List of the best Noel Purcell movies: The Rising of the Moon(1957), Watch Your Stern(1960), Merry Andrew(1958), No Resting Place(1951), Land of Fury(1954), Nurse on Wheels(1963), Jacqueline(1956), Island Rescue(1952), Lust for Life(1956), Saints and Sinners(1949), The Running Man(1963), Mad About Men(1954) ... ...
6.8/10
Drama
Ireland
1957
81 Minutes
Dan O'Flaherty
Cyril Cusack Noel Purcell Jimmy O'Dea Jack MacGowran Tony Quinn Paul Farrell Kevin Casey Maureen Potter
inspector friend englishman train passenger nationalist sergeant witty inspiring ireland dunfaill station galway, ireland irish civil war morality political activism death row british-irish relations irish life escape sacrifice discovery
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault... See full summary »
5.8/10
Comedy
UK
1960
88 Minutes
Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
Sidney James Noel Purcell Hattie Jacques Leslie Phillips Kenneth Connor
seaman admiral captain construction worker daughter airy amusing creative intense suspenseful boat sea laboratory england weapons failure experiments science royal navy adventure
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist.
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Matthew Larabee
Danny Kaye Pier Angeli Noel Purcell Robert Coote Salvatore Baccaloni
teacher clown fiancée acrobat farmer amusing lighthearted sussex circus england archaeology entertainment love triangle discovery love 1950s
Downtrodden but creative English school-teacher (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip discovers joys of love and circus life with acrobat (Pier Angeli).
6.7/10
Drama
UK
1951
80 Minutes
Garda Mannigan
Michael Gough Eithne Dunne Noel Purcell Brian O'Higgins Jack MacGowran Diana Campbell Maureen O'Sullivan Christy Lawrence Esther O'Connor
Alex Kyle is an Irish Traveller. Whilst out poaching he is disturbed by the local gamekeeper. In an attempt to escape he hurls a rock at the man and kills him. One veteran Garda Officer, Mannigan, is determined he will not escape justice.
5.7/10
Adventure
UK|New Zealand
1954
90 Minutes
Paddy Clarke
Jack Hawkins Glynis Johns Noel Purcell Inia Wiata Kenneth Williams Laya Raki Eddie Baker Thomas Heathcote
settler assistant wife tribal leader father fiancée spectacular melodramatic england new zealand ship courtroom river colonialism christianity maori culture adultery trial massacre rivalry
In 1821,among the first British sailors to set foot on New Zealand, Phillip Wayne befriends a Maori tribe's chief, marries in England and returns to New Zealand with a small group of followers to settle.
6.0/10
Romance
UK
1963
86 Minutes
Abel Worthy
Juliet Mills Ronald Lewis Joan Sims Noel Purcell Raymond Huntley Jim Dale
nurse farmer land owner villager campy charming cheeky playful village rural community england village life land ownership love rural life health underdog love 1960s
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to ... See full summary »
Drama
1956
92 Minutes
Mr. Owen
John Gregson Kathleen Ryan Jacqueline Ryan Noel Purcell Cyril Cusack Tony Wright Maureen Swanson Liam Redmond
A Belfast laborer (John Gregson) loses his job and drinks, but his daughter (Jacqueline Ryan) saves the day.
Comedy
1952
89 Minutes
Trawler Langley
David Niven Glynis Johns George Coulouris Barry Jones Kenneth More Noel Purcell Bernard Lee Jeremy Spenser Anton Diffring
The British government sends an army major (David Niven) and cook (Glynis Johns) to rescue a prize cow during World War II.
7.4/10
Biography
USA
1956
122 Minutes
Anton Mauve
Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn Everett Sloane James Donald Pamela Brown Niall MacGinnis Noel Purcell Henry Daniell Lionel Jeffries Eric Pohlmann
paul gauguin painter brother intense creative emotional france countryside holland vincent van gogh ambition mental illness art quest discovery fall 19th century
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
6.1/10
Drama
UK
1949
85 Minutes
Flaherty
Kieron Moore Christine Norden Sheila Manahan Michael Dolan Mairie O'Neill Tom Dillon Noel Purcell Pamela Arliss Tony Quinn Eddie Byrne Liam Redmond
What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.
