerd Dora Bryan Reg Varney Desmond Walter-Ellis Cyril Chamberlain Arthur Mullard Stratford Johns Raymond Huntley Richard Wattis Peter Gilmore
train robber girl school principal schoolgirl cheeky amusing airy witty all-girls school england train robbery robbery attempt comedy female bonding school adventure discovery 1960s
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
Drama
UK
1968
98 Minutes
Cliff Richard Dora Bryan Avril Angers Ann Holloway Peter Barkworth Donald Bisset Edward Evans Mona Washbourne Tina Packer Earl Cameron Nigel Davis
A self-centred boy who deals in drugs and disrespect. A little girl lost who turns to religion for solace. Neither is any good for the other, but neither can leave the other one be.
Comedy
1966
95 Minutes
Mrs. De Vere
Michael Bentine Dora Bryan Suzy Kendall
Horace (Michael Bentine) walks around London wearing a sandwich sign, observing queer sights and people.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1989
117 Minutes
Margaret McKinney
Colin Firth Hart Bochner Dora Bryan Liz Smith Fabrizio Bentivoglio James Telfer Mirella D'Angelo Juan VitalĂ Cipe Lincovsky Francesca D'Aloja Miguel Ligero
landlord tenant roommate theater owner assassin thrilling buenos aires, argentina apartment building movie theater mental institution assassination political unrest investigation failing career movies mystery 1980s
Set in modern day Buenos Aires, the film centers around a relationship between two emotionally crippled roommates. Adrian LeDuc is a lonely sociopath who is forced to rent his insane ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1955
79 Minutes
Sgt. Hortense Tipp
Tommy Trinder Mary Parker Dora Bryan R.S.M. Brittain James Copeland Michael Kelly Mark Singleton Charles Rolfe Rufus Cruikshank Michael Trubshawe
Tribulations of inept reservists who find a fortnight's training an unwelcome interruption.
Adventure, Fantasy
UK|USA
2005
96 Minutes
Nan
Jason Barry Rob Brydon Stephanie Leonidas Gina McKee Dora Bryan Robert Llewellyn Andy Hamilton Stephen Fry Simon Harvey Rick Allen
teen girl dreamy forest kingdom circus dreamworld fantasy world magic mythology creatures mask adventure
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
Fantasy
UK
1954
90 Minutes
Berengaria
Glynis Johns Anne Crawford Donald Sinden Margaret Rutherford Dora Bryan Nicholas Phipps Peter Martyn Noel Purcell Joan Hickson Judith Furse Irene Handl
mermaid schoolteacher nurse amusing playful charming cornwall england united kingdom seaside courtship flirtation pursuit rivalry love 20th century
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda (Glynis Johns) swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on vacation. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
Comedy
UK
1960
83 Minutes
Norah
William Hartnell Bob Monkhouse Shirley Eaton Eric Barker Dora Bryan Bill Owen Kenneth Connor
army recruit army officer soldiers cheeky confident amusing lighthearted madcap playful barracks training camp united kingdom training soldiers transformation growing up 20th century
Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1952
78 Minutes
Pearl
Margaret Rutherford Richard Hearne Michael Medwin James Robertson Justice Dora Bryan Peter Jones Sidney James Eric Berry Edward Lexy Frances Rowe Eunice Gayson
writer eccentric safecracker orphanage director small-time crook lord amusing witty engaging lighthearted hilarious cheeky england comic books robbery petty crime robin hood humor hijinks discovery
Henry Wrigley (Richard Hearne) is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey (Dame Margaret Rutherford), who encourages him to go into minor crime.
Comedy
UK
1954
89 Minutes
Gladys
Akim Tamiroff Donald Sinden Sarah Lawson Naunton Wayne Bill Kerr Dora Bryan Martin Miller Michael Shepley Michael Hordern Ferdinand Mayne Bryan Coleman
A fun frolic involving a fake secret weapon (accidentally created during a drinking bout), Naval bureaucracy, political maneuvering, and the hareem and palace of the exotic eastern country of Agraria.
Comedy
UK
1957
80 Minutes
Lily
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.
War
1952
99 Minutes
Glad Flanagan
Trevor Howard Richard Attenborough Sonny Tufts James Donald Joan Rice Bernard Lee Dora Bryan Hugh Williams Robin Bailey Meredith Edwards John Forrest
naval officer commander cook admiral seaman fiancée inspiring powerful gutsy england atlantic ocean ship france coast bar world war ii british empire naval warfare redemption personality clash
An English captain (Trevor Howard) and crew make the most of an old U.S. destroyer on loan during World War II.
Fantasy, Drama
2002
99 Minutes
Evelyn
Matthew Beard Tom Wilkinson Charlotte Wakefield Angeline Ball Hugo Speer Geraldine James Julie Cox Anna Massey John Benfield Dora Bryan
young boy young girl dog father daughter friend creative powerful engaging yorkshire, england farm school field time travel friendship isolation world war ii race against time discovery rise
A sensitive boy (Matthew Beard) travels back through time and meets people (Tom Wilkinson, Charlotte Wakefield) from the early 1940s.
War
UK|USA
1955
97 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Trevor Howard Anthony Newley Victor Maddern David Lodge Peter Arne Percy Herbert Graham Stewart John Fabian John Van Eyssen Robert Desmond
british officer british soldier submarine officer major captain nazi tense suspenseful witty patriotic england bordeaux, france submarine river shipyard coast world war ii secret mission suicide mission kayaking
During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
115 Minutes
James Mason Robert Newton Kathleen Ryan Robert Beatty William Hartnell F.J. McCormick Fay Compton Beryl Measor Cyril Cusack Dan O'Herlihy Roy Irving
fugitive daughter mother soldier dark gritty belfast, northern ireland hideout family home robbery crime irish republican army injury pursuit 1940s
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.