List of the best Joyce Grenfell movies: The Happiest Days of Your Life(1950), The Belles of St. Trinian's(1954), Blue Murder at St. Trinian's(1957), The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's(1961), The Old Dark House(1963), A Run for Your Money(1949), Genevieve(1953), Pickwick Papers(1952), Laughter in Paradise(1951), The Lamp Still Burns(1943), The Demi-Paradise(1943), Stage Fright(1950) ... ...
7.3/10
Comedy
UK
1950
81 Minutes
Miss Gossage
Alastair Sim Margaret Rutherford Joyce Grenfell Guy Middleton Edward Rigby Muriel Aked John Bentley Bernadette O'Farrell Richard Wattis Patricia Owens
headmaster headmistress athletic director porter student inspector witty frenetic england countryside school blitz of london mix-up secrets argument discipline world war ii underdog rise 1940s
Chaos ensues for staff and students alike when an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.
6.8/10
Comedy
UK
1954
91 Minutes
P.W. Sgt. Ruby Gates
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.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK
1957
86 Minutes
Sergeant Ruby Gates
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
1961
94 Minutes
Sergeant Ruby Gates
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.
5.5/10
Horror, Comedy
UK|USA
1963
86 Minutes
Agatha Femm
Tom Poston Robert Morley Janette Scott Joyce Grenfell Peter Bull Mervyn Johns Fenella Fielding Danny Green
car salesman relative millionaire twin serial killer hysterical eerie mansion england murder murder plot murderous rampage mystery 1960s
In England, an American car salesman ends-up spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a client's family.
6.6/10
Comedy
UK
1949
83 Minutes
Mrs. Pargiter
Donald Houston Alec Guinness Meredith Edwards Moira Lister Hugh Griffith Joyce Grenfell
brother con artist news reporter amusing madcap england london wales small town pub city vs. country deception money culture clash adventure discovery 1940s
Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.
Comedy
1953
86 Minutes
Hotel proprietress
Dinah Sheridan John Gregson Kay Kendall Kenneth More Geoffrey Keen Joyce Grenfell Michael Medwin
husband wife friend cheeky cheery england city countryside cars competition friendship rivalry quest 1950s
One British couple (Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson) races another to see whose vintage 1904 roadster is the best.
Adventure
1952
109 Minutes
Mrs. Leo Hunter
James Hayter Nigel Patrick James Donald Hermione Baddeley Kathleen Harrison Hermione Gingold Joyce Grenfell Alexander Gauge Lionel Murton Harry Fowler
gentleman scientist con artist judge widow police officer lighthearted witty london countryside prison courtroom scientific observation con game deception misunderstanding adventure quest 19th century
Dickens' elderly Samuel Pickwick (James Hayter) travels about with Mr. Winkle (James Donald) and other members of their club.
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1951
93 Minutes
Elizabeth Robson aka Fluffy
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.
6.1/10
Drama
UK
1943
90 Minutes
Dr. Barrett
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.
Romance
1943
115 Minutes
Sybil Paulson
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.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1950
110 Minutes
Lovely Ducks
Jane Wyman Marlene Dietrich Richard Todd Michael Wilding Kay Walsh Sybil Thorndike Miles Malleson Hector MacGregor Joyce Grenfell Andre Morell Patricia Hitchcock
wrongly accused ex-girlfriend detective actress actor amateur sleuth suspenseful gripping london theater chase false accusations disguise blackmail deception investigation pursuit mystery escape 1950s
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer.
5.8/10
Musical
UK
1957
104 Minutes
Eric Portman Celia Johnson Hugh Griffith Janette Scott John Fraser Bobby Howes Rachel Roberts John Salew Mona Washbourne Paddy Stone Irving Davies
singer spinster songwriter dancing girl love interest spirited lighthearted england wales west end backstage music hall show business musical revue theater companionship romance revitalization transformation growing up
A touring variety troupe, the "Dinky Doos" are in financial trouble. An encounter with three strangers - Inigo Jollifant (a romantic, song-writing ex-schoolmaster), Miss Trant (a ... See full summary »
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