List of the best Edie Martin movies: Bright Star(2009), The Lavender Hill Mob(1951), The Demi-Paradise(1943), The Man in the White Suit(1951), The Titfield Thunderbolt(1953), The Black Rider(1954), Under the Red Robe(1937), A Weekend With Lulu(1961) ... ...
Romance, Drama
UK|Australia|France
2009
119 Minutes
Toots
Abbie Cornish Ben Whishaw Paul Schneider Kerry Fox Edie Martin Thomas Brodie-Sangster Claudie Blakley Gerard Monaco Antonia Campbell Hughes
john keats love interest friend father mother doctor somber emotional hampstead, england apartment family home love poetry illness class distinctions love 1820s
The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Miss Evesham
Alec Guinness Stanley Holloway Sidney James Alfie Bass Marjorie Fielding John Gregson Edie Martin Clive Morton Ronald Adam Sydney Tafler Meredith Edwards
bank robbers police officer schoolgirl artist inspector petty criminal witty cheeky charming london paris bank robbery scams adventure pursuit underdog 1950s
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Romance
1943
115 Minutes
Miss Winifred Tisdall
Laurence Olivier Penelope Dudley Ward Marjorie Fielding Margaret Rutherford Felix Aylmer Edie Martin Joyce Grenfell Jack Watling Miles Malleson John Laurie Wilfrid Hyde-White
russian landlady englishman scientist inventor communist cheeky winsome england apartment building russia cross-cultural romance culture clash inventions immigration allied forces world war ii love rivalry discovery
The Russian inventor (Laurence Olivier) of a new marine propeller falls in love with a woman (Penelope Ward) in 1939 London.
Comedy
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Mrs. Watson
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.
Comedy
UK
1953
84 Minutes
Emily
Stanley Holloway George Relph Naunton Wayne John Gregson Godfrey Tearle Hugh Griffith Gabrielle Brune Sidney James Reginald Beckwith Edie Martin Michael Trubshawe
townsperson wealthy man railway inspector vicar clerk bus driver charming witty hysterical village england railroad tracks museum train station bus station railroad public transportation feud competition runaway train
Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Adventure
1954
66 Minutes
Jimmy Hanley Rona Anderson Leslie Dwyer Lionel Jeffries Beatrice Varley Michael Golden Valerie Hanson Vincent Ball Edwin Richfield Kenneth Connor Robert Rietty
When a reporter (Jimmy Hanley) investigates rumors of a ghost, he finds smugglers using a local castle as a hideout.
Adventure
UK|USA
1937
82 Minutes
Annabella Conrad Veidt Raymond Massey Romney Brent Sophie Stewart F. Wyndham Goldie Lawrence Grant Baliol Holloway Haddon Mason J. Fisher White Ben Soutten
cardinal swordsman duke duchess pickpocket rebel wild amusing spectacular france royal court castle prison political intrigue espionage loyalty dueling rebellion forbidden love pursuit
Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist (Veidt) provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
Comedy
UK
1961
91 Minutes
Bob Monkhouse Leslie Phillips Shirley Eaton Irene Handl Sidney James Kenneth Connor Sydney Tafler Russ Conway Eugene Deckers Graham Stark Harold Berens
couple young man young woman mother chaperone amusing quirky playful cheeky engaging caravan france england romance comedy mishaps vacation adventure 1960s
Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.