List of the best Stanley Holloway movies: Passport to Pimlico(1949), The Titfield Thunderbolt(1953), Meet Mr. Lucifer(1954), No Trees in the Street(1959), The Lavender Hill Mob(1951), No Love for Johnnie(1961), Cotton Queen(1937), Meet Me Tonight(1952), The Perfect Woman(1950), The Perfect Woman(1950), Brief Encounter(1945), My Fair Lady(1964) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1949
85 Minutes
Arthur Pemberton
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".
Comedy
UK
1953
84 Minutes
Valentine
Stanley Holloway George Relph Naunton Wayne John Gregson Godfrey Tearle Hugh Griffith Gabrielle Brune Sidney James Reginald Beckwith Edie Martin Michael Trubshawe
townsperson wealthy man railway inspector vicar clerk bus driver charming witty hysterical village england railroad tracks museum train station bus station railroad public transportation feud competition runaway train
Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.
Comedy
UK
1954
81 Minutes
Sam Hollingsworth, Mr. Lucifer
retiree lucifer couple amusing charming witty spirited playful madcap england home television modern life technology discovery wretched excess 1950s
A television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.
Drama
1959
96 Minutes
Kipper
poor boy teen boy petty criminal racketeer murder victim sister bleak disheartening intense tense slum london petty crime racketeering crime fugitives family poverty pursuit growing up
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Alec Guinness Stanley Holloway Sidney James Alfie Bass Marjorie Fielding John Gregson Edie Martin Clive Morton Ronald Adam Sydney Tafler Meredith Edwards
bank robbers police officer schoolgirl artist inspector petty criminal witty cheeky charming london paris bank robbery scams adventure pursuit underdog 1950s
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Drama
UK
1961
110 Minutes
Peter Finch Stanley Holloway Mary Peach Mervyn Johns Donald Pleasence Dennis Price Oliver Reed
politician model wife neighbor somber intricate england parliament party marital problems aging career vs. love estrangement failing career communism love temptation 1960s
After winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
Romance
UK
1937
80 Minutes
Sam Owen
Will Fyffe Joe Rock Stanley Holloway Mary Lawson Helen Haye Marcelle Rogez C. Denier Warren Syd Courtenay Gibson Gowland Elsie Wagstaff Mike Johnson
1937. Comedy directed by Bernard Vorhaus. Stars Will Fyffe, Stanley Holloway and Jimmy Hanley. Rival cotton mill owners work together to win a contract when love blossoms between the rival's off-spring.
Comedy
UK
1952
81 Minutes
husband wife performer widow daughter mother-in-law cheeky witty stage family home french riviera mansion domestic life marriage schemes show business marital problems love rivalry temptation
A television given as a retirement present is sold on to different households, causing misery each time.
Comedy
1950
89 Minutes
Patricia Roc Stanley Holloway Nigel Patrick Miles Malleson Irene Handl Patti Morgan
A British inventor's lonely niece (Patricia Roc) poses as his yes-woman robot for the benefit of men (Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick).
Comedy
1950
89 Minutes
Patricia Roc Stanley Holloway Nigel Patrick Miles Malleson Irene Handl Patti Morgan
A British inventor's lonely niece (Patricia Roc) poses as his yes-woman robot for the benefit of men (Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick).
Romance, Drama
UK
1945
86 Minutes
Albert Godby
Celia Johnson Trevor Howard Stanley Holloway Cyril Raymond Joyce Carey Everley Gregg Marjorie Mars Margaret Barton Dennis Harkin Valentine Dyall Nuna Davey
wife husband doctor friend somber mushy cafeteria train family home suburbia england infidelity marriage love forbidden love 1940s
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
Musical
USA
1964
170 Minutes
Alfred P. Doolittle
Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Holloway Wilfrid Hyde-White Gladys Cooper Jeremy Brett Theodore Bikel Isobel Elsom Mona Washbourne John Alderson John McLiam
professor pretty woman peasant suitor amusing charming winsome london aspirations wager class distinctions high society love discovery quest transformation 1900s
Snobbish phonetics Professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1949
77 Minutes
Alastair McNeil
Robert Beatty Moira Lister Stanley Holloway Michael Medwin Sheila Manahan Fred O'Donovan Maureen Delaney Dermot Kelly
irishman tycoon socialite wealthy man schemer boxer amusing witty melodramatic engaging winsome emotional dublin schemes irish life post-war life romance wealth car accident escape
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti.
