88% The Lavender Hill Mob 78 min, APPROVED, [Comedy, Crime] [Charles Crichton] [10 Sep 1951]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
Actors: Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Sidney James, Stanley Holloway
Plot: A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Writer: T.E.B. Clarke (original screenplay)
Language: English, French, Portuguese Country: UK More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
87% My Fair Lady 170 min, G, [Drama, Family, Musical] [George Cukor] [25 Dec 1964]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 8 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 13 nominations.
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Plot: A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Writer: Alan Jay Lerner (book), George Bernard Shaw (from a play by), Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
85% The Way Ahead 91 min, APPROVED, [War, Drama] [Carol Reed] [03 Jun 1945]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win.
Actors: David Niven, James Donald, John Laurie, Stanley Holloway
Plot: A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. At first they appear a hopeless bunch but their sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team...
Writer: Eric Ambler (original story), Eric Ambler (screen play), Peter Ustinov (screen play)
Language: English, German, French Country: UK More Info: IMDB
85% Brief Encounter 86 min, [Drama, Romance] [David Lean] [24 Aug 1946]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins.
Actors: Celia Johnson, Joyce Carey, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard
Plot: Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB
82% Passport to Pimlico 84 min, APPROVED, [Comedy] [Henry Cornelius] [26 Oct 1949]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: Barbara Murray, Betty Warren, Paul Dupuis, Stanley Holloway
Plot: Residents of a part of London declare independence, when they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a 'Passport to Pimlico'.
Writer: T.E.B. Clarke (original screenplay)
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
74% No Love for Johnnie 110 min, [Drama] [Ralph Thomas] [05 Jul 1961]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.4/10, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Mary Peach, Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway
Plot: Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to ...
Writer: Wilfred Fienburgh (novel), Nicholas Phipps (screenplay), Mordecai Richler (screenplay)
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
72% The Titfield Thunderbolt 84 min, [Comedy] [Charles Crichton] [20 Oct 1953]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 7.2/10, External Reviews
Actors: George Relph, John Gregson, Naunton Wayne, Stanley Holloway
Plot: Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.
Writer: T.E.B. Clarke (original screenplay)
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
68% Champagne Charlie 72 min, APPROVED, [Comedy, Drama, Musical] [Alberto Cavalcanti] [06 Aug 1948]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.8/10, External Reviews
Actors: Betty Warren, Jean Kent, Stanley Holloway, Tommy Trinder
Plot: The story of a 19th century English music hall (vaudeville) performer and life behind the scenes.
Writer: Austin Melford (original screenplay), John Dighton (original screenplay), Angus MacPhail (original screenplay)
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB
67% Sing As We Go! 80 min, [Comedy, Musical] [Basil Dean] [29 Oct 1934]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.7/10, External Reviews
Actors: Dorothy Hyson, Gracie Fields, John Loder, Stanley Holloway
Plot: When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Writer: J.B. Priestley
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB
62% Squibs 77 min, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Henry Edwards] [01 Jun 1935]Ratings & Reviews: IMDB 6.2/10, External Reviews
Actors: Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Margaret Yarde, Stanley Holloway
Plot: Squibs, a cockney flowerseller with a father overwhelmed by gambling debts wins through with the help of assorted friends and a romantically inclined policeman
Writer: Michael Hogan (adaptation), H. Fowler Mear (adaptation), R.P. Weston (monologue), Bert Lee (monologue)
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB Wikipedia