List of the best John Laurie movies: Floodtide(1949), Island of Desire(1952), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943), The Great Game(1953), Siege of the Saxons(1963), The Edge of the World(1937), Mine Own Executioner(1947), The Reptile(1966), The Lamp Still Burns(1943), The 39 Steps(1935), Pandora and the Flying Dutchman(1951), The Ghost of St. Michael's(1941) ... ...
6.9/10
Drama, Romance
UK
1949
90 Minutes
Joe Drummond
Gordon Jackson Rona Anderson John Laurie Jack Lambert Jimmy Logan Janet Brown Elizabeth Sellars Gordon McLeod Ian MacLean Archie Duncan James Woodburn
shipyard worker daughter boss shipbuilder farmer scottish person emotional passionate melodramatic gritty engaging gutsy glasgow, scotland shipyard scotland forbidden love shipbuilding family traditions career change shipping industry
David Shields decides to become a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming.
6.3/10
Romance
UK
1952
103 Minutes
Grimshaw
Linda Darnell Tab Hunter Donald Gray John Laurie Russell Waters Hilda Fenemore Brenda Hogan Diana Decker Sheila Chong Peggy Hassard Michael Newell
In 1943, an Allied hospital-ship is sunk by the Japanese in the South-Pacific where a nurse and a Marine become marooned on an island abandoned by natives.
Romance, War, Drama
1943
163 Minutes
Murdoch
Emeric Pressburger Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr Anton Walbrook John Laurie James McKechnie Neville Mapp
soldier major general teacher nurse nazi gripping melodramatic witty england pow camp south africa germany love friendship war aging military love transformation sacrifice
A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.
Comedy, Drama
1953
80 Minutes
Diana Dors James Hayter Thora Hird Sheila Shand Gibbs John Laurie Glyn Houston
Adventure, Drama, History
1963
85 Minutes
Merlin
Janette Scott Ronald Lewis Ronald Howard Mark Dignam John Laurie Jerome Willis
King Arthur's daughter (Janette Scott) saves the throne with the help of a forest outlaw (Ronald Lewis) and Merlin the magician.
7.3/10
Drama
UK
1937
80 Minutes
Peter Manson
Finlay Currie Niall MacGinnis Grant Sutherland Campbell Robson George Summers John Laurie
young man friend sister father catechist somber st. kilda, scotland fishing village island generational divide love isolation changing times underdog quest rescue love 1930s
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
6.8/10
Drama
UK
1947
105 Minutes
Dr. James Garsten
Burgess Meredith Kieron Moore Dulcie Gray Christine Norden Barbara White John Laurie Michael Shepley
analyst soldier prisoner of war wife mistress bleak emotional gripping office household london burma hospital post-traumatic stress disorder psychoanalysis world war ii transformation discovery 1940s
Pretty Molly Lucian (Barbara White) enlists the reluctant aid of psychologist Felix Milne (Burgess Meredith) in treating her potentially homicidal husband Adam (Kieron Moore), who refuses ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Horror
UK|USA
1966
90 Minutes
Mad Peter
Noel Willman Jacqueline Pearce Jennifer Daniel Ray Barrett Michael Ripper John Laurie Marne Maitland David Baron Charles Lloyd Pack Harold Goldblatt George Woodbridge
coroner newcomer doctor neighbor creature innocent woman frightening frightful creepy chilling dark campy cornwall monsters reptiles deadly animals horror inheritance village life discovery
In a Cornish village, various locals die from mysterious snake bites, but the coroner rules the deaths as heart attacks, until a family of newcomers starts an investigation.
6.1/10
Drama
UK
1943
90 Minutes
Mr. Hervey
Rosamund John Godfrey Tearle Stewart Granger Sophie Stewart Margaret Vyner John Laurie Eric Micklewood Joyce Grenfell Joan Maude John Howard Cathleen Nesbitt
architect nurse doctor patient emotional inspiring melodramatic hospital england career change nursing discovery forbidden love love temptation sacrifice 20th century
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
80 Minutes
Crofter
Robert Donat Madeleine Carroll Godfrey Tearle Lucie Mannheim Peggy Ashcroft Wylie Watson John Laurie Helen Haye
tourist spy bystander police officer suspenseful intricate amusing london scotland espionage murder fugitives romance escape pursuit adventure love 1930s
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information.
