List of the best Thora Hird movies: Some Will, Some Won't(1970), A Kind of Loving(1962), Rattle of a Simple Man(1964), The Nightcomers(1972), The Great Game(1953), One Good Turn(1955), Home and Away(1956), Term of Trial(1962), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), Dangerous Youth(1958), The Frightened Man(1952), Conspirator(1949) ... ...
Comedy
1970
90 Minutes
Ronnie Corbett Thora Hird Michael Hordern Leslie Phillips Wilfrid Brambell Dennis Price
eccentric relative amusing hilarious mansion inheritance practical jokes discovery adventure 1970s
Four beneficiaries of a wealthy practical joker's estate must alter their personalities to collect their inheritance.
Drama
UK
1962
112 Minutes
Mrs. Rothwell
Alan Bates June Ritchie Thora Hird Bert Palmer Gwen Nelson Malcolm Patton Pat Keen
secretary mother wife mother-in-law draftsman husband somber brooding melodramatic manchester, england factory class distinctions pregnancy miscarriage housing shortage marriage sacrifice transformation 1960s
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
Comedy
UK
1964
96 Minutes
Mrs. Winthram
worker prostitute fan friend relaxing amusing london bar apartment wager conversation football virginity drinking misunderstanding love adventure 1960s
When a group of northern soccer fans are down in London for the Cup Final one of their number winds up with a lady of the night. As they talk, the unsophisticated and naive lad starts to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
96 Minutes
Mrs. Grose
Marlon Brando Stephanie Beacham Thora Hird Harry Andrews Verna Harvey Christopher Ellis Anna Palk
gardener nurse housekeeper young boy sister dark passionate creepy disturbing england country house bedroom sexual taboo loss of innocence imagination idolization tragic death fall growing up 1890s
Prequel to Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw", focusing on groundskeeper Peter Quint's slow corruption of the virtuous governess Miss Jessel and the children she looks after.
Comedy, Drama
1953
80 Minutes
Diana Dors James Hayter Thora Hird Sheila Shand Gibbs John Laurie Glyn Houston
Comedy
UK
1955
74 Minutes
Cook
Joan Rice Norman Wisdom Shirley Abicair Thora Hird William Russell Richard Caldicot Marjorie Fender Keith Gilman Joan Ingram Harold Kasket Fred Kitchen Jr.
handyman stranger orphan witty amusing lighthearted heartwarming orphanage united kingdom orphanage closure growing up charity happy endings comedy love 1950s
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1956
81 Minutes
Margie Groves
Jack Warner Kathleen Harrison Lana Morris Charles Victor Thora Hird Leslie Henson Valerie White Harry Fowler Bernard Fox Sam Kydd
Drama
UK
1962
113 Minutes
Mrs. 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.
Sci-Fi
UK|Japan
1955
78 Minutes
Rosemary "Rosie" Elizabeth Wrigley
Brian Donlevy Jack Warner Margia Dean Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood Thora Hird Gordon Jackson Harold Lang Lionel Jeffries Maurice Kaufman Frank Phillips
astronaut mutant monster construction worker scientist shocking thrilling gory raw suspenseful brooding space center space shuttle space laboratory space exploration crash mutation monsters alien life-forms
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Drama
UK
1958
98 Minutes
Mrs. Larkin
Frankie Vaughan George Baker Carole Lesley Jackie Lane Katherine Kath Thora Hird Eddie Byrne
singer army officer police officer gang members brash brooding cool intense liverpool, england army base seaside army reserve false accusations adventure pursuit underdog rise 20th century
Just after a young singer comes out with his first hit record, he is drafted into the Army.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
69 Minutes
Vera
Dermot Walsh Barbara Murray Charles Victor John Blythe Michael Ward Thora Hird John Horsley Annette Simmonds Martin Benson
junk dealer son jewel thief inspector criminal gang leader brooding suspenseful tense intense engaging gritty england father/son relationship jewelry theft failing career life after college raids disapproval discovery
Adapted from the prize-winning Broadway play that featured two people and a four-poster bed, in which the couple enacts their marriage, from its day in 1897, until he dies, some time after ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1949
87 Minutes
Broaders
Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Robert Flemyng Harold Warrender Honor Blackman Marjorie Fielding Thora Hird Marie Ney Wilfrid Hyde-White Karel Stepanek Helen Haye
major young woman american englishman aunt spy thrilling tense gripping london apartment ballroom lake espionage marriage international conspiracy cold war husband/wife relationship love mystery
In Cold War London, young American Melinda Greyton (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) marries British Army Major Michael Curragh (Robert Taylor), who is a Communist spy working for the Soviets.
Drama
UK
1960
97 Minutes
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Laurence Olivier Brenda De Banzie Albert Finney Joan Plowright Roger Livesey Alan Bates Daniel Massey Miriam Karlin Shirley Anne Field Thora Hird Tony Longridge
teacher comedian wife father fiancée soldier disheartening dark beach theater family home family fame ambition infidelity vaudeville fall quest 1950s
Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Musical
UK
1957
104 Minutes
Eric Portman Celia Johnson Hugh Griffith Janette Scott John Fraser Bobby Howes Rachel Roberts John Salew Mona Washbourne Paddy Stone Irving Davies
singer spinster songwriter dancing girl love interest spirited lighthearted england wales west end backstage music hall show business musical revue theater companionship romance revitalization transformation growing up
A touring variety troupe, the "Dinky Doos" are in financial trouble. An encounter with three strangers - Inigo Jollifant (a romantic, song-writing ex-schoolmaster), Miss Trant (a ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1948
105 Minutes
Eric Portman Edana Romney Barbara Mullen Hugh Sinclair Bruce Belfrage Joan Maude Alan Wheatley Leslie Weston Lois Maxwell Valentine Dyall Christopher Lee
artist wealthy man beautiful woman lover eerie tense england mansion museum reincarnation romance obsession wealth art history mystery discovery fall 1940s
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.