List of the best Nora Swinburne movies: Strange Awakening(1959), Wings and the Woman(1942), Interlude(1968), Helen of Troy(1955), Christopher Columbus(1949), Perfect Understanding(1933), Dinner at the Ritz(1937), The End of the Affair(1955), Quartet(1948), Good Time Girl(1948), The Citadel(1938), Third Man on the Mountain(1959) ... ...
Crime, Drama
1959
69 Minutes
Mrs. Friend
A man (Lex Barker) loses his memory in France, and a woman (Nora Swinburne) uses him in her inheritance scheme.
Biography
UK
1942
96 Minutes
ATA Commandant
Anna Neagle Robert Newton Edward Chapman Nora Swinburne Brefni O'Rorke Charles Carson Martita Hunt Anthony Shaw Eliot Makeham David Horne Miles Malleson
aviatrix aviator husband wife solicitor government official emotional gripping rousing thrilling england house airplane amy johnson marriage flying husband/wife relationship fame world war ii rise
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1968
113 Minutes
Mary
Oskar Werner Barbara Ferris Virginia Maskell Donald Sutherland Nora Swinburne Alan Webb Bernard Kay Geraldine Sherman Gino Mulvazzi Robert Lang Derek Jacobi
conductor reporter pretty woman wife emotional melodramatic england london concert hall castle libel lawsuit interview romance infidelity classical music forbidden love temptation discovery 1960s
A famous conductor gives an interview to a pretty young reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly and finds he's given himself an unwanted sabbatical from conducting. He begins an affair with ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1955
118 Minutes
Hecuba
Rossana Podestà Jack Sernas Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Baker Niall MacGinnis Nora Swinburne Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Harry Andrews Janette Scott Ronald Lewis
helen of troy greek god brash brutal engaging gory intense melodramatic powerful spirited thrilling troy rescue trojan wars rescue love ancient times
The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
Biography
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Joanna de Torres
Fredric March Florence Eldridge Francis L. Sullivan Kathleen Ryan Derek Bond Nora Swinburne Abraham Sofaer Linden Travers James Robertson Justice Dennis Vance Richard Nugent
explorer queen courtier priest sailor inspiring striking spain boat monastery west indies royal court beach discovery journey spanish inquisition christopher columbus gold mutiny quest
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1933
81 Minutes
Stephanie
Gloria Swanson Laurence Olivier John Halliday Michael Farmer Genevieve Tobin Nora Swinburne Charles Collum Peter Gawthorne Rosalinde Fuller O.B. Clarence Mary Jerrold
husband wife newlywed mistress lord lady melodramatic emotional engaging passionate amusing witty cannes, france london france newlyweds troubled marriage agreement divorce jealousy
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Crime, Drama
UK
1937
75 Minutes
Lady Railton
Annabella David Niven Paul Lukas Romney Brent Francis L. Sullivan Stewart Rome Nora Swinburne Tyrrell Davis Frederick Leister William Dewhurst Vivienne Chatterton
beautiful woman father fiancé police detective government agent jewelry dealer charming intricate paris ocean liner monte carlo, monaco yacht cannes, france london financial scheme murder investigation impersonation travel romance
The daughter of a murdered financier is working as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks those among her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
Drama
UK|USA
1955
106 Minutes
Mrs. Bertram
Deborah Kerr Van Johnson John Mills Peter Cushing Michael Goodliffe Stephen Murray Charles Goldner Nora Swinburne
writer wife priest detective lover husband melodramatic suspenseful family home inn apartment london adultery god love triangle world war ii disillusionment bombing forbidden love sacrifice
In WW2 London, a writer falls in-love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1948
81 Minutes
Miss Mills
Jean Kent Dennis Price Griffith Jones Flora Robson Herbert Lom Bonar Colleano Hugh McDermott Peter Glenville Nora Swinburne Elwyn Brook-Jones Jill Balcon
juvenile delinquent soldiers gang members police officers brash uneasy house club london manchester, england crime spree juvenile crime awol adventure pursuit fall 20th century
A British magistrate (Flora Robson) tells the story of a wayward girl (Jean Kent) who joins two GI deserters in a crime spree.
Drama
UK
1938
112 Minutes
Mrs. Thornton
Robert Donat Rosalind Russell Rex Harrison Ralph Richardson Emlyn Williams Penelope Dudley Ward Francis L. Sullivan Mary Clare Cecil Parker Nora Swinburne Edward Chapman
doctor wife miner gutsy engaging inspiring moving wales london mining town hypocrisy tuberculosis medicine aspirations wretched excess underdog 1930s
Andrew Manson (Robert Donat), a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
1959
107 Minutes
James MacArthur Michael Rennie Janet Munro James Donald Walter Fitzgerald Helen Hayes Herbert Lom Ferdinand Mayne Laurence Naismith Lee Patterson Nora Swinburne
mountain climber mother father son captain teammate inspiring winsome heartwarming swiss alps switzerland village the matterhorn family honor father/son relationship mountain climbing determination dangerous mission quest growing up
A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel.
Comedy
1971
94 Minutes
Frankie Howerd Anne Aston Graham Crowden Bill Fraser Roy Hudd Hugh Paddick Anna Quayle Eartha Kitt Fred Emney Dave King Lance Percival
knight queen richard the lion heart servant robin hood twin amusing airy campy madcap lighthearted england middle east holy land germany crusade brother relationship inheritance adventure discovery
A medieval knight (Frankie Howerd) who looks like Richard the Lionheart joins the Crusades with his slow-witted serf.
Drama, History
UK
1969
145 Minutes
Richard Burton Geneviève Bujold Irene Papas Anthony Quayle John Colicos Michael Hordern Katharine Blake Peter Jeffrey Joseph O'Conor William Squire Valerie Gearon
king queen cardinal maid pope heir dark hedonistic england royal court london king henry viii anne boleyn catherine of aragon divorce religion royalty forbidden love fall 16th century
King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.