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1951
123 Minutes
Angus
James Mason Ava Gardner Nigel Patrick Sheila Sim Harold Warrender Mario Cabré John Laurie Pamela Mason Patricia Raine Margarita D'Alvarez Marius Goring
sea captain woman singer expatriates charming sultry confident engaging spain coast port myth ghosts romance adventure mystery love 1930s
A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.
6.9/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1941
82 Minutes
Jamie
Will Hay Claude Hulbert Charles Hawtrey Raymond Huntley Felix Aylmer Elliott Mason John Laurie Hay Petrie Roddy Hughes Manning Whiley Derek Blomfield
science teacher headmaster schoolboy undercover agent sergeant ghost creepy amusing witty madcap thrilling engaging scotland school ancient curse school nazis murder survival suspicion
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
4.8/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1930
95 Minutes
Johnny Boyle
Edward Chapman Sara Allgood Maire O'Neil Sidney Morgan John Longden Kathleen O'Regan John Laurie Donald Calthrop Dave Morris Fred Schwartz Dennis Wyndham
During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
5.3/10
Drama, History
UK
1948
118 Minutes
Blind Jimmie
David Niven Margaret Leighton Judy Campbell Jack Hawkins Morland Graham Finlay Currie Elwyn Brook-Jones John Laurie Hector Ross Hugh Kelly Margaret Gibson
prince lord king george ii duke noblewoman general dark engaging france ship scotland england countryside battlefield british-scottish relations royalty jacobite uprising charles edward stuart religion exile
In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.
5.0/10
Sci-Fi
UK
1954
77 Minutes
Mr. Jamieson
Hazel Court Patricia Laffan Hugh McDermott Peter Reynolds Adrienne Corri Joseph Tomelty Sophie Stewart John Laurie Anthony Richmond James Edmund Stuart Hibberd
martian husband wife robot scientist ex-convict engaging melodramatic campy scotland inn living room outer space mars alien landing population reproduction mission alien/human relationship marriage
An uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a menacing robot, comes to Earth to collect Earth's men as breeding stock.
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1951
93 Minutes
Gordon Webb
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.
7.5/10
Adventure
UK
1939
115 Minutes
John Clements Ralph Richardson C. Aubrey Smith June Duprez Allan Jeayes Jack Allen Donald Gray Frederick Culley Amid Taftazani Henry Oscar John Laurie
military officer friend girlfriend soldier emotional melodramatic africa desert war zone armed conflict expedition imperialism deception honor redemption quest adventure discovery transformation 1890s
A timid British Army officer has quit and burns his last day summons to a war in Egypt. Calling him a coward, his girl friend and 3 officer friends give him a white feather. In redemption, he shadows his friends in war to save their lives.
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.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
UK
1951
97 Minutes
Vera-Ellen David Niven Cesar Romero Bobby Howes Diane Hart Sandra Dorne Gordon Jackson Henry Hewitt Gladys Henson Hugh Dempster Joyce Carey
chorus girl wealthy man chauffeur theatrical producer reporter roommate lighthearted edinburgh, scotland theater apartment restaurant mistaken identity show business deception rumors wealth love transformation 1950s
B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Drama, History
UK
1955
155 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Claire Bloom Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Mary Kerridge Pamela Brown Alec Clunes Stanley Baker Michael Gough Laurence Naismith
king richard iii king edward iv lady courtier soldier brooding somber powerful england palace battlefield ambition family palace intrigue murder deception rise fall 15th century
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1945
137 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Robert Newton Renee Asherson Leslie Banks Esmond Knight Leo Genn Felix Aylmer Ralph Truman Harcourt Williams Ivy St. Helier Ernest Thesiger
soldier king leader military officer queen creative intense england france war marriage military royalty empowerment fall rise rivalry 16th century
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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