List of the best Wilfrid Hyde-White movies: Two Way Stretch(1960), On the Double(1961), Up the Creek(1958), Chamber of Horrors(1966), The Cat and the Canary(1978), His and Hers(1961), Ada(1961), Crooks Anonymous(1962), The Browning Version(1951), My Fair Lady(1964), In Search of the Castaways(1962), The Forbidden Street(1949) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1960
87 Minutes
Soapy Stevens
Peter Sellers Wilfrid Hyde-White David Lodge Bernard Cribbins Maurice Denham Lionel Jeffries Irene Handl Liz Fraser Beryl Reid Noel Hood Myrette Morven
inmate accomplice cellmate prison official con artist witty endearing lighthearted england prison sewer jewelry theft prison life prison break impersonation alibi adventure temptation 1960s
Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers) has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1961
92 Minutes
Colonel Somerset
Danny Kaye Dana Wynter Wilfrid Hyde-White Margaret Rutherford Diana Dors Allan Cuthbertson Jesse White Gregory Walcott Terence de Marney Rex Evans Edgar Barrier
private lady wife valet colonel captain general corporal sergeant adolf hitler amusing confident engaging frenetic gripping gutsy hilarious intricate madcap patriotic
At the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London.
Comedy
UK
1958
86 Minutes
Adm. Foley
David Tomlinson Peter Sellers Wilfrid Hyde-White Vera Day Michael Goodliffe Liliane Sottane
During the Cold War, an idiotic R.N. lieutenant, who cannot be fired due to his connections, is transferred from the Admiralty to the far away Mothball Fleet to a rusty destroyer whose crew is running an illegal money-making scheme.
Horror
USA
1966
99 Minutes
Harold Blount
Patrick O'Neal Cesare Danova Wilfrid Hyde-White Laura Devon Patrice Wymore Suzy Parker Tun-Tun Philip Bourneuf Jeanette Nolan Marie Windsor Wayne Rogers
serial killer entrepreneur dwarf police officer priest woman disturbing frightening gory baltimore church wax museum train river mental illness investigation serial murders art amputation sculpting
A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1978
96 Minutes
Cyrus West
Honor Blackman Michael Callan Wilfrid Hyde-White Edward Fox Wendy Hiller Olivia Hussey Beatrix Lehmann Carol Lynley Daniel Massey Peter McEnery
wealthy man relative heir heiress doctor murderer brash creepy frenetic sultry mansion secret passageway secret room dining room study inheritance death game family dysfunction family secrets schemes
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Comedy
1961
90 Minutes
Charles Dunton
Terry-Thomas Janette Scott Wilfrid Hyde-White Nicole Maurey Billy Lambert Joan Sims Kenneth Connor Meier Tzelniker
Reggie finds inspiration in the adventures of Charles Lunton, even though most of them are embellished or entirely fictitious.
Drama
1961
109 Minutes
Sylvester Marin
Susan Hayward Dean Martin Wilfrid Hyde-White Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Frank Maxwell Connie Sawyer Ford Rainey Charles Watts Larry Gates Robert S. Simon
politician wife governor prostitute political consultant emotional spirited united states the south politics ambition secret marriage manipulation rise underdog discovery 1960s
A sharecropper's daughter (Susan Hayward) of dubious repute helps her husband the governor (Dean Martin) clean up corruption.
Comedy
1962
87 Minutes
Laurence Montague
Leslie Phillips Julie Christie Wilfrid Hyde-White James Robertson Justice Stanley Baxter
petty criminal girlfriend stripper boyfriend reformed criminal associate spirited amusing engaging lighthearted madcap witty department store rehabilitation program city crime scene united kingdom rehabilitation love relationships
A British thief's (Leslie Phillips) stripper girlfriend (Julie Christie) steers him to a society of ex-thieves.
Drama
UK
1951
90 Minutes
Frobisher
Michael Redgrave Jean Kent Nigel Patrick Wilfrid Hyde-White Ronald Howard Bill Travers
teacher student wife heartwarming emotional boarding school england family home education infidelity aging school transformation 1950s
Forced to retire from an English public school, an unpopular professor must confront his failure as a teacher and husband.
