List of the best Joan Greenwood movies: The Amorous Mr. Prawn(1962), Mr. Peek-A-Boo(1951), Young Wives' Tale(1951), The Man in the White Suit(1951), Whisky Galore!(1949), The October Man(1947), Mysterious Island(1961), The Detective(1954), Saraband for Dead Lovers(1948), Stage Struck(1957), The Bad Lord Byron(1949), Moonfleet(1955) ... ...
5.6/10
Comedy
UK
1962
89 Minutes
Lady Dodo Fitzadam
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 »
Comedy
1951
74 Minutes
Susan
Joan Greenwood Bourvil Marcel Arnold
clerk thief friend doctor police officer love interest madcap winsome tender paris hotel jail france supernatural shyness unusual romance crime unlikely criminal discovery love
A mundane clerk (Bourvil) finds he can walk through walls then falls for an English girl who's a thief (Joan Greenwood).
Comedy
1951
78 Minutes
Sabina Pennant
Joan Greenwood Nigel Patrick Derek Farr Guy Middleton Athene Seyler Helen Cherry Audrey Hepburn Fabia Drake Irene Handl Joan Sanderson
The housing shortage in postwar London means one married couple (Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick) must live with another.
7.3/10
Comedy
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Daphne 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.
7.2/10
Comedy, War
UK
1949
82 Minutes
Peggy Macroon
Basil Radford Joan Greenwood Gordon Jackson Catherine Lacey Bruce Seton Wylie Watson Gabrielle Blunt Jean Cadell Morland Graham John Gregson James Woodburn
shopkeeper daughter sailor military officer villager captain airy amusing cheeky scotland island ship small town countryside world war ii military rebellion liquor pursuit discovery
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
86 Minutes
Jenny Carden
John Mills Joan Greenwood Edward Chapman Joyce Carey Kay Walsh Felix Aylmer Juliet Mills
scientist doctor girlfriend boss boarder landlady dark gritty uneasy england bus hospital boardinghouse park memory murder investigation mental illness romance mystery
When the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital.
6.8/10
Sci-Fi
UK
1961
101 Minutes
Michael Craig Joan Greenwood Herbert Lom Michael Callan Gary Merrill Beth Rogan Percy Herbert Dan Jackson Nigel Green
prisoner of war pirate scientist campy spectacular prison camp island pirate ship laboratory escape experiments monsters fantasy world escape adventure 1860s
During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates escape the stockade using a hot air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.
6.7/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1954
91 Minutes
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.
6.6/10
Drama, History
UK
1948
96 Minutes
prince army officer queen mercenary duke aristocrat engaging suspenseful melodramatic england castle london bedroom politics royal life star-crossed lovers love triangle infidelity on the run forbidden love
Young Sophia Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) marries Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark (Stewart Granger).
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Rita Vernon
Henry Fonda Susan Strasberg Joan Greenwood Herbert Marshall Christopher Plummer Daniel Ocko Pat Harrington Frank Campanella John Fiedler Pat Englund Jack Weston
actress playwright producer rival airy tender stage new york city sardi's restaurant broadway theater fame aspirations theater unrequited love love transformation rise 1950s
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
5.6/10
Biography
UK
1949
85 Minutes
Lady Caroline Lamb
Seriously ill on a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron dreams of being judged, upon his death, as either a poet and soldier or as a seducer and libertine. Amongst the witnesses called ... See full summary »
Action
1955
89 Minutes
Lady Clarista Ashwood
Stewart Granger George Sanders Joan Greenwood Viveca Lindfors Jon Whiteley Liliane Montevecchi Melville Cooper Sean McClory Alan Napier John Hoyt Donna Corcoran
buccaneer smuggler orphan nobleman pirate rousing england port village graveyard boat treasure hunting unlikely allies inheritance bootlegging secret identity father figure adventure growing up rivalry
In the 18th century, British youngster John Mohune is shipped off to live with Jeremy Fox, a gentleman who moonlights as a bootlegger, after his mother's death.
