List of the best Stratford Johns movies: Salome's Last Dance(1988), Car Trouble(1985), The Plank(1967), A Demon in My View(1991), The Lair of the White Worm(1988), The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery(1965), Splitting Heirs(1993), The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu(1980), Those Fantastic Flying Fools(1967), Dance With a Stranger(1985) ... ...
Drama
UK|USA
1988
89 Minutes
playwright actor prostitute love interest young man amusing frenetic wild sultry brothel stage oscar wilde theater censorship sexual taboo story within a story homosexuality forbidden love adventure temptation
Guy Fawkes Day, 1892. Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre's a brothel and the performers... prostitutes.
Comedy
UK
1985
93 Minutes
Reg Sampson
Julie Walters Ian Charleson Vincent Riotta Stratford Johns Hazel O'Connor Dave Hill
In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar, and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attracted to the Jaguar salesman as he is to the car.
Comedy
1967
58 Minutes
Station Sergeant
Eric Sykes Tommy Cooper Jimmy Edwards Stratford Johns Jim Dale Jimmy Tarbuck Hattie Jacques Rex Garner
builder police officer deliveryman house painter barkeep tourist girl woman amusing charming cheery frenetic hilarious madcap melodramatic playful quirky spirited london united kingdom
Two workmen fall victim to humorous mishaps as they transport a piece of wood from a warehouse to a building site.
Mystery & Thriller
Germany
1991
102 Minutes
Stanley Caspian
Anthony Perkins Uwe Bohm Sophie Ward Deborah Lacey Stratford Johns Brian Bovell
A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.
Horror
UK
1988
93 Minutes
Peters
Amanda Donohoe Hugh Grant Catherine Oxenberg Peter Capaldi Sammi Davis Stratford Johns Paul Brooke Christopher Gable
archaeologist sister virgin lord lady farmer campy suspenseful melodramatic frightening england farm mansion cave countryside monsters supernatural man vs. nature myth deception
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in foreign land, the residents of a near-by town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Comedy, Action
UK
1965
94 Minutes
The Voice
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.
Comedy
UK
1993
86 Minutes
Butler
Rick Moranis Eric Idle Barbara Hershey Catherine Zeta-Jones John Cleese Sadie Frost Stratford Johns Brenda Bruce William Franklyn Eric Sykes
pakistani parent duke cousin american amusing engaging lighthearted witty united kingdom mansion male heir new identity secret past discovery rise transformation 1990s
A duke dies and leaves the title and wealth to his adult son. But who's the real son: the found baby raised in USA or the abandoned baby raised by a Hindi family in London? Comedy follows.
Comedy
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Ismail
Peter Sellers Helen Mirren Sid Caesar David Tomlinson Simon Williams Steve Franken Stratford Johns John Le Mesurier John Sharp Clément Harari Lee Kwan-Young
When Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae is spilled by a hapless flunky, Fu Manchu sends his lackeys to round up supplies for a fresh batch of elixir, including a precious jewel, which prompts a team of agents to track him down.
Comedy
UK
1967
95 Minutes
Warrant Officer
Burl Ives Troy Donahue Gert Froebe Hermione Gingold Lionel Jeffries Daliah Lavi Dennis Price Stratford Johns Graham Stark Terry-Thomas Jimmy Clitheroe
circus manager young man spy fiancée inventor airy amusing charming hilarious heartwarming inspiring england circus hot air balloon moon inventions moon debt kidnapping friendship
In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.
Drama
UK
1985
102 Minutes
Morrie Conley
Miranda Richardson Rupert Everett Ian Holm Matthew Carroll Tom Chadbon Jane Bertish David Troughton Paul Mooney Stratford Johns Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Susan Kyd
hostess boyfriend son dark chilling london nightclub murder obsession class conflict betrayal affair forbidden love revenge fall 1950s
A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.