List of the best Margaret Rutherford movies: Murder, She Said(1961), Murder at the Gallop(1963), Murder Most Foul(1964), Murder Ahoy!(1964), The Mouse on the Moon(1963), Aunt Clara(1954), Miss Robin Hood(1952), The Happiest Days of Your Life(1950), The Runaway Bus(1954), Just My Luck(1957), Curtain Up(1952), Innocents in Paris(1955) ... ...
7.4/10
Crime, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
86 Minutes
Miss Marple
Margaret Rutherford Arthur Kennedy Muriel Pavlow James Robertson Justice Charles "Bud" Tingwell Thorley Walters Conrad Phillips Ronnie Raymond Joan Hickson Stringer Davis Ronald Howard
detective conductor wealthy man police detective private investigator miss marple charming playful manor train library murder investigation unlikely hero secret identity mystery pursuit 1960s
When Miss Jane Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1963
81 Minutes
Miss Marple
Margaret Rutherford Robert Morley Flora Robson Charles "Bud" Tingwell Stringer Davis Duncan Lamont
miss marple recluse art expert heir doctor tense spirited charming household hotel stadium england murder family art mystery 1950s
When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1964
91 Minutes
Miss Jane Marple
Margaret Rutherford Ron Moody Charles "Bud" Tingwell Andrew Cruickshank Megs Jenkins Dennis Price
miss marple actor theatrical producer murderer juror engaging endearing intricate england courtroom theater murder jealousy cover-up investigation mystery pursuit 1960s
When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1964
93 Minutes
Miss Marple
Margaret Rutherford Lionel Jeffries Charles "Bud" Tingwell Stringer Davis William Mervyn Francis Matthews Terence Edmund Tony Quinn Joan Benham Gerald Cross Roy Holder
miss marple assistant trustee lieutenant captain charming suspenseful crafty battleship england high seas investigation murder navy corruption embezzlement mystery pursuit 1960s
After Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.
6.5/10
Fantasy
UK
1963
85 Minutes
Grand Duchess Gloriana XIII
Margaret Rutherford Bernard Cribbins Ron Moody David Kossoff Terry-Thomas June Ritchie John Le Mesurier John Phillips Eric Barker Roddy McMillan Tom Aldredge
prime minister scientist russian american duchess astronaut playful amusing grand fenwick castle laboratory bathroom moon space race scam cold war national security wine underdog rivalry
A tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.
6.4/10
Comedy
UK
1954
84 Minutes
Clara Hilton
Margaret Rutherford Ronald Shiner A.E. Matthews Fay Compton Nigel Stock Jill Bennett
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings - including a brothel, a gambling den, racing greyhounds, and a sleazy bar - to his eccentric niece Clara Hilton (Dame Margaret Rutherford). ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Comedy
UK
1952
78 Minutes
Miss Honey
Margaret Rutherford Richard Hearne Michael Medwin James Robertson Justice Dora Bryan Peter Jones Sidney James Eric Berry Edward Lexy Frances Rowe Eunice Gayson
writer eccentric safecracker orphanage director small-time crook lord amusing witty engaging lighthearted hilarious cheeky england comic books robbery petty crime robin hood humor hijinks discovery
Henry Wrigley (Richard Hearne) is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey (Dame Margaret Rutherford), who encourages him to go into minor crime.
7.3/10
Comedy
UK
1950
81 Minutes
Muriel Whitchurch
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.
