List of the best Norman Bird movies: Whistle Down the Wind(1962), A Very Important Person(1961), Term of Trial(1962), A Dandy in Aspic(1968), Victim(1961), The Hill(1965), The League of Gentlemen(1960), The Cracksman(1965), In Search of the Castaways(1962), The Wrong Box(1966) ... ...
Drama
UK
1962
99 Minutes
Eddie
Hayley Mills Alan Bates Bernard Lee Norman Bird Elsie Wagstaff Ronald Hines Gerald Sim Diane Clare John Arnatt Hamilton Dyce Howard Douglas
escaped convict young boy young girl father teacher police officer eerie charming suspenseful emotional lancashire, england barn farm family home town childhood innocence religion friendship mistaken identity
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owners three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Comedy
1961
98 Minutes
Travers, Senior British Officer
James Robertson Justice Leslie Phillips Stanley Baxter Eric Sykes Richard Wattis Norman Bird Jeremy Lloyd
scientist nazi inmate commandant british soldier host amusing madcap playful great britain germany airplane pow camp television studio world war ii disguise prison break camaraderie reunion escape
British prisoners of war plan the escape of a stuffy British scientist (James Robertson Justice) shot down by the Nazis.
Drama
UK
1962
113 Minutes
Mr. Taylor
Laurence Olivier Simone Signoret Sarah Miles Roland Culver Frank Pettingell Thora Hird Dudley Foster Norman Bird Newton Blick Allan Cuthbertson Nicholas Hannen
teacher wife student bleak somber school england household student-teacher relationship alcoholism guilt marital problems seduction revenge temptation 1960s
In Britain, a high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher but, after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1968
107 Minutes
Copperfield
Laurence Harvey Tom Courtenay Mia Farrow Lionel Stander Harry Andrews Peter Cook Per Oscarsson Barbara Murray Norman Bird Michael Trubshawe Geoffrey Denton
spy secret agent photographer double agent intricate gripping west berlin hideout street office espionage deception murder political intrigue mystery pursuit adventure cold war
During the Cold War, the British and Soviet Intelligence services attempt to out-fox one another using the homesick double-Agent Krasnevin a.k.a. Alexander Eberlin (Laurence Harvey) as a pawn in the complex spy-game.
Mystery & Thriller
1961
100 Minutes
Harold Doe
Dirk Bogarde Sylvia Sims Dennis Price Nigel Stock Peter McEnery Donald Churchill Anthony Nicholls Hilton Edwards Norman Bird Derren Nesbitt
barrister wife criminal friend homosexual detective dark emotional tense london household courtroom homosexuality blackmail suicide investigation affair trial quest pursuit
A prominent London barrister sets out to learn the identity of a blackmailer who preys on homosexuals.
Drama
UK
1965
123 Minutes
Commandant
Sean Connery Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Alfred Lynch Ossie Davis Roy Kinnear Jack Watson Ian Hendry Michael Redgrave Norman Bird Neil McCallum
prisoner sergeant guard british soldiers bleak brutal intense prison camp africa libya desert following orders humiliation morality military prison rivalry discovery underdog fall
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
115 Minutes
Capt. Frank Weaver
Jack Hawkins Nigel Patrick Richard Attenborough Roger Livesey Bryan Forbes Kieron Moore Robert Coote Terence Alexander Melissa Stribling Norman Bird Nanette Newman
military officer retiree friend bank robber amusing suspenseful england london bank apartment bank robbery disillusionment schemes teamwork military service revenge quest 1960s
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
Comedy
UK
1965
112 Minutes
Charlie Drake George Sanders Dennis Price Nyree Dawn Porter Eddie Byrne Finlay Currie Percy Herbert Geoffrey Keen George A. Cooper Christopher Rhodes Norman Bird
con artist locksmith wrongly accused burglar police officer gangster amusing engaging madcap offbeat crime scene prison safe wrongful conviction manipulation imprisonment escape crime deception adventure
A short, kind, very innocent and efficient locksmith is cheated by a burglar in order to rob a car and to open a safe strongbox. The police catch him and is sent to jail. Once there, some ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1962
100 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Hayley Mills George Sanders Wilfrid Hyde-White Michael Anderson Jr. Antonio Cifariello Keith Hamshere Wilfrid Brambell Jack Gwillim Ronald Fraser Inia Wiata
teen girl professor shipping magnate brother father villain thrilling endearing heartwarming confident ship glasgow, scotland andes mountains australia new zealand missing persons expedition betrayal wildlife black market
In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.
Comedy
UK
1966
105 Minutes
John Mills Ralph Richardson Michael Caine Nanette Newman Peter Cook Dudley Moore Tony Hancock Peter Sellers Cicely Courtneidge Wilfrid Lawson Thorley Walters
student brother butler foster daughter strangler nephew madcap hilarious london train household lottery family dysfunction rivalry 1890s
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.