List of the best Glynis Johns movies: Mad About Men(1954), The Beachcomber(1955), Josephine and Men(1955), The Weak and the Wicked(1953), All Mine to Give(1957), Nukie(1990), Miranda(1948), The Court Jester(1955), The Promoter(1952), Frieda(1947), The Halfway House(1944), The Sword and the Rose(1953) ... ...
Fantasy
UK
1954
90 Minutes
Caroline Trewella, Miranda Trewella
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.
Drama
UK
1955
82 Minutes
Martha Jones
Glynis Johns Robert Newton Donald Sinden Paul Rogers Donald Pleasence Walter Crisham Michael Hordern Auric Lorand Tony Quinn
outcast sister missionary host womanizer nurse lighthearted cheeky spirited island bar church boat household debauchery missionary work brother/sister relationship sailing cholera outbreak transformation
Ewart Gray (Donald Sinden) is the new Resident-in-Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1955
97 Minutes
Josephine Luton
Glynis Johns Jack Buchanan Donald Sinden Peter Finch Heather Thatcher Ronald Squire William Hartnell
woman lover love interest friend fiancé engaging hilarious amusing charming witty heartwarming london england attraction opposites attract new life new love change love adventure
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
Drama
1953
88 Minutes
Jean Raymond
An Englishwoman (Glynis Johns) sent to a prison without bars meets other first offenders whose stories are told.
Other, Drama
1957
103 Minutes
Jo Eunson
Glynis Johns Cameron Mitchell Rex Thompson Patty McCormack Ernest Truex Hope Emerson Alan Hale Jr. Sylvia Field Royal Dano Reta Shaw Stephen Wootton
mother father older brother younger brother sister baby melodramatic touching wisconsin family home wilderness loss survival siblings frontier life orphans christmas quest growing up 1850s
An orphan (Rex Thompson) raised by Scottish pioneers (Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell) in Wisconsin seeks homes for his five younger siblings on Christmas.
Sci-Fi
1990
99 Minutes
Sister Anne
Two children and a stranded alien set out to rescue a captured extraterrestrial from evil researchers.
Fantasy
1948
79 Minutes
Glynis Johns Googie Withers Griffith Jones John McCallum Margaret Rutherford David Tomlinson Yvonne Owen Sonia Holm
mermaid wife doctor friend husband nurse amusing charming lighthearted london cornwall, england zoo household supernatural jealousy capture bargains deception seduction discovery
A doctor (Griffith Jones) returns to his wife (Googie Withers) in London with a mermaid (Glynis Johns) disguised as his patient.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Maid Jean
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.
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Alec Guinness Glynis Johns Valerie Hobson Petula Clark Edward Chapman Veronica Turleigh George Devine Joan Hickson Frank Pettingell Gibb McLaughlin
promoter mother countess dance instructor girl employer witty cheeky playful staffordshire, england school office dance hall car government building ambition class distinctions manipulation money schemes
In Edwardian Staffordshire, charming rogue Edward "Denry" Machin (Alec Guinness), the son of a washerwoman, believes he must give destiny a hand to rise in the world.
Drama
UK
1947
98 Minutes
Judy Dawson
David Farrar Glynis Johns Mai Zetterling Flora Robson Albert Lieven Barbara Everest Gladys Henson Ray Jackson Patrick Holt Milton Rosmer Barry Letts
pilot wife mother aunt nazi tense emotional pow camp germany england oxfordshire, england nazism bigotry marriage world war ii love transformation discovery 1940s
A Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down during World War II returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape. Then ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1944
95 Minutes
Gwyneth
Francoise Rosay Glynis Johns Tom Walls Mervyn Johns Alfred Drayton Esmond Knight
stranger ghost mysterious drifter suspenseful engaging inn hotel countryside strangers secret loss storm escape discovery 1940s
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
Adventure
UK
1953
93 Minutes
Princess Mary Tudor
Richard Todd Glynis Johns James Robertson Justice Michael Gough Jane Barrett Peter Copley Rosalie Crutchley D.A. Clarke-Smith Ernest Jay
commoner lady king henry viii duke king louis xii dauphin of france mushy winsome playful spirited english court tower of london bristol, england france london english society love honor knights loyalty
During the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor seeks to flee a forced marriage with the French king by escaping to America with her true love, but her plans are not so easily executed.
Adventure
UK
1953
89 Minutes
Richard Todd Glynis Johns James Robertson Justice Michael Gough Jean Taylor Smith Geoffrey Keen Finlay Currie Archie Duncan Russell Waters Marjorie Fielding Eric Pohlmann
The wartime adventures of Scotish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor during the reign of King George I in the 18th century.
Romance
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Mimi Warburton
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 »
Adventure
UK|New Zealand
1954
90 Minutes
Marion Southey
Jack Hawkins Glynis Johns Noel Purcell Inia Wiata Kenneth Williams Laya Raki Eddie Baker Thomas Heathcote
settler assistant wife tribal leader father fiancée spectacular melodramatic england new zealand ship courtroom river colonialism christianity maori culture adultery trial massacre rivalry
In 1821,among the first British sailors to set foot on New Zealand, Phillip Wayne befriends a Maori tribe's chief, marries in England and returns to New Zealand with a small group of followers to settle.
Comedy
1963
98 Minutes
Jackie Gleason Glynis Johns Charles Ruggles Laurel Goodwin Charles Lane Elisha Cook Jr. Juanita Moore Murray Hamilton
A railroad inspector's (Jackie Gleason) wife (Glynis Johns) and children live with his tippling in circa-1900 Texas.