6.6/10
Drama
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Miles Bleeker
Laurence Harvey Lee Remick Alan Bates Felix Aylmer Eleanor Summerfield Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goldblatt Noel Purcell Ramsay Ames Fernando Rey Juan José Menéndez
pilot wife insurance investigator thrilling suspenseful england malaga, spain gibraltar insurance fraud plane crash chase schemes new identity escape wretched excess 1960s
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
6.3/10
Fantasy
UK
1954
90 Minutes
Percy
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.
6.2/10
Comedy
UK
1961
92 Minutes
O'Malley
Ian Carmichael Janette Scott Sidney James Liz Fraser Dennis Price Reginald Beckwith Irene Handl Noel Purcell Naunton Wayne Bill Shine Michael Shepley
newlywed husband wife friend girlfriend police officer amusing cheeky charming madcap lighthearted quirky london flat houseboat moor river thames france eviction boat race
When newlyweds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra on a trip down the river ... See full summary »
5.6/10
Drama
UK
1955
82 Minutes
Patrick O'Ferrall
Hildegarde Neff Donald Wolfit Terence Morgan Derek Bond Paul Rogers David Kossoff Hubert Gregg Noel Purcell Alfie Bass Harry Secombe Peter Illing
hypnotist opera singer creepy campy frightful striking opera house hypnosis opera mind control escape transformation 1950s
The story of a genius who hypnotizes an artist's model into becoming a great concert singer, and how she escapes from his influence only by his death.
5.5/10
Comedy
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Prof. Merton
Sophia Loren Peter Sellers Alastair Sim Vittorio De Sica Dennis Price Gary Raymond Miriam Karlin Noel Purcell Virginia Vernon
heiress rich girl doctor boss philanthropist tennis player charming amusing london office hospital river thames marriage trading places money wealth opposites attract sacrifice transformation 1960s
A Millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set-up by their respective parents.
7.3/10
Adventure
USA|UK
1952
104 Minutes
Pablo Murphy
Burt Lancaster Nick Cravat Eva Bartok Torin Thatcher Christopher Lee James Hayter Leslie Bradley Margot Grahame Noel Purcell Frederick Leister Eliot Makeham
pirate resistance leader daughter lieutenant crew member love interest airy lighthearted spirited caribbean island ship revolution piracy romance seafaring reward schemes discovery adventure
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
5.6/10
Comedy
UK
1966
100 Minutes
Capt. O'Flannery
Tony Curtis Rosanna Schiaffino Zsa Zsa Gabor Nancy Kwan Fenella Fielding Anna Quayle Warren Mitchell Mischa Auer Noel Purcell Alan Gifford Joseph Fürst
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
5.5/10
Romance
UK|Spain
1953
93 Minutes
Father Francisco
Joan Fontaine Louis Jourdan Joan Collins Binnie Barnes Godfrey Tearle Eliot Makeham Meinhart Maur Van Boolen Gordon Bell Noel Purcell Hugh Morton
writer noblewoman pirate love interest husband sultan cheeky charming fascinating florence, italy villa spain ship bedroom palace giovanni boccaccio storytelling flirtation deception infidelity
The main story combines bits of Giovanni Boccaccio's own life (maybe and maybe not) with three of his most fabulous stories of love. It has Boccaccio following Fiametta to a country villa ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
98 Minutes
George C. Scott Dana Wynter Clive Brook Gladys Cooper Herbert Marshall Jacques Roux John Merivale Marcel Dalio Bernard Archard Walter Anthony Huston Roland Long
colonel friend aristocrat marquis prisoner of war lady tense offbeat thrilling england mansion airplane hotel serial murders investigation royalty world war ii relationships disguise mystery
A former intelligence officer is tasked by the heir to the Gleneyre estate to investigate the unusual deaths of a disparate group of eleven men on a list.
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