Musical
USA
1964
170 Minutes
Colonel Hugh Pickering
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.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1962
100 Minutes
Lord Glenarvan
Maurice Chevalier Hayley Mills George Sanders Wilfrid Hyde-White Michael Anderson Jr. Antonio Cifariello Keith Hamshere Wilfrid Brambell Jack Gwillim Ronald Fraser Inia Wiata
teen girl professor shipping magnate brother father villain thrilling endearing heartwarming confident ship glasgow, scotland andes mountains australia new zealand missing persons expedition betrayal wildlife black market
In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.
Drama
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Mr. Culver
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.
Romance
UK
1949
92 Minutes
Col. Bradley
Stewart Granger Jean Simmons Edwin Styles Wilfrid Hyde-White Helen Cherry Raymond Young
gambler father figure pretty woman girlfriend brother amusing emotional united states household romantic dilemma relationships fatherhood adoption gambling deception forbidden love growing up transformation 1940s
When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK
1966
104 Minutes
The Chief
Rod Taylor Trevor Howard Jill St. John Wilfrid Hyde-White David Tomlinson Akim Tamiroff
spy hit man boss friend underling witty thrilling amusing airplane england spying assassination intelligence deception phobias adventure rise quest 1960s
Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1951
88 Minutes
Mr. Luke
Margaret Lockwood Dane Clark Marius Goring Wilfrid Hyde-White Olaf Pooley Eric Pohlmann
researcher government agent reporter chief of police government official entomologist engaging tense melodramatic england laboratory communist country police station government offices espionage iron curtain scientific experiments journalism undercover operations police work
A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.
Drama, Romance
UK|West Germany
1983
92 Minutes
Mr. John Barville
Lisa Raines Oliver Reed Shelley Winters Wilfrid Hyde-White Alfred Marks Paddie O'Neil
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. This is the story, with many ... See full summary »
Action
UK
1967
95 Minutes
Colonel Baisbrook
Frankie Avalon George Nader Shirley Eaton Wilfrid Hyde-White Klaus Kinski
amazon tough woman fbi agent fighter enemy man engaging suspenseful thrilling gripping fiery powerful hong kong fighting absolute power abuse of power female bonding feminism adventure escape
Sumuru is a beautiful but evil woman who plans world domination by having her sexy all-female army eliminate male leaders and replace them with her female agents.
Action
1959
130 Minutes
Bridie
Kenneth More Lauren Bacall Herbert Lom Wilfrid Hyde-White I.S. Johar Ursula Jeans Ian Hunter Eugene Deckers Jack Gwillim
prince soldier maharajah governess tense thrilling engaging gripping india train rescue journey dangerous assignment political coup adventure pursuit escape 1900s
A British captain (Kenneth More) uses an old train to get a Hindu prince, his governess (Lauren Bacall) and others out of a besieged citadel.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
96 Minutes
Mr. Copsey
David Hemmings Gayle Hunnicutt Flora Robson Wilfrid Hyde-White Daniel Massey Roland Culver Adolfo Celi Mona Washbourne
writer spinster aunt murder suspect murder victim amateur sleuth bleak brash disturbing gripping intense suspenseful italy amalfi, italy crime scene england city apartment murder investigation
An addict-turned-writer (David Hemmings) investigates the death of his aunt (Flora Robson), strangled in Pompeii.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1950
89 Minutes
Chalfont
Alec Guinness Beatrice Campbell Kay Walsh Bernard Lee Wilfrid Hyde-White Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
salesman socialite society matron maid gambler doctor winsome charming resort brighton, england beach doctor's office fatal illness vacation friendship social standing mortality transformation 1950s
When a lonely, unappreciated farm equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1960
118 Minutes
John Wales
Marilyn Monroe Yves Montand Tony Randall Frankie Vaughan Wilfrid Hyde-White David Burns Michael David Mara Lynn Dennis King Jr. Joe Besser Madge Kennedy
billionaire actress beautiful woman publicist amusing playful theater new york city mistaken identity deception romance song and dance wealth theater production love transformation 1960s
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Action
UK
1950
96 Minutes
Agno
Trevor Howard Anouk Aimée Herbert Lom Walter Rilla Wilfrid Hyde-White
archaeologist girlfriend gun runner henchman dark melodramatic north africa desert guns daunting task romance murder courage mob violence mystery pursuit love 1950s
A man is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye to the suffering it creates.
