List of the best Sybil Thorndike movies: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby(1947), The Prince and the Showgirl(1957), The Forbidden Street(1949), Gone to Earth(1950), Stage Fright(1950), Shake Hands With the Devil(1959), Major Barbara(1941), Jet Storm(1959) ... ...
6.9/10
Drama
UK
1947
108 Minutes
Mrs. Squeers
Derek Bond Cedric Hardwicke Sybil Thorndike Alfred Drayton Cyril Fletcher Bernard Miles Sally Ann Howes Mary Merrall Vera Pearce Cathleen Nesbitt Athene Seyler
young man sister uncle headmaster love interest charming england london school reunion separation family honor class distinctions poverty adventure growing up underdog love victorian era
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1957
117 Minutes
The Queen Dowager
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.
6.3/10
Drama
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Mrs. "The Sow" Mounsey
Dana Andrews Maureen O'Hara Sybil Thorndike Wilfrid Hyde-White Fay Compton A.E. Matthews Diane Hart Anne Butchart
wife artist lawyer neighbor mother father melodramatic touching mushy london theater apartment staircase england class distinctions unlikely romance accidental death poverty blackmail alcoholism
A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.
6.9/10
Drama
UK|USA
1950
110 Minutes
Mrs. Marston
Jennifer Jones Emeric Pressburger David Farrar Cyril Cusack Sybil Thorndike Edward Chapman Esmond Knight Hugh Griffith George Cole Beatrice Varley Frances Clare
gypsy squire minister love interest husband wife brooding emotional heartwarming passionate spirited wild countryside woods england love desire magic loveless marriage curse
A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1950
110 Minutes
Mrs. Gill
Jane Wyman Marlene Dietrich Richard Todd Michael Wilding Kay Walsh Sybil Thorndike Miles Malleson Hector MacGregor Joyce Grenfell Andre Morell Patricia Hitchcock
wrongly accused ex-girlfriend detective actress actor amateur sleuth suspenseful gripping london theater chase false accusations disguise blackmail deception investigation pursuit mystery escape 1950s
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer.
7.0/10
Drama
Ireland|USA
1959
110 Minutes
Lady Fitzhugh
James Cagney Don Murray Dana Wynter Glynis Johns Michael Redgrave Sybil Thorndike Marianne Benet John Breslin Harry Brogan Robert Brown Lewis Casson
professor student woman smuggler poet terrorist tense emotional ireland dublin college pub farm hostage situation moral dilemma political repression irish republican army nationalism torture sacrifice
In 1920s Ireland, I.R.A. members are being lead by the war mongering Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), as they fight oppressive British forces.
6.8/10
Comedy
UK
1941
135 Minutes
The General
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.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1959
88 Minutes
Richard Attenborough Stanley Baker Hermione Baddeley Bernard Braden Diane Cilento Barbara Kelly David Kossoff Virginia Maskell Harry Secombe Elizabeth Sellars Sybil Thorndike
father scientist killer passenger hijacker intense thrilling tense suspenseful airplane airport revenge hit and run hijacking revenge pursuit 1950s
Sir Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, ... See full summary »
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