List of the best Virginia McKenna movies: Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), A Town Like Alice(1956), Born Free(1966), Swallows and Amazons(1974), An Elephant Called Slowly(1970), Ring of Bright Water(1969), The Smallest Show on Earth(1957), Simba(1955), The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1957), The Ship That Died of Shame(1956), Holocaust 2000(1978), The Wreck of the Mary Deare(1959) ... ...
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Drama, War
UK
1956
107 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Peter Finch Kenji Takaki Jean Anderson Marie Lohr Maureen Swanson
prisoner of war pretty woman soldier engaging spirited australia london malaysia pow camp world war ii romance survival quest love 1940s
A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
Drama
UK
1966
95 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Bill Travers Geoffrey Keen Peter Lukoye Omar Chambati Bill Godden Bryan Epson Robert Cheetham Robert S. Young Geoffrey Best
game warden wife boss villager heartwarming moving inspiring kenya wildlife preserve jungle wild animals rehabilitation adventure quest 1960s
The story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK
1974
92 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Ronald Fraser Simon West Suzanna Hamilton Sophie Neville Stephen Grendon Kit Seymour Lesley Bennett Brenda Bruce Mike Pratt
On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1970
91 Minutes
Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.
Adventure
UK|USA
1969
107 Minutes
Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Peter Jeffrey Jameson Clark Helena Gloag Roddy McMillan Jean Taylor Smith Willie Joss
otter doctor townsperson friend pet owner love interest charming playful uplifting london scotland village beach cottage exploration relocation pets city vs. country romance writing
Whoever said dog is man's best friend never met Mij! Mij is a cute, cuddly pet shop otter who captures the heart of Graham Merill (Bill Travers). It doesn't take Graham long to realize that... See full summary »
Comedy
1957
80 Minutes
Jean Spencer
Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Peter Sellers Margaret Rutherford Bernard Miles Leslie Phillips Francis De Wolff
husband wife owner cashier projectionist usher charming lighthearted winsome amusing england small town movie theater movies small-town life competition small business rivalry rescue 1950s
British newlyweds (Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna) inherit a shabby movie house and its eccentric staff of three.
Drama
1955
98 Minutes
Mary Crawford
Dirk Bogarde Donald Sinden Virginia McKenna Basil Sydney Marie Ney Joseph Tomelty
englishman african native colonist woman doctor rebel thrilling emotional wild kenya farm village hut racism culture clash rebellion colonialism nationalism farming rivalry
Natives help an English farmer (Dirk Bogarde) and his white friends fight Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya.
Romance
UK|USA
1957
105 Minutes
Henrietta Barrett
Jennifer Jones John Gielgud Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Susan Stephen Vernon Gray Jean Anderson Maxine Audley Leslie Phillips Laurence Naismith Moultrie Kelsall
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest creepy melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Action
UK
1956
91 Minutes
Helen Randall
Richard Attenborough George Baker Bill Owen Virginia McKenna Roland Culver Bernard Lee Ralph Truman
crew member naval officer ship owner murderer skipper smuggler engaging unrestrained patriotic england high seas ship seafaring life after wartime smuggling crime black market weapons transformation wretched excess
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Horror
1978
102 Minutes
Eva Caine
Kirk Douglas Agostina Belli Simon Ward Anthony Quayle Virginia McKenna Alexander Knox
A designer (Kirk Douglas) of nuclear-power plants learns his son (Simon Ward) is the Antichrist and a big fan of fission.
Adventure
UK|USA
1959
105 Minutes
Janet Taggart
Gary Cooper Charlton Heston Michael Redgrave Emlyn Williams Cecil Parker Alexander Knox Virginia McKenna Richard Harris
ship captain lawyer shipmate daughter emotional suspenseful ship shipwreck courtroom high seas english channel seafaring deception schemes trial sabotage mystery discovery 1950s
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
War
UK
1953
126 Minutes
Julie Hallam
Jack Hawkins Donald Sinden Denholm Elliott John Stratton John Warner Bruce Seton Liam Redmond Virginia McKenna Moira Lister June Thorburn Megs Jenkins
captain lieutenant sailor tense bleak patriotic atlantic ocean boat dangerous assignment world war ii battle of the atlantic sailors quest sacrifice rescue 1940s
The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
Comedy
UK
2016
96 Minutes
Martha
Bernard Hill Philip Davis Alun Armstrong Lily Travers Simon Callow Una Stubbs Sue Johnston Virginia McKenna
retiree bank robber friend police officer couple bank manager hilarious lighthearted amusing playful united kingdom bank pension crime heist on the run money pursuit adventure escape
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime. ... See full summary »