Comedy
USA
1953
92 Minutes
Roderick Montpelier
Gregory Peck Jane Griffiths Ronald Squire A.E. Matthews Wilfrid Hyde-White Reginald Beckwith
seaman millionaire brother niece duke strong man amusing cheeky madcap england london restaurant shop hotel financial windfall wager class distinctions aristocracy wealth rags to riches
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1957
84 Minutes
`'Doodles'` Fletcher
Gordon Scott Robert Beatty Yolande Mallott Betta St. John Wilfrid Hyde-White George Coulouris Peter Arne Orlando Martins
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief. Captured by the Oparians and nearly sacrificed ... See full summary »
Crime, Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1956
96 Minutes
Sir Horace Hogg
David Niven Genevieve Page Ronald Squire Beatrice Straight Wilfrid Hyde-White Howard Marion-Crawford Dorothy Alison Miles Malleson Richard Wattis Joan Sims
Spoiler: Roger Tweakham, a married accountant leading a hum-drum life gets involved with a motivating model, 'tweaks' the books of a stocking-factory whose owner he likes so it will show a ... See full summary »
Adventure
1976
90 Minutes
Oldest Club Member
David McCallum Britt Ekland Patrick Macnee John Colicos Wilfrid Hyde-White Hugh Rose Ken Gampu Yvon Dufour
English explorer Allan Quatermain (David McCallum) leads an African search for the treasure of a lost Phoenician city.
Comedy
1965
99 Minutes
Gen. Lockwood
Michael Callan Lionel Jeffries Terry-Thomas Denholm Elliott Wilfrid Hyde-White Bernard Cribbins James Robertson Justice Leslie Phillips Gabriella Licudi Patricia Viterbo
scientist military officer american aristocrat wife singer frenetic hilarious endearing emotional england air force base maze racetrack apartment military service experiments scavenger hunt new love leadership
A psychiatrist (Terry-Thomas) sends five soldiers on a London scavenger hunt for such things as a Rolls-Royce hood ornament.
Romance
UK
1949
95 Minutes
Lawyer
Ann Todd Trevor Howard Claude Rains Betty Ann Davies Isabel Dean Wilfrid Hyde-White
wife husband ex-lover cheater emotional melodramatic europe the alps switzerland love triangle affair cheating marriage vacation adaptation forbidden love temptation 1940s
A woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.
Adventure
UK
1952
102 Minutes
Vinck
Trevor Howard Ralph Richardson Kerima Robert Morley George Coulouris Wilfrid Hyde-White Frederick Valk Betty Ann Davies Peter Illing James Kenney A.V. Bramble
anti-hero native captain trader dreamy emotional melodramatic jungle borneo trading post man vs. nature interracial romance madness fall wretched excess 19th century
A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked when he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
Comedy
USA
1980
97 Minutes
Abbot Thelonious
Marty Feldman Peter Boyle Louise Lasser Richard Pryor Andy Kaufman Wilfrid Hyde-White Severn Darden
monk televangelist preacher prostitute lighthearted amusing monastery los angeles church bus money lending religious hypocrisy unlikely allies spiritual crisis journey underdog love quest 1980s
Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery. His education in worldliness is provided by a hooker. He eventually ... See full summary »
Comedy
1970
93 Minutes
Captain Reginald K. Klaus
Peter Sellers Ringo Starr Richard Attenborough Isabel Jeans Caroline Blakiston Wilfrid Hyde-White Terence Alexander Peter Bayliss Joan Benham Patrick Cargill Graham Chapman
billionaire adopted son coach ship captain auctioneer dark madcap london mansion ocean liner auction house greed money stunts education class distinctions discovery wretched excess 1960s
The world's richest man (Peter Sellers) and the world's poorest orphan (Ringo Starr) set out to prove every man has his price.
Sci-Fi
USA
1979
125 Minutes
Anton
Richard Hatch Dirk Benedict Lorne Greene Ray Milland Lew Ayres Jane Seymour Wilfrid Hyde-White John Colicos Laurette Spang John Fink Terry Carter
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1966
92 Minutes
Judge Cannon
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?
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1949
82 Minutes
Professor Grollet
Charles Laughton Franchot Tone Burgess Meredith Robert Hutton Jean Wallace Patricia Roc Wilfrid Hyde-White Belita
inspector student niece suspect suspenseful confident engaging gripping paris police station eiffel tower detective murder contract killing framed for murder pursuit mystery 1920s
French police inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a rich Paris widow and ends up chasing the killer up the Eiffel Tower's girders.
Biography
USA
1953
105 Minutes
Mr. Marston
Robert Morley Maurice Evans Eileen Herlie Martyn Green Peter Finch Dinah Sheridan Wilfrid Hyde-White Isabel Dean Michael Ripper Bernadette O'Farrell
composer writer impresario wife engaging spirited england london theater theater partnership opera william s. gilbert arthur sullivan musical performance rivalry discovery 1890s
The seafaring adventures of French privateer Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo during the Franco-Spanish-English war of the 17th century.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1953
93 Minutes
Woods
John Mills Phyllis Calvert Eileen Moore Sam Wanamaker Herbert Lom Raymond Huntley Russell Waters Wilfrid Hyde-White Freda Jackson Trader Faulkner
manufacturer daughter boyfriend wife lawyer chilling tense great britain countryside woods airplane unlikely criminal conscience accidental death cover-up deception investigation escape discovery forbidden love
A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend and then tries to cover up his deed.
Drama
UK
1954
99 Minutes
Lord Stoneleigh
Robert Morley Kay Walsh Edward Underdown Fella Edmonds Bill Owen Charles Victor Honor Blackman Wilfrid Hyde-White Ronald Ward Howard Marion-Crawford Sidney James
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1955
101 Minutes
Master Oliver
Robert Taylor Kay Kendall Robert Morley George Cole Alec Clunes Duncan Lamont Laya Raki Marius Goring Wilfrid Hyde-White Eric Pohlmann Harcourt Williams
louis xi duke of burgundy knight countess gypsy lord thrilling passionate scotland castle france chateau arranged marriage royalty gallantry sword battles historical events love adventure underdog
A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1949
87 Minutes
Lord Pennistone
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.
Adventure
USA
1981
112 Minutes
Club Member
Bo Derek Miles O'Keeffe Richard Harris John Phillip Law Akushula Selayah Steven Strong Maxime Philoe Leonard Bailey Wilfrid Hyde-White Laurie Main Harold Ayer
tarzan white woman father young woman suspenseful thrilling spectacular africa expedition africa tarzan naivete growing up learning experience adventure romance adventure discovery growing up 1980s
While on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.
Comedy
UK
1960
90 Minutes
The Colonel
Shirley Eaton Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Terence Longdon Bill Owen Leslie Phillips Cyril Chamberlain Brian Oulton Wilfrid Hyde-White Hattie Jacques
nurse colonel matron student doctor campy hospital ambulance camp betting hospital adventure 1950s
Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Trevor Howard Alida Valli Paul Hoerbiger Ernst Deutsch Erich Ponto Siegfried Breuer Bernard Lee Hedwig Bleibtreu Wilfrid Hyde-White
writer friend actress love interest thief suspenseful dark vienna cemetery hospital nightclub household accident investigation murder love triangle mistaken identity betrayal mystery pursuit
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Drama
UK
1948
120 Minutes
Harold French Ralph Smart Dirk Bogarde Francoise Rosay Mervyn Johns Ian Fleming James Robertson Justice Mai Zetterling Bernard Lee Cecil Parker
tennis player father pianist colonel mistress poet amusing lighthearted charming england paris monte carlo, monaco hobby tennis poetry piano sacrifice transformation adventure 1940s
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1980
94 Minutes
George Burns Suzanne Pleshette David Birney Louanne John Louie Conrad Janis Anthony Holland Hugh Downs Hans Conried Wilfrid Hyde-White Marian Mercer
girl god father mother psychiatrist school principal airy lighthearted amusing playful chinese restaurant school psychiatrist's office classroom god's word advertising campaign misunderstanding visions faith childhood
God asks a young girl to help spread his word and influence with a slogan.
Romance
1943
115 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Penelope Dudley Ward Marjorie Fielding Margaret Rutherford Felix Aylmer Edie Martin Joyce Grenfell Jack Watling Miles Malleson John Laurie Wilfrid Hyde-White
russian landlady englishman scientist inventor communist cheeky winsome england apartment building russia cross-cultural romance culture clash inventions immigration allied forces world war ii love rivalry discovery
The Russian inventor (Laurence Olivier) of a new marine propeller falls in love with a woman (Penelope Ward) in 1939 London.
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.