List of the best Joan Hickson movies: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg(1972), Law and Disorder(1958), Seven Days to Noon(1950), Clockwise(1986), The Secret of My Success(1965), Upstairs and Downstairs(1961), Love From a Stranger(1937), The Promoter(1952), The Wicked Lady(1983), Murder, She Said(1961), Mad About Men(1954), The Extra Day(1956) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
UK
1972
107 Minutes
Grace
Alan Bates Janet Suzman Peter Bowles Sheila Gish Joan Hickson Elizabeth Robillard Murray Melvin Fanny Carby
mother father daughter friend bleak offbeat shocking family home england parenthood mother/daughter relationship cerebral palsy family transformation quest 1970s
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1958
76 Minutes
Aunt Florence
Michael Redgrave Robert Morley Ronald Squire Elizabeth Sellars Joan Hickson Lionel Jeffries Jeremy Burnham
con artist son judge colonel aunt thrilling lighthearted charming england household courtroom secret life crime father/son relationship frame-ups deception adventure discovery pursuit 1950s
A British petty criminal lies to his son about his frequent prison terms by inventing honorable plausible explanations for his absences from home, but things get complicated when his son becomes a judge's assistant.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1950
93 Minutes
Mrs. Peckett
Barry Jones Olive Sloane Andre Morell Sheila Manahan Hugh Cross Joan Hickson Walter Horsbrugh
professor prime minister detective daughter assistant tense frightening uneasy london laboratory boardinghouse nuclear weapons theft scientific experiments terrorism politics escape rescue pursuit 1950s
When a scientist threatens to detonate a powerful bomb in the heart of London, Scotland Yard has just seven days to find him before it is too late.
Comedy
UK
1986
105 Minutes
Mrs. Trellis
John Cleese Penelope Wilton Sharon Maiden Alison Steadman Stephen Moore Joan Hickson Penny Leatherbarrow Howard Lloyd Lewis Jonathan Bowater Mark Bunting
headmaster wife neighbor former student old flame police officer witty madcap england train station monastery high school gas station road trip race against time misunderstanding chase affair obsession quest
An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.
Comedy
UK
1965
112 Minutes
Mrs. Pringle
James Booth Shirley Jones Stella Stevens Honor Blackman Lionel Jeffries Joan Hickson Amy Dalby Nicolau Breyner Richard Vernon David Davenport Reginald Beckwith
police officer mother seamstress dictator baroness revolutionary amusing lighthearted great britain village crime investigation mother/son relationship police work unlikely hero rise pursuit 1980s
Fast climbing Arthur Tate rose to his fame, wealth and respectability quickly from a beginning as a naive constable His rise was also due to 3 women: dressmaker Violet Lawson, Lily, the ... See full summary »
Comedy
1961
100 Minutes
Rosemary
Michael Craig Anne Heywood Mylène Demongeot James Robertson Justice Claudia Cardinale Sidney James Joan Hickson Joan Sims Joseph Tomelty Nora Nicholson Daniel Massey
British newlyweds (Michael Craig, Anne Heywood) discover hiring suitable servants is harder than they think.
Mystery & Thriller
1937
87 Minutes
Emmy
Ann Harding Basil Rathbone Binnie Hale Bruce Seton Jean Cadell Bryan Powley Joan Hickson Donald Calthrop Eugene Leahy
stenographer fiancé serial killer aunt maid doctor dark suspenseful uneasy england apartment ship france country house country fair deception elopement lottery marriage isolation
An English lottery winner (Ann Harding) slowly realizes her suave new husband (Basil Rathbone) plans to kill her.
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Mrs. Codleyn
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.
Adventure
UK|USA
1983
98 Minutes
Aunt Agatha
Faye Dunaway Alan Bates John Gielgud Denholm Elliott Prunella Scales Oliver Tobias Glynis Barber Joan Hickson Helena McCarthy Mollie Maureen Derek Francis
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, ... See full summary »
Crime, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
86 Minutes
Mrs. Kidder
Margaret Rutherford Arthur Kennedy Muriel Pavlow James Robertson Justice Charles "Bud" Tingwell Thorley Walters Conrad Phillips Ronnie Raymond Joan Hickson Stringer Davis Ronald Howard
detective conductor wealthy man police detective private investigator miss marple charming playful manor train library murder investigation unlikely hero secret identity mystery pursuit 1960s
When Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.
Fantasy
UK
1954
90 Minutes
Mrs. Forster
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
1956
83 Minutes
Mrs. West
Richard Basehart Simone Simon George Baker Josephine Griffin Colin Gordon Laurence Naismith Charles Victor Sidney James Joan Hickson David Hannaford Olga Lindo
assistant director extra artist movie star socialite playful crafty amusing london movie set dressing room film industry filmmaking work love interest rise to stardom private life underdog quest
The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot.
Comedy
1973
88 Minutes
Mrs Dukes
Sidney James Joan Sims Kenneth Connor Barbara Windsor Bernard Bresslaw June Whitfield Peter Butterworth Jack Douglas Patsy Rowlands Joan Hickson Valerie Leon
council member feminist mayor wife hotel manager hotel guest cheeky hilarious playful witty small town hotel meeting room england united kingdom beauty pageant bikinis feminism tourism crisis
Comedy
UK
1963
105 Minutes
Peter Sellers Roy Boulting Cecil Parker Isabel Jeans Eric Sykes Bernard Miles Ian Carmichael Irene Handl Brock Peters William Hartnell Roy Kinnear
reverend parishioner churchwarden christian homeless person widow amusing cheeky offbeat engaging england village christianity class distinctions morality socialism rivalry wretched excess 1960s
A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.
Romance
UK
1979
139 Minutes
Richard Gere Lisa Eichhorn Vanessa Redgrave William Devane Chick Vennera Wendy Morgan Rachel Roberts Tony Melody Martin Smith Derek Thompson Simon Harrison
soldier military officer young woman socialite friend passionate moving england dance hall small town army base resort culture clash moral dilemma affair love triangle doomed romance world war ii forbidden love temptation
Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.
Comedy
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Shirley Eaton Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Terence Longdon Bill Owen Leslie Phillips Cyril Chamberlain Brian Oulton Wilfrid Hyde-White Hattie Jacques
nurse colonel matron student doctor campy hospital ambulance camp betting hospital adventure 1950s
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
France|Italy
1960
87 Minutes
Ted Ray Jean Kent Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Julia Lockwood Tim Seely Charles Hawtrey Dilys Laye Lionel Jeffries June Jago Colin Gordon
neighbor teenager daughter suburban girl suburbanite amusing hilarious lighthearted suburb suburbia suburbs united kingdom england suburban life small town writing literature success discovery growing up
Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who ... See full summary »
Horror, Comedy
UK
1973
104 Minutes
Vincent Price Diana Rigg Robert Morley Ian Hendry Harry Andrews Coral Browne Robert Coote Jack Hawkins Michael Hordern Arthur Lowe Dennis Price
actor critic daughter bum eerie gory witty offbeat theater london vengeance murder william shakespeare criticism revenge quest 1970s
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Comedy
1970
89 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Hattie Jacques Charles Hawtrey Joan Sims Terry Scott Richard O'Callaghan Bernard Bresslaw Jacki Piper Imogen Hassall Julian Holloway
agency director girlfriend seamstress bachelor detective housekeeper amusing lighthearted madcap hilarious cheeky witty england dating innuendo sex new love humor british life discovery
A couple posing as man and wife runs a phony matrimonial agency and attempts to pair off unlikely and varied clients.