6.3/10
Comedy
UK
1954
80 Minutes
Miss Cynthia Beeston
Frankie Howerd Margaret Rutherford Petula Clark Belinda Lee George Coulouris Toke Townley Terence Alexander John Horsley
bus driver passenger stewardess pilot thief inspector hilarious suspenseful madcap london airport bus stranded lost fog robbery travel mystery escape 1950s
When heavy fog prevents all aircraft from leaving London airport, a group of passengers take an airline bus to get them to an alternative airport. However, one amongst their number is the ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
UK
1957
86 Minutes
Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Jill Dixon Leslie Phillips Delphi Lawrence Joan Sims Edward Chapman Peter Copley Vic Wise Marjorie Rhodes
assistant love interest bookie secretary partner jockey amusing madcap london jewelry shop racetrack café betting horse racing jewelry engagement money love rise 1950s
Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Comedy
UK
1952
81 Minutes
Robert Morley Margaret Rutherford Olive Sloane Kay Kendall Joan Rice Michael Medwin Charlotte Mitchell Liam Gaffney
author wealthy woman theatrical producer actor actress director charming hilarious creative playful england provincial town theater theater theater production acting rehearsal discovery rise transformation
In a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's ... See full summary »
Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Alastair Sim Margaret Rutherford Claire Bloom Ronald Shiner Claude Dauphin Laurence Harvey Jimmy Edwards Richard Wattis Louis De Funès Christopher Lee
artist young girl frenchman scottish person diplomat englishman amusing cheery rousing paris nightclub airport the louvre bar travel relationships french society english society diplomacy cultural differences
A diplomat (Alastair Sim), an artist (Margaret Rutherford) and five others leave London for a weekend in Paris.
Comedy
1953
85 Minutes
Norman Wisdom Margaret Rutherford Moira Lister Megs Jenkins Jerry Desmonde Lana Morris Eddie Leslie Michael Brennan Michael Ward Joan Ingram
stock boy thief store owner shopgirl supervisor playful amusing winsome department store london unlikely hero workplace romance aspirations class distinctions shoplifting underdog love 1950s
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1949
85 Minutes
Professor Hatton-Jones
Stanley Holloway Hermione Baddeley Margaret Rutherford Paul Dupuis Basil Radford Naunton Wayne Jane Hylton Raymond Huntley Betty Warren Barbara Murray John Slater
police officer shopkeeper duke of burgundy daughter king edward iv amusing cheeky lighthearted london pimlico, england duchy of burgundy shop police station bar freedom controversy diplomacy royalty discovery rivalry
Residents of a part of London declare independence when they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
6.3/10
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Miss Nicholson
David Tomlinson Helen Cherry Margaret Rutherford Barbara Kelly A.E. Matthews Patricia Dainton Ewan Roberts Brian Oulton Clive Morton
earl assistant historian divorcée ghost government official engaging amusing crafty castle scotland bed and breakfast estate bedroom haunting land dispute heritage tourism relationships business
The near-bankrupt Earl of Locharne must contend with a government agent trying to requisition his ancestral Scottish castle, as well as a beautiful American woman who wants to buy the place - to say nothing of the resident ghost.
Comedy
1969
91 Minutes
Princess Ilaria
A seductress (Virna Lisi) seeks money from a hotel manager, general and duke to pay her grandmother's (Margaret Rutherford) back taxes.
7.1/10
Fantasy
UK
1945
96 Minutes
Madame Arcati
Rex Harrison Constance Cummings Kay Hammond Margaret Rutherford Hugh Wakefield Joyce Carey Jaqueline Clarke
writer psychic wife ghost airy amusing lighthearted family home love triangle ghosts writing pursuit quest 1940s
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1961
92 Minutes
Lady Vivian
Danny Kaye Dana Wynter Wilfrid Hyde-White Margaret Rutherford Diana Dors Allan Cuthbertson Jesse White Gregory Walcott Terence de Marney Rex Evans Edgar Barrier
private lady wife valet colonel captain general corporal sergeant adolf hitler amusing confident engaging frenetic gripping gutsy hilarious intricate madcap patriotic
At the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London.