Comedy
1952
89 Minutes
David Niven Glynis Johns George Coulouris Barry Jones Kenneth More Noel Purcell Bernard Lee Jeremy Spenser Anton Diffring
The British government sends an army major (David Niven) and cook (Glynis Johns) to rescue a prize cow during World War II.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1950
104 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Glynis Johns Jack Hawkins Walter Rilla Karel Stepanek Herbert Lom Hans Moser
surgeon singer dictator intelligence officer spy thrilling melodramatic suspenseful balkans hotel government building operating room cabaret politics surgery kidnapping death americans abroad pursuit escape
Musical, Kids & Family
USA
1964
140 Minutes
Mrs. Winifred Banks
Julie Andrews Dick Van Dyke Glynis Johns David Tomlinson Ed Wynn Hermione Baddeley Karen Dotrice Matthew Garber Arthur Treacher Reginald Owen Reta Shaw
nanny son daughter father mother musician amusing cheery engaging playful england london park household childhood magic family parenthood adventure discovery
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Drama
UK|USA
1951
98 Minutes
Marjorie Corder
James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Glynis Johns Jack Hawkins Elizabeth Allan Kenneth More Janette Scott Ronald Squire
mathematician actress stewardess inspector suspenseful amusing laboratory england airport newfoundland courtroom aviation paranoia engineering plane crash sabotage discovery 1950s
An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number flying hours.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Dizzy Clayton
Robert Donat Deborah Kerr Glynis Johns Ann Todd Roland Culver Elliott Mason Eliot Makeham Brefni O'Rorke Edward Rigby Muriel George Allan Jeayes
sailor wife friend nurse lover melodramatic emotional england london marriage war romance separation infidelity love transformation discovery 1940s
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Fantasy
UK
1943
78 Minutes
Gwyneth
Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Glynis Johns Tom Walls Alfred Drayton Sally Ann Howes
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1965
100 Minutes
Vina Leaf
James Stewart Fabian Glynis Johns Carol Sydes Bill Mumy John Williams Jack Kruschen Alice Pearce Jesse White Ed Wynn
genius professor brigitte bardot son daughter charming lighthearted playful california paris father/son relationship gambling coming of age growing up adventure 1960s
Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
Drama
UK
1958
98 Minutes
Kay Trevor
Lana Turner Barry Sullivan Glynis Johns Sean Connery Terence Longdon Sidney James Martin Stephens Doris Hare Julian Somers John Le Mesurier Cameron Hall
young woman boss journalist widow son wife emotional intense melancholy melodramatic moving sad tender london cornwall new york affair world war ii romantic dilemma grief
An American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.
Drama
Ireland|USA
1959
110 Minutes
Kitty Brady
James Cagney Don Murray Dana Wynter Glynis Johns Michael Redgrave Sybil Thorndike Marianne Benet John Breslin Harry Brogan Robert Brown Lewis Casson
professor student woman smuggler poet terrorist tense emotional ireland dublin college pub farm hostage situation moral dilemma political repression irish republican army nationalism torture sacrifice
In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being lead by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
Drama
USA
1962
125 Minutes
Teresa Harnish
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Jane Fonda Claire Bloom Shelley Winters Glynis Johns Ray Danton Ty Hardin Andrew Duggan John Dehner Harold J. Stone Corey Allen
Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1943
103 Minutes
Paula Palacek
Robert Donat Valerie Hobson Walter Rilla Phyllis Morris Glynis Johns Martin Miller Anthony Eustrel Percy Walsh Friedrich Richter John Penrose
spy soldier nazi pretty woman gutsy suspenseful tense romania czechoslovakia factory deception espionage world war ii nazism dangerous assignment adventure quest 1940s
A British spy (Robert Donat) helps the Czech underground blow up a Nazi poison-gas factory in Prague.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1941
107 Minutes
Anna
Eric Portman Laurence Olivier Anton Walbrook Leslie Howard Raymond Massey Glynis Johns Niall MacGinnis Finlay Currie
nazi soldier trapper inuit native american priest patriotic melodramatic offbeat train canada hudson bay trading post countryside world war ii nazism war politics pursuit 1940s
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1948
96 Minutes
Miss Mabel Chiltern
Paulette Goddard Michael Wilding Hugh Williams Diana Wynyard C. Aubrey Smith Glynis Johns Michael Medwin
A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1999
82 Minutes
Grandma Gallagher
Molly Shannon Will Ferrell Elaine Hendrix Harland Williams Mark McKinney Glynis Johns Emmy Laybourne Jason Blicker
high-school student football player cheerleader grandmother principal best friend amusing emotional united states roman catholic school swimming pool cafeteria classroom talent show special education death of parents love triangle fitting in rise underdog
A nerdy Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, dreams of superstardom.
Drama
UK
1938
84 Minutes
Midge Carne
Ralph Richardson Edna Best Edmund Gwenn Ann Todd John Clements Marie Lohr Milton Rosmer Glynis Johns
"Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, ... See full summary »
Horror
1973
87 Minutes
Anna Massey Terry-Thomas Curt Jurgens Daniel Massey Erik Chitty Michael Craig Edward Judd Robin Nedwell Dawn Addams Ishaq Bux Glynis Johns
vampire magician wife englishman painter priest chilling campy frightening basement vault london india nightmares evil unhappy marriage murder double-cross storytelling revenge
Five tales: "Midnight Mess," "The Neat Job," "This Trick'll Kill You," "Bargain in Death," "Drawn and Quartered."
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
170 Minutes
David Niven Cantinflas Shirley MacLaine Robert Newton Charles Boyer Joe E. Brown Martine Carol John Carradine Charles Coburn Ronald Colman Melville Cooper
explorer servant police officer princess airy charming playful london spain paris india japan san francisco expedition class distinctions culture clash theft adventure pursuit quest
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.