List of the best George Cole movies: The Ghost of Greville Lodge(2000), Will Any Gentleman?(1952), The Green Man(1957), The Belles of St. Trinian's(1954), Blue Murder at St. Trinian's(1957), One Way Pendulum(1964), Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow(1962), The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's(1961), Too Many Crooks(1959), The Vampire Lovers(1970), Quentin Durward(1955), A Prize of Gold(1955) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Kids & Family
UK
2000
88 Minutes
Great Uncle
George Cole Prunella Scales Jon Newman Marc Danbury Kevin Howarth
orphan teen boy great-uncle ghost eerie frightening incredible suspenseful tense united kingdom country lodge manor countryside ghosts secret family secrets haunted houses discovery growing up mystery
Inquisitive teenage orphan James is invited to stay at his uncle's country mansion. He explores the property and discovers the house holds many mysterious secrets.
Comedy
1952
84 Minutes
George Cole Veronica Hurst Heather Thatcher Jon Pertwee James Hayter William Hartnell Sidney James Diana Decker Joan Sims Brian Oulton Alan Badel
bank employee grump magician hypnotist wife cheater amusing hilarious lighthearted madcap outlandish london bank theater unintended consequences hypnosis bad behavior mishaps mystery rescue
Comedy
UK
1957
80 Minutes
William Blake
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.
Comedy
UK
1954
91 Minutes
Flash Harry
Alastair Sim George Cole Joyce Grenfell Hermione Baddeley Betty Ann Davies Beryl Reid Renee Houston
headmistress bookie student juvenile delinquents petty criminal teacher amusing witty lighthearted cheeky madcap spirited boarding school england spying boarding-school life horse racing education delinquency deception
The schoolgirls of St. Trinian's are more interested in racing forms than books as they try to get-rich-quick. They are abetted by the headmistress' brother.
Comedy
UK
1957
86 Minutes
headmaster driver schemer thief schoolgirl wild hilarious cheery england school france italy pool school trip jewelry theft arranged marriage bad behavior europe growing up adventure
The girls of St. Trinian's School go on a bus tour of Italy chaperoned by a diamond-thief disguised as a woman to elude the police.
Comedy
UK
1964
90 Minutes
Eric Sykes George Cole Julia Foster Jonathan Miller Peggy Mount Alison Leggatt Mona Washbourne Douglas Wilmer Kenneth Farringdon Glyn Houston Graham Crowden
The very eccentric Groomkirby family, in between inventing odd devices, decide to reenact a murder and trial in their living room.
Adventure
1962
98 Minutes
English vicar Dr. Syn (Patrick McGoohan) becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
Comedy
1961
94 Minutes
"Flash" Harry Cuthbert Edwards
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
UK
1959
85 Minutes
Fingers
Terry-Thomas Brenda De Banzie George Cole Bernard Bresslaw Sidney James Joe Melia Vera Day Nicholas Parsons Rosalie Ashley
millionaire kidnapper criminal wife husband amusing madcap london mansion kidnapping theft family dysfunction incompetency mistaken identity ransom revenge pursuit 1950s
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the ... See full summary »
Horror, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1970
88 Minutes
Roger Morton
Peter Cushing Ingrid Pitt George Cole Madeline Smith Pippa Steel Dawn Addams Kate O'Mara Douglas Wilmer Ferdinand Mayne
Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1955
101 Minutes
Hayraddin
Robert Taylor Kay Kendall Robert Morley George Cole Alec Clunes Duncan Lamont Laya Raki Marius Goring Wilfrid Hyde-White Eric Pohlmann Harcourt Williams
louis xi duke of burgundy knight countess gypsy lord thrilling passionate scotland castle france chateau arranged marriage royalty gallantry sword battles historical events love adventure underdog
A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue.
Action
USA
1955
98 Minutes
Sergeant Roger Morris
Richard Widmark Mai Zetterling Nigel Patrick George Cole Donald Wolfit Joseph Tomelty
soldier refugee sergeant pilot orphan thief brooding crafty germany berlin war vulnerability heist gold salvation love sacrifice adventure temptation 1940s
Sgt. Joe Lawrence is an American Army officer who falls in love with a refugee trying to raise enough money to move a group of German orphans to South America, where they can start life ... See full summary »
Drama, History
Switzerland|UK|USA
1963
243 Minutes
Flavius
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Rex Harrison Pamela Brown George Cole Hume Cronyn Cesare Danova Kenneth Haigh Andrew Keir Martin Landau Roddy McDowall
julius caesar mark antony cleopatra soldier military officer passionate powerful spectacular ancient egypt royal court jealousy love triangle politics assassination quest love ancient egypt
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Horror
UK
1971
87 Minutes
Jim
Susan George Honor Blackman Ian Bannen John Gregson George Cole Dennis Waterman Tara Collinson Maurice Kaufman Michael Brennan Roger Lloyd-Pack
Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old... See full summary »
Action
USA
1983
98 Minutes
Atlee Jackson
H.B. Halicki Hoyt Axton Marion Busia Jerry Daugirda George Cole Lang Jeffries Dan Grimaldi Pat Hartigan
After an attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace - overtaking his boss' betrayal and pursuing the Eleanor as Pace tries to make his getaway.
Comedy
UK
1951
93 Minutes
Herbert Russell
Alastair Sim Fay Compton Beatrice Campbell Veronica Hurst Guy Middleton George Cole A.E. Matthews Joyce Grenfell Anthony Steel John Laurie Eleanor Summerfield
writer snob bachelor bank teller millionaire housekeeper offbeat cheeky mansion bank prison england inheritance practical jokes life lessons money family quest transformation 1960s
When a millionaire practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.
Comedy
1955
84 Minutes
Luigi Sopranelli
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.
Comedy
1951
90 Minutes
Johnny
Dennis Price Pauline Stroud John McCallum Stanley Holloway Diana Dors George Cole Kay Kendall Sidney James Dana Wynter Googie Withers Alastair Sim
beauty queen con artist womanizer film producer amusing confident cheeky club beauty pageant london england beauty pageant show business adventure transformation underdog 20th century
An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, War
1941
90 Minutes
Ronald Mittsby
Leslie Banks Alastair Sim John Mills Michael Wilding Carla Lehman Catherine Lacey George Cole Jeanne de Casalis Frank Cellier Muriel Aked Wally Patch
evacuee pilot tenant inventor butler wife playful engaging quirky london scotland village laboratory cottage street world war ii suspicion espionage inventions military intelligence
A British agent (Alastair Sim) foils a Nazi plot to steal an inventor's (Leslie Banks) design for a bombsight.
Drama
UK|USA
1950
110 Minutes
Cousin Albert
Jennifer Jones Emeric Pressburger David Farrar Cyril Cusack Sybil Thorndike Edward Chapman Esmond Knight Hugh Griffith George Cole Beatrice Varley Frances Clare
gypsy squire minister love interest husband wife brooding emotional heartwarming passionate spirited wild countryside woods england love desire magic loveless marriage curse
A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.
Romance
1943
115 Minutes
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.
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
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 »