6.3/10
Fantasy
UK
1954
90 Minutes
Nurse Carey
Glynis Johns Anne Crawford Donald Sinden Margaret Rutherford Dora Bryan Nicholas Phipps Peter Martyn Noel Purcell Joan Hickson Judith Furse Irene Handl
mermaid schoolteacher nurse amusing playful charming cornwall england united kingdom seaside courtship flirtation pursuit rivalry love 20th century
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda (Glynis Johns) swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on vacation. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
Drama, History
1965
115 Minutes
Mistress Quickly
Orson Welles Jeanne Moreau John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford Marina Vlady Keith Baxter Norman Rodway
friend girlfriend prince henry iv hostess wife brash cheeky amusing sad england battlefield castle pub inn royal life father/son relationship friendship loyalty war
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Comedy
1957
80 Minutes
Mrs. Fazackalee, Bijou Cashier
Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Peter Sellers Margaret Rutherford Bernard Miles Leslie Phillips Francis De Wolff
husband wife owner cashier projectionist usher charming lighthearted winsome amusing england small town movie theater movies small-town life competition small business rivalry rescue 1950s
British newlyweds (Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna) inherit a shabby movie house and its eccentric staff of three.
7.5/10
Comedy
UK
1952
95 Minutes
Miss Prism
Michael Redgrave Michael Denison Edith Evans Richard Wattis Margaret Rutherford Joan Greenwood Dorothy Tutin Walter Hudd Miles Malleson Aubrey Mather
impostor wealthy man woman governess aunt priest witty hilarious emotional england london country house apartment identity wealth marriage social standing deception family love
When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.
7.2/10
Comedy
UK
1960
104 Minutes
Aunt Dolly
Ian Carmichael Peter Sellers Terry-Thomas Richard Attenborough Margaret Rutherford Dennis Price Irene Handl Miles Malleson Liz Fraser
assembly line worker communist industrialist businessperson cheeky lighthearted witty factory england family home wealth labor strike deception quest 1960s
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
119 Minutes
The Duchess of Brighton
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Louis Jourdan Elsa Martinelli Margaret Rutherford Maggie Smith Rod Taylor Orson Welles Linda Christian Dennis Price
wife husband millionaire producer actress duchess engaging intense passionate intricate airport london hotel wealth social standing airports financial crisis affair marriage transformation
As fog delays departure for a group of travellers bound for New York City, they wait at the lounge of London's Heathrow airport, with each passenger at a moment of crisis in his or her life.
Romance
1943
115 Minutes
Rowena Ventnor
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.
Fantasy
1948
79 Minutes
Nurse Carey
Glynis Johns Googie Withers Griffith Jones John McCallum Margaret Rutherford David Tomlinson Yvonne Owen Sonia Holm
mermaid wife doctor friend husband nurse amusing charming lighthearted london cornwall, england zoo household supernatural jealousy capture bargains deception seduction discovery
A doctor (Griffith Jones) returns to his wife (Googie Withers) in London with a mermaid (Glynis Johns) disguised as his patient.
5.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1966
90 Minutes
Miss Jane Marple (uncredited)
Tony Randall Anita Ekberg Robert Morley Maurice Denham Guy Rolfe Sheila Allen Margaret Rutherford James Villiers Julian Glover Grazina Frame Clive Morton
Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Drama
1936
85 Minutes
Evelyn Summers, Miss Butterby
Ronald Squire Jane Baxter Arthur Macrae Anthony Bushell Athole Stewart Katie Johnson Margaret Rutherford Davina Craig Austin Trevor Felix Aylmer
ex-convict nephew criminal counterfeiter detective intense suspenseful thrilling touching gory switzerland scotland yard london prison family past crimes forgery crime ring investigation rescue
Adventure
1943
98 Minutes
Mrs. Towcester
Anna Neagle Richard Greene Nova Pilbeam Lucie Mannheim Albert Lieven Cyril Fletcher Margaret Rutherford Claude Bailey Patric Curwen Marjorie Fielding David Horne
During World War II, a double agent from Britain exposes a Nazi plot to blow up a shipping port in Nova Scotia.
6.1/10
Romance
UK
1967
108 Minutes
Miss Gaulswallow
Marlon Brando Sophia Loren Tippi Hedren Sydney Chaplin Patrick Cargill Michael Medwin Oliver Johnston John Paul Angela Scoular Margaret Rutherford Peter Bartlett
In Hong Kong, the ambassador returning to America meets the Russian countess, a refugee without a passport, who decides to hide in his cabin.
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