Comedy
UK
1934
80 Minutes
Policeman
Gracie Fields John Loder Dorothy Hyson Stanley Holloway Frank Pettingell Lawrence Grossmith Morris Harvey Arthur Sinclair Maire O'Neil Ben Field Olive Sloane
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Comedy
1951
90 Minutes
Mr. Clark
Dennis Price Pauline Stroud John McCallum Stanley Holloway Diana Dors George Cole Kay Kendall Sidney James Dana Wynter Googie Withers Alastair Sim
beauty queen con artist womanizer film producer amusing confident cheeky club beauty pageant london england beauty pageant show business adventure transformation underdog 20th century
An unsophisticated and impressionable young girl finds herself in trouble after winning a beauty pageant.
Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Gay & Lesbian, Crime
UK|USA
1970
125 Minutes
Gravedigger
Robert Stephens Colin Blakely Genevieve Page Irene Handl Stanley Holloway Christopher Lee Clive Revill Tamara Toumanova George Benson Catherine Lacey Peter Madden
sherlock holmes monk ballerina spy doctor watson drug addict somber intricate loch ness 221b baker street london matchmaking seduction lying sabotage boredom mystery escape 1910s
When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1966
92 Minutes
William Blore
Hugh O'Brian Shirley Eaton Fabian Leo Genn Stanley Holloway Marianne Hoppe Wilfrid Hyde-White Daliah Lavi Dennis Price Mario Adorf
secretary american man judge singer actress servant intricate creepy spirited suspenseful chateau mountain alps austria murder unknown enemy trapped unlikely allies race against time guilt
Ten people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Drama
1944
115 Minutes
Bob Mitchell
Robert Newton Celia Johnson John Mills Kay Walsh Stanley Holloway Amy Veness Alison Leggatt
travel agent wife mother-in-law sister-in-law socialist child cheeky melodramatic emotional england suburbia household working class war family growing up love transformation 1930s
An adaptation of Noel Coward's play traces a number of years in the life of a middle-class London family.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1948
92 Minutes
Tramp
Nino Martini Patricia Roc Bonar Colleano Hugh Wakefield Guy Middleton Stanley Holloway Charles Goldner Willy Fueter Irene Worth Christopher Lee Stuart Latham
Two strangers meet when they miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of It Happened One Night (1934).
Musical, Comedy
1968
110 Minutes
Mr. Brown
Peter Noone Keith Hopwood Derek Leckenby Karl Green Barry Whitwam Stanley Holloway Lance Percival Marjorie Rhodes Mona Washbourne Sheila White Sarah Caldwell
young man grandmother girl next door fashion model friend dog lighthearted positive madcap engaging manchester, england london flat carnaby street racetrack herman's hermits rock 'n' roll mod culture swinging london greyhound racing
A hobo (Lance Percival) goes to London with a pop star (Peter Noone), his band and their pet racing greyhound, Mrs. Brown.
War
1945
109 Minutes
Mr. Palmer
John Mills Michael Redgrave Rosamund John Douglass Montgomery Renee Asherson Stanley Holloway Basil Radford Felix Aylmer
pilot wife friend american officer airman confident emotional solemn england air force base village hotel household airplane hangar world war ii air force home front death family
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1975
97 Minutes
Mr. Mathews
Sam Waterston Zero Mostel Yvette Mimieux Scott Marlowe Ian McShane Joseph Wiseman Shelley Winters Stanley Holloway Donald Pleasence Vincent Price
An American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkish mountains. An assassin is sent by someone to eliminate him because of that. He boards a passenger boat to try to escape. However, one of the passengers is the assassin.
Comedy
UK
1941
135 Minutes
Policeman
Wendy Hiller Rex Harrison Robert Morley Robert Newton Emlyn Williams Sybil Thorndike Deborah Kerr David Tree Stanley Holloway
industrialist daughter boyfriend preacher witty engaging england factory social change wealth disillusionment family poverty social standing discovery quest growing up 1940s
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
Drama, History
UK
1946
135 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Claude Rains Stewart Granger Flora Robson Francis L. Sullivan Basil Sydney Cecil Parker Raymond Lovell Anthony Eustrel Ernest Thesiger Anthony Harvey
julius caesar cleopatra ptolemy military officer engaging calm alexandria, egypt royal palace political intrigue family imperialism growing up transformation ancient egypt
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.
Drama
1948
117 Minutes
Robert Donat Cedric Hardwicke Margaret Leighton Basil Radford Kathleen Harrison Francis L. Sullivan Marie Lohr Jack Watling Frank Lawton Neil North Walter Fitzgerald
father son sister mother lawyer emotional spirited england courtroom school court battles lawsuit family justice school quest sacrifice 1900s
The plight of a young boy unjustly accused of stealing touches off a massive lawsuit for defamation of character.