List of the best Richard Wattis movies: The Importance of Being Earnest(1952), Wonderwall(1969), Second Fiddle(1957), The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas(1957), The Prince and the Showgirl(1957), A Very Important Person(1961), Hobson's Choice(1954), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958), Follow a Star(1961), I Thank a Fool(1962), Innocents in Paris(1955), The Happiest Days of Your Life(1950) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1952
95 Minutes
Seton
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.
Drama
UK
1969
93 Minutes
Perkins
Jack MacGowran Jane Birkin Irene Handl Richard Wattis Iain Quarrier Beatrix Lehmann Brian Walsh Sean Lynch Bee Duffell
professor coworker model photographer maid sexy woman offbeat unrestrained england laboratory apartment fantasy world generation gap culture clash psychedelia unrequited love obsession metamorphosis love 1960s
The eccentric professor Oscar Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When a model (Penny Lane) and her photographer boyfriend move in next to him, he becomes fascinated... See full summary »
Comedy
1957
73 Minutes
Bill Turner
Adrienne Corri Thorley Walters Lisa Gastoni Richard Wattis Bill Fraser Aud Johansen Madoline Thomas Brian Nissen Rick Rydon Jill Melford Joy Webster
Career demands and a seductive secretary (Lisa Gastoni) threaten marital bliss for newlywed ad-agency employees (Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters).
Horror
1957
85 Minutes
Peter Fox
Forrest Tucker Peter Cushing Maureen Connell Richard Wattis Robert Brown Michael Brill Arnold Marie Anthony Chin Wolfe Morris
scientist adventurer guide marksman wife beast chilling suspenseful uneasy spectacular himalayas mountain wilderness legends hunting yeti exploitation adventure quest 1950s
An adventurer (Forrest Tucker) and a botanist (Peter Cushing) lead a Tibetan search for the legendary big-footed Yetis.
Comedy
UK|USA
1957
117 Minutes
Northbrook
Marilyn Monroe Laurence Olivier Sybil Thorndike Jeremy Spenser Richard Wattis Esmond Knight Paul Hardwick Rosamund Greenwood Aubrey Dexter Maxine Audley Jean Kent
king prince government official actress ambassador queen amusing winsome melodramatic london embassy bedroom ballroom nightclub coronation treason courtship secret performance repression
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Comedy
1961
98 Minutes
Woodcock, Entertainments 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.
Comedy
UK
1954
107 Minutes
Albert Prosser
Charles Laughton John Mills Brenda De Banzie Daphne Anderson Prunella Scales Richard Wattis
daughter shoemaker widower cheeky hysterical quirky england pub shop family marriage competition father/daughter relationship rivalry escape love victorian era
Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a successful bootmaker, a widower and a tyrannical father of three daughters. The girls each want to leave their father by getting married, but Henry refuses because marriage traditions require him to pay out settlements.
Biography
USA
1958
158 Minutes
Mr. Murfin
Ingrid Bergman Curt Jurgens Robert Donat Ronald Squire Athene Seyler Richard Wattis Noel Hood Joan Young
innkeeper military officer love interest mandarin spirited emotional china small town mountain england inn daunting task romance culture clash war rescue escape love 1930s
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Comedy
1961
102 Minutes
Dr. Chatterway
Norman Wisdom June Laverick Jerry Desmonde Hattie Jacques John Le Mesurier Richard Wattis Ron Moody
A has-been British pop singer (Jerry Desmonde) makes a comeback miming his stagestruck student's (Norman Wisdom) voice.
Drama
UK
1962
100 Minutes
Ebblington
Susan Hayward Peter Finch Diane Cilento Cyril Cusack Kieron Moore Athene Seyler Richard Wattis Brenda De Banzie Miriam Karlin Laurence Naismith
doctor husband prosecutor father wife ex-convict tense engaging emotional ireland country house courtroom euthanasia mental breakdown new life family history accidental death deception discovery quest
After prosecuting a doctor for mercy killing, a district-attorney hires the same doctor to care for his mentally ill wife.
Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Secretary
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
UK
1950
81 Minutes
Arnold Billings
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1959
93 Minutes
Major Haven
Jeff Chandler Jack Palance Martine Carol Robert Cornthwaite Dave Willock Wesley Addy Jimmy Goodwin Virginia Baker Richard Wattis Nancy Lee Charles Nolte
love interest explosives expert ex-soldier german soldier colleague bleak uneasy intense berlin abandoned building house field city bomb disposal unit love triangle postwar germany friendship dangerous assignment world war ii sacrifice
After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.
Comedy, Action
UK
1965
94 Minutes
Manton Bassett
Sidney Gilliat Frankie Howerd Dora Bryan Reg Varney Desmond Walter-Ellis Cyril Chamberlain Arthur Mullard Stratford Johns Raymond Huntley Richard Wattis Peter Gilmore
train robber girl school principal schoolgirl cheeky amusing airy witty all-girls school england train robbery robbery attempt comedy female bonding school adventure discovery 1960s
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
Crime, Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1956
96 Minutes
Worthington
David Niven Genevieve Page Ronald Squire Beatrice Straight Wilfrid Hyde-White Howard Marion-Crawford Dorothy Alison Miles Malleson Richard Wattis Joan Sims
Spoiler: Roger Tweakham, a married accountant leading a hum-drum life gets involved with a motivating model, 'tweaks' the books of a stocking-factory whose owner he likes so it will show a ... See full summary »
Comedy
1958
80 Minutes
Purchase
Ruby Murray Dennis Price Dorothy Bromiley Katherine Kath Gordon Harker Reginald Beckwith Pierre Dudan Colin Gordon Richard Wattis Alfie Bass Naomi Chance
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
120 Minutes
James Stewart Doris Day Brenda De Banzie Bernard Miles Ralph Truman Daniel Gélin Mogens Wieth Alan Mowbray Hillary Brooke Chris Olsen Reggie Nalder
kidnapper mother father son spy tense gripping melodramatic africa morocco london opera house murder espionage kidnapping family rescue pursuit adventure 1950s
A tale of innocent American tourists in Morocco whose son's kidnapping sets off a twisting plot of international intrigue.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1966
90 Minutes
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.
Comedy
UK
1956
90 Minutes
Bob Hope Katharine Hepburn James Robertson Justice Robert Helpmann David Kossoff Alan Gifford Paul Carpenter Noelle Middleton Nicholas Phipps Sidney James Alexander Gauge
captain fiancée engineer former lover russian sultry thrilling emotional melodramatic patriotic passionate west germany russia london restaurant misunderstanding cold war military treason women soldiers
Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her... See full summary »