List of the best Kay Walsh movies: The Magnet(1951), Lease of Life(1954), The Rainbow Jacket(1954), I See Ice(1938), Last Holiday(1950), Sons of the Sea(1939), Lunch Hour(1962), Now and Forever(1955), Greyfriars Bobby(1961), Oliver Twist(1948), Cast a Dark Shadow(1955), This Happy Breed(1944) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
young boy father mother inventor nanny playful charming positive amusing england small town liverpool, england school morality theft guilt elementary school adventure discovery growing up
A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.
Drama
UK
1954
94 Minutes
vicar wife daughter passionate charming england village religion christianity faith illness family discovery love 1950s
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Drama
UK
1954
99 Minutes
Robert Morley Kay Walsh Edward Underdown Fella Edmonds Bill Owen Charles Victor Honor Blackman Wilfrid Hyde-White Ronald Ward Howard Marion-Crawford Sidney James
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
Comedy
UK
1938
77 Minutes
George plays an aspiring news photographer that gets pictures by way of a spy camera in his bow tie. Comic confusion and chases arise from his inadvertently taking blackmail-able snaps of ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1950
89 Minutes
Mrs. Poole
Alec Guinness Beatrice Campbell Kay Walsh Bernard Lee Wilfrid Hyde-White Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
salesman socialite society matron maid gambler doctor winsome charming resort brighton, england beach doctor's office fatal illness vacation friendship social standing mortality transformation 1950s
When a lonely, unappreciated farm equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.
Drama, War
UK
1939
82 Minutes
Alison Devar
Leslie Banks Mackenzie Ward Kay Walsh Simon Lack Cecil Parker Ellen Pollock
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son ... See full summary »
Comedy
1962
64 Minutes
Manageress
Shirley Anne Field Robert Stephans Kay Walsh Hazel Hughes Michael Robbins Nigel Davenport
designer manager adulterer hotel manager lover aunt witty amusing passionate emotional engaging lighthearted england adultery workplace romance deception affair privacy failing marriage discovery
A junior executive finds nothing goes as planned as a "perfect" romantic interlude begins to backfire.
Drama
1955
90 Minutes
Miss Muir
Janette Scott Vernon Gray Kay Walsh Jack Warner Pamela Brown Charles Victor Marjorie Rhodes Ronald Squire Wilfrid Lawson Sonia Dresdel
rich girl mechanic parent suicidal person love interest family gripping intense moving spirited england village disapproval elopement love difficult choices wealth family feud forbidden love sacrifice
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1961
91 Minutes
Mrs. Brown
Donald Crisp Laurence Naismith Alex Mackenzie Kay Walsh Andrew Cruickshank Vincent Winter Moultrie Kelsall Gordon Jackson Rosalie Crutchley Freda Jackson Jameson Clark
The remarkable veritable story of a terrier named Bobby and the enduring friendship he forges with a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as Old Jock---unbroken even by the kindly old man's death.
Drama
1948
105 Minutes
Nancy
Robert Newton Alec Guinness John Howard Davies Kay Walsh Francis L. Sullivan Anthony Newley Henry Stephenson Mary Clare Josephine Stuart Ralph Truman
orphan pickpocket criminal kidnapper wealthy man girlfriend dense gripping melodramatic london orphanage street hideout child abuse crime class distinctions kidnapping growing up escape pursuit
Dickens' London waif (John Howard Davies) is pressed into Fagin's (Alec Guinness) street gang led by bully Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) and the Artful Dodger.
Mystery & Thriller
1955
84 Minutes
Charlotte Young
Dirk Bogarde Margaret Lockwood Kathleen Harrison Kay Walsh Robert Flemyng Mona Washbourne
criminal murderer wife widow wealthy woman dark tense england household murder marriage deception may-december romance wretched excess discovery 1950s
An Englishman (Dirk Bogarde) gets away with killing his rich old wife, then tries it with a savvy widow (Margaret Lockwood).
Drama
1944
115 Minutes
Queenie Gibbons
Robert Newton Celia Johnson John Mills Kay Walsh Stanley Holloway Amy Veness Alison Leggatt
travel agent wife mother-in-law sister-in-law socialist child cheeky melodramatic emotional england suburbia household working class war family growing up love transformation 1930s
An adaptation of Noel Coward's play traces a number of years in the life of a middle-class London family.
Crime, Drama
1965
103 Minutes
Mrs. Woodley
Tom Bell Judi Dench Paul Rogers Kay Walsh Ray McAnally Jeremy Spenser Peter Madden Inigo Jackson Annette Andre Edina Ronay Nicolette Pendrell
thief police officer social worker sergeant brooding tense thrilling england city street rehabilitation crime self-destruction unrequited love fall pursuit temptation 1960s
Habitual thief Peter Rayston is released from prison and begins planning his next series of robberies. When he meets Joanne, a social worker who attempts to reform him, Rayston is tempted to give up his life as a criminal and go straight.
War, Drama
UK
1942
114 Minutes
Freda Lewis
Noel Coward Noel Coward John Mills Bernard Miles Celia Johnson Kay Walsh Joyce Carey Michael Wilding James Donald Richard Attenborough
captain military officer sailor wife mother heartwarming patriotic ship military base london egypt world war ii quest escape 1930s
This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
86 Minutes
Molly Newman
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1950
110 Minutes
Nellie Goode
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.
Drama
UK
1960
106 Minutes
Mary Titterington
Alec Guinness John Mills Susannah York Dennis Price John Fraser Allan Cuthbertson Kay Walsh Gordon Jackson Duncan Macrae Keith Faulkner Peter McEnery
commanding officer officer soldier rival daughter girlfriend gripping emotional tense scotland barracks battalion class conflict military authority suicide rivalry forbidden love 1940s
After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.
Drama, History
USA
1953
112 Minutes
Mrs. Ashley
Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Charles Laughton Deborah Kerr Cecil Kellaway Leo G. Carroll Kay Walsh Elaine Stewart
admiral queen courtesan king princess bleak somber fascinating royal palace royal court london manor aspirations love royal life transformation forbidden love growing up 16th century
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
Musical, Other
UK
1970
118 Minutes
Mrs. Fezziwig
Albert Finney Alec Guinness Edith Evans Kenneth More Laurence Naismith Michael Medwin David Collings Gordon Jackson Roy Kinnear Kay Walsh Richard Beaumont
clerk son ebenezer scrooge ghost cheery heartwarming lighthearted england christmas charity loss ghosts regret redemption fall transformation 1860s
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Horror
UK
1966
94 Minutes
Cathy Eddowes
John Neville Donald Houston John Fraser Georgia Brown Anthony Quayle Barbara Windsor Robert Morley Cecil Parker Frank Finlay Kay Walsh
lord serial killer duke prime minister doctor inspector chilling gripping witty london murder corruption insanity discovery mystery wretched excess 1880s
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
Drama
UK|USA|West Germany
1981
106 Minutes
John Hurt Jane Alexander Beau Bridges Doug McKeon Keith McKeon Glynnis O'Connor Geoffrey Liesik Michael Liesik Ian Bannen Anne Stallybrass Günter Meisner
family thrilling suspenseful spirited rousing positive inspiring germany hot air balloon east/west clash overcoming the odds escape adventure pursuit underdog 1960s
True tale about two men planing to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.