8.0/10
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Sibella Holland
Alec Guinness Dennis Price Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Miles Malleson Hugh Griffith Jeremy Spenser Arthur Lowe
murderer wealthy man girlfriend admiral minister lady cheeky madcap england castle prison death family ambition class distinctions revenge fall 1900s
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
1954
85 Minutes
Norah
Gérard Philipe Natasha Parry Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Margaret Johnson Germaine Montero Julie Anslow Mae Bacon
husband wife boss best friend young woman wealthy woman witty amusing emotional london apartment household bus office england infidelity marriage romance deception sexual conquests
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
4.6/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1978
78 Minutes
Beryl Stapleton
Peter Cook Dudley Moore Denholm Elliott Joan Greenwood Terry-Thomas Max Wall Irene Handl Kenneth Williams Hugh Griffith Roy Kinnear Prunella Scales
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
Drama
1988
177 Minutes
Mrs. Clennam
Alec Guinness Derek Jacobi Sarah Pickering Joan Greenwood Max Wall Patricia Hayes Luke Duckett Cyril Cusack
english gentleman seamstress father mother debt collector uncle engaging bleak witty emotional london debtors prison household father/daughter relationship dark secrets blackmail unrequited love poverty mother/son relationship fall
Dickens' tale of a girl (Sarah Pickering), her debtor father (Alec Guinness) and their benefactor (Derek Jacobi) is seen through the benefactor's eyes.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Aunt Frances Ferris
Hayley Mills Eli Wallach Peter McEnery Pola Negri Joan Greenwood Irene Papas Sheila Hancock Michael Davis Paul Stassino John Le Mesurier Andre Morell
young woman aunt criminal hotel owner love interest wealthy woman engaging gripping moving suspenseful thrilling crete island crime scene yacht church hotel cover-up jewel smuggling romance
A teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK
1963
129 Minutes
Lady Bellaston
Albert Finney Susannah York Hugh Griffith Edith Evans Joan Greenwood Diane Cilento George Devine David Tomlinson Rosalind Atkinson Wilfrid Lawson Rosalind Knight
orphan wealthy man ingénue rival lady airy cheeky charming family home inn police station england countryside mistaken identity class distinctions affair blackmail love triangle growing up rise
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
6.2/10
Comedy, War
UK
1943
92 Minutes
Betty Miller
Lilli Palmer Rosamund John Joan Gates Jean Gillie Joan Greenwood Joyce Howard
volunteer army officer corporal captain army colonel refugee amusing lighthearted witty winsome cheeky charming england army camp world war iii women during wartime war effort propaganda military life romance
This film tells the stories of seven 'gentle' British girls who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II.
6.2/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy
Poland|UK
1978
92 Minutes
Lady Harriet
James Mason Billie Whitelaw Tommy Pender Bernard Cribbins Joan Greenwood David Tomlinson Samantha Gates
young boy shark eel chimney sweep boss apprentice lighthearted spectacular suspenseful winsome river england fantasy world mansion underwater frame-up child labor exploitation thievery aquatic life
This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.
7.5/10
Comedy
UK
1952
95 Minutes
Gwendolen Fairfax
Michael Redgrave Michael Denison Edith Evans Richard Wattis Margaret Rutherford Joan Greenwood Dorothy Tutin Walter Hudd Miles Malleson Aubrey Mather
impostor wealthy man woman governess aunt priest witty hilarious emotional england london country house apartment identity wealth marriage social standing deception family love
When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.
Horror
1977
85 Minutes
Miss Malkin
Peter Cushing Ray Milland Samantha Eggar Susan Penhaligon Donald Pleasence Joan Greenwood Roland Culver Simon Williams Alexandra Stewart Donald Pilon Chloe Franks
cat devil writer dark quirky united kingdom quebec supernatural death will and testament rivalry revenge 1970s
A writer (Peter Cushing) gives a publisher (Ray Milland) three examples to sell his story about a conspiracy of cats.
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