List of the best Kathleen Byron movies: The Small Back Room(1949), The Gambler and the Lady(1952), Stairway to Heaven(1946), The Silver Fleet(1943), Black Narcissus(1947), Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff(2010) ... ...
Drama
1949
106 Minutes
Susan
Emeric Pressburger David Farrar Kathleen Byron Jack Hawkins Anthony Bushell Michael Gough Leslie Banks Robert Morley Cyril Cusack Renee Asherson
scientist assistant military officer alcoholic girlfriend patriotic emotional laboratory london office world war ii bomb daunting task alcoholism workplace romance quest transformation 1940s
Brilliant but tormented bomb expert Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works for the British government during World War II, but his increasingly problematic alcoholism and a recent injury threaten his ability to work.
Crime, Drama
UK
1952
74 Minutes
Pat
Dane Clark Naomi Chance Kathleen Byron Meredith Edwards Anthony Forwood Eric Pohlmann Enzo Coticchia Julian Somers
A social-climbing American with a business in illegal gambling falls in love with a blue blood, but gangsters and a jealous ex-girlfriend stand in the way of happiness.
Fantasy
1946
104 Minutes
An Angel
David Niven Michael Powell Kim Hunter Raymond Massey Robert Coote Kathleen Byron Richard Attenborough Bonar Colleano Joan Maude Marius Goring Roger Livesey
pilot conductor radio operator doctor judge angel airy charming dreamy quirky patriotic england heaven airplane world war ii afterlife death love love rescue
A British airman escapes death by mistake and resists the messenger who keeps summoning him to the beyond.
War
1943
88 Minutes
Schoolmistress
Ralph Richardson Gordon Wellesley Googie Withers Esmond Knight Beresford Egan Frederick Burtwell Kathleen Byron Willem Akkerman Dorothy Gordon Charles Victor John Longden
Considered a traitor for helping Nazis construct submarines, a Dutch engineer (Ralph Richardson) later redeems himself.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
100 Minutes
Sister Ruth
Deborah Kerr Emeric Pressburger Sabu David Farrar Flora Robson Jean Simmons Esmond Knight Kathleen Byron Jenny Laird Judith Furse May Hallatt
sister nun government official native general young girl intense passionate brooding dreamy himalayas palace school hospital religious beliefs mysterious past obsession unusual behavior missionary work cultural differences
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
Documentary
UK
2010
86 Minutes
Jack Cardiff Martin Scorsese Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall John Mills Thelma Schoonmaker Kim Hunter Kathleen Byron Christopher Challis Raffaella De Laurentiis Richard Fleischer
martin scorsese editor charlton heston lauren bacall cinematographer director engaging inspiring spirited striking london hollywood, calif. studio art gallery film set cinematography filmmaking innovation jack cardiff art
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »