List of the best Margaret Leighton movies: Court Martial(1955), Calling Bulldog Drummond(1951), Bonnie Prince Charlie(1948), The Elusive Pimpernel(1950), The Constant Husband(1955), From Beyond the Grave(1973), The Sound and the Fury(1959), Waltz of the Toreadors(1962), The Holly and the Ivy(1952), The Winslow Boy(1948), Seven Women(1966), Under Capricorn(1949) ... ...
Drama
UK
1955
105 Minutes
englishman war hero wife judge intense melodramatic emotional sultry profound intricate united kingdom court war heroes financial troubles life after wartime unhappy marriage rise fall revenge underdog
A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1951
80 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Margaret Leighton Robert Beatty David Tomlinson Peggy Evans Charles Victor Bernard Lee
With a ruthless gang terrorizing London, Scotland Yard calls Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond out of retirement. With the help of detective Helen Smith, Drummond infiltrates the gang under an ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1948
118 Minutes
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.
Adventure
1950
109 Minutes
Marguerite Blakeney
David Niven Emeric Pressburger Margaret Leighton Cyril Cusack Jack Hawkins Robert Coote Edmond Audran Danielle Godet Arlette Marchal Charles Victor David Hutcheson
aristocrat hero revolutionary englishman prisoner brother-in-law spectacular brash gutsy paris london court english channel inn prison rescue french revolution secret identity heroism scarlet pimpernel
London dandy Sir Percy (David Niven) dons disguises to rescue French nobles from the Reign of Terror guillotine.
Comedy
1955
84 Minutes
Rex Harrison Margaret Leighton Kay Kendall Cecil Parker Nicole Maurey George Cole Raymond Huntley Michael Hordern Robert Coote Eric Pohlmann
man wife specialist doctor charming emotional airy amusing hilarious wales hotel room doctor's office london amnesia fake identity marriage humor love forbidden love quest
An amnesiac (Rex Harrison) wakes up one morning in Wales and learns, through a psychiatrist, he has seven wives.
Horror
1973
99 Minutes
Madame Orloff
Peter Cushing Margaret Leighton Ian Bannen David Warner Wendy Allnutt Rosalind Ayres Marcel Steiner Donald Pleasence Diana Dors Angela Pleasence Ian Carmichael
The sinister owner (Peter Cushing) of a London antiques shop leads customers into four tales of terror.
Drama
USA
1959
115 Minutes
Caddy Compson
Yul Brynner Joanne Woodward Margaret Leighton Stuart Whitman Ethel Waters Jack Warden Francoise Rosay John Beal Albert Van Dekker Stephen Perry Roy E. Glenn Sr.
teen girl stepbrother mother carnival worker mentally disabled person alcoholic brooding sultry mississippi small town family home family dysfunction teen angst forbidden love mother/daughter relationship alcoholism small-town life transformation 1950s
Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.
Comedy
UK
1962
105 Minutes
Emily Fitzjohn
Peter Sellers Dany Robin Margaret Leighton John Fraser Cyril Cusack Prunella Scales Denise Coffey Jean Anderson
general wife mistress aide daughter witty passionate england manor retirement midlife crisis love triangle court-martial hypochondria quest forbidden love rivalry 1910s
This is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed ... See full summary »
Other, Drama
1952
83 Minutes
Margaret Gregory
Ralph Richardson Celia Johnson Margaret Leighton Denholm Elliott Hugh Williams Roland Culver
priest daughter son sister cousin alcoholic charming emotional touching england countryside house christmas family celebration family dysfunction discovery transformation growing up 1950s
A British vicar's (Ralph Richardson) Christmas with his family finally brings him closer to his son and daughters (Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton).
Drama
1948
117 Minutes
Catherine Winslow
Robert Donat Cedric Hardwicke Margaret Leighton Basil Radford Kathleen Harrison Francis L. Sullivan Marie Lohr Jack Watling Frank Lawton Neil North Walter Fitzgerald
father son sister mother lawyer emotional spirited england courtroom school court battles lawsuit family justice school quest sacrifice 1900s
The plight of a young boy unjustly accused of stealing touches off a massive lawsuit for defamation of character.
Drama
UK
1949
117 Minutes
Milly
Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten Michael Wilding Margaret Leighton Cecil Parker Denis O'Dea Jack Watling Harcourt Williams John Ruddock Ronald Adam Francis De Wolff
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Drama
UK
1972
110 Minutes
Gladys
Elizabeth Taylor Michael Caine Susannah York Margaret Leighton John Standing Mary Larkin Michael Cashman
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.
Drama
1971
116 Minutes
Mrs. Maudsley
Julie Christie Alan Bates Dominic Guard Margaret Leighton Michael Redgrave Michael Gough Edward Fox Richard Gibson Roger Lloyd-Pack
teenager pretty woman farmer viscount emotional melodramatic passionate england estate farm countryside forbidden love love triangle infatuation social standing forbidden love growing up discovery 1900s
A circa-1900 British boy (Dominic Guard) carries illicit love letters between a farmer (Alan Bates) and an aristocratic woman (Julie Christie).
Drama, History
UK
1973
118 Minutes
Lady Frances Nelson
Glenda Jackson Peter Finch Michael Jayston Anthony Quayle Margaret Leighton Dominic Guard Nigel Stock Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes his feet of clay. And yet, Nelson is a ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK|Italy
1972
123 Minutes
Lady Melbourne
Sarah Miles Jon Finch Richard Chamberlain John Mills Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson Laurence Olivier
noblewoman nobleman couple poet lover brooding emotional passionate tense manor england loveless marriage affair forbidden love fall temptation 19th century
A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
88 Minutes
Ma Gore
Donald Pleasence John Mills Barbara Hershey David Birney Margaret Leighton Peter Cushing John Bindon Una Brandon-Jones Keith Buckley Peter Childs Brian Coburn
A former policeman thinks an organization which recreates medieval battles may be linked to a series of murders.
Crime, Drama
UK
1954
100 Minutes
Eve Ravenscourt
Laurence Harvey Gloria Grahame Richard Basehart Joan Collins Stanley Baker Margaret Leighton
boxer veteran sergeant playboy gentleman tense spirited rousing gripping london crime robbery deception adventure pursuit fall 1950s
In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
Comedy
USA
1969
132 Minutes
Constance
Katharine Hepburn Charles Boyer Claude Dauphin Edith Evans John Gavin Paul Henreid Oscar Homolka Margaret Leighton Giulietta Masina Nanette Newman Richard Chamberlain
Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
Comedy
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Mrs. Helen Kenton
Robert Morse Jonathan Winters Anjanette Comer Rod Steiger Dana Andrews Milton Berle James Coburn John Gielgud Tab Hunter Margaret Leighton Liberace
poet uncle stylist mortician reverend teen boy madcap dark los angeles cemetery pet cemetery death funeral business love triangle schemes spiritual crisis quest rivalry 1960s
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Sci-Fi, Horror
1973
185 Minutes
Francoise DuVal
James Mason Leonard Whiting Michael Sarrazin David McCallum Jane Seymour Nicola Pagett Michael Wilding Clarissa Kaye Agnes Moorehead Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson
frankenstein's monster doctor mad scientist love interest mentor victor frankenstein creepy dark spectacular shocking england chateau laboratory london medical experiments playing god murder violence reanimation discovery
Victorian Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) creates a male creature (Michael Sarrazin), then Dr. Polidori (James Mason) makes